Congratulations. You’ve downloaded the hypnosis you will listen to every day (or more!) for the next two weeks so that you can enjoy this short period of time when you might be pregnant.
The next step is to power up that hypnosis by making your personalised Mind Movie visualisation. You are going to create a trigger so you can go off in your mind to a calming place called “The Garden of No Time” where the concept of time is unknown.
A Mind Movie is a visualisation in the form of imagined moving images – like a movie – which you create to watch inside your mind.
Follow the steps below to create your Garden of No Time Mind Movie
This Mind Movie will show moving images (just like in a movie) representing your ideal garden in which to relax.
We are going to use your brain’s “conditioning” function to create a trigger to bring on the feelings of relaxation found in the Garden of No Time whenever you need them.
Our lives contain experiences which, if repeated, trigger an automatic response in our behaviour. In the most famous example, Pavlov, the Russian scientist, rang a bell every time he fed his dogs. After a while, just hearing the bell would trigger his dogs to salivate. An otherwise neutral stimulus like a bell ringing took on a positive meaning for the dogs.
Other examples of classic conditioning might be: standing up when the school bell is rung; or feeling tearful at the sight of a needle because of past painful injections; or a song from the happy moments in the past putting you in a good mood. Put simply, two stimuli are linked together to produce a learned response.
What is the trigger? Pressing together your finger and thumb.
Identify what the perfect garden would look like for you.
Think about the trees or plants which would be in the garden, the temperature, the smells, the sounds of nature, the look and feel of the ground underneath you.
Close your eyes.
Find somewhere comfortable to relax.
Take five deep breaths (inhale through your nose for four or five counts, exhale through your mouth at a slower pace).
Then breathe deeply in a way that is comfortable for you, taking breaths from low down in your abdomen. Place your hand on your stomach to check that it is moving up and down as you breathe.
Create a Mind Movie of moving images representing the perfect experience in your garden.
You may choose to walk through the garden, smelling the flowers, or lie down in your garden relaxing – it’s your choice.
Don’t forget to include the emotions which go with the experience.
Your Mind Movie should be in full colour and last about 30 seconds.
Imagine you have a control board in front of you which allows you to play with your Mind Movie.
Practice watching yourself on the screen, as well as experiencing it through your own eyes (jump into your body in the movie).
Trigger: when you watch your Mind Movie, press together your finger and thumb
Your brain will make the association between this finger press and the feelings of relaxation in your Mind Movie
Play your Mind Movie repeatedly.
Work it into your every day activities: e.g. when you brush your teeth, your hair, when you have a hot drink, or take a loo break and so on.
Remember to press your finger and thumb together whenever you play your Mind Movie.
Example:
David made a Mind Movie of himself lying on a rug watching the clouds in a beautiful Japanese garden.
Example:
Marina made a Mind Movie of herself walking through a tropical garden in the sunshine.
Example:
Nathan made a Mind Movie of himself on a swing in a wild flower garden.