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Autosuggestion: How positive Affirmations Influence the Way You Think and Feel

 

Autosuggestion trains the subconscious mind to influence the way a person thinks, perceives and believes. As well as implementing the power of positive thinking, it builds on such techniques as Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Autogenic Training, Active Imagination and other tried and tested psychological methods.

Emile Coué (1857-1926) was a French pharmacist and pioneer of autosuggestion. Coué who, after reading the writings on hypnosis from the “School of Nancy” (A. Liébeaut and H. Bernheim), developed a very simple method of self-hypnosis. Every day before falling asleep and after waking up, the patient should repeat 20-30 times the now famous sentence: “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.

Autosuggestion uses positive affirmations to replace negative thoughts, opinions or beliefs with good and healthy ones. For this technique to properly take effect, the recipient must first achieve an altered state of consciousness. The reason for this is that, when we are in our normal waking state, the new thoughts or ideas have to get past our critical minds, which isn’t that easy. When the idea that we want to suggest, contradicts a belief or opinion that we have previously held to be true, we immediately activate and reinforce the original thought we wanted to avoid, which is not going to give us the effect we want.

Under The Radar

“Unconscious” is the keyword; Positive affirmations, such as Coué’s aforementioned line, enter our minds under the radar. They by-pass our critical mind and create new beliefs.  It is the same thing when we are dealing with stress: in the waking state of consciousness, we tell ourselves to relax and it just doesn’t work. The more we will ourselves to relax, the more we just get tense. But when we hear new ideas or suggestions, communicated in a slow, monotonous voice, or embedded in relaxing music, they are more inclined reach our subconscious mind, and our critical minds will be distracted. The words influence us, and the effect is that we relax.

The reason that the Coué method of autosuggestion is so effective in making positive mental changes, is because it does not involve willpower. Attempting to use willpower inevitably leads to the strengthening of exactly those existing ideas, that we want to avoid.

So whether you want to reduce stress, relax or change some unwanted or disturbing mental patterns, autosuggestion will help you to switch off your critical minds in order to achieve the mental state you desire.  For best results, you should make it a habit and integrate the program into your daily routine!

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SonicTonic uses autosuggestion

SonicTonic is a revolutionary sound-based tool for providing quick and effective help to those who are having problems with sleep, stress, depression, anxiety, and pain. It uses Receptive Sound Therapy – a balanced blend of proven auditory healthcare techniques. Purpose-targeted audio programs are available via the SonicTonic app for Android and iOS. The programmes that use autosuggestion are tagged with this icon: 

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