Christmas this year seems to be suffering with a greater burden of stress than ever before. Not only are we juggling the usual round of shopping, carol services, nativity plays etc there is the added strain of rising prices and fuel costs.

The news and social media are full of doom and gloom, the cost of heating our homes is rising and the weather is colder than it has been for a long time.

This year self care is more important than ever before.  Self hypnosis can help you relax and perhaps if you can use your subconscious mind to imagine your lying on a tropical beach you can forget the cold for a short time.

Self hypnosis can be as easy as relaxing all the muscles in your face, starting with muscles in your forehead and between your eyes.  Relaxing the muscles in your face helps your body to relax quickly and easily, after the forehead try relaxing the muscles around your nose and mouth, then your cheeks.  Once you have relaxed your face so completely that it is expressionless, take a deep breath and allow the relaxation to flow through your body.  With practice it can be as easy as that.

In between all the rush and clammer of Christmas take five minutes to do this and you will be amazed at how refreshed you feel.  If when you are relaxed you can conjure up that tropical beach in your mind that is a bonus.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy a good Christmas and avoid the flu and colds that are going around. Turn on the radio and belt out those Christmas songs however old fashioned and corny they are.  When we think of Christmas past it’s not the value of the presents under the tree but the love that comes from the people who share Christmas with us.

I have worked as a hypnotherapist in Leatherhead and London and I also teach hypnotherapy and train new hypnotherapists. I offer a full range of services including anxiety coping mechanisms, stress relief, weight loss, stop smoking and treatment for phobias online. Please get in touch to find out more.