By Debra Ketterhagen, Leona VandeVusse and Margaret Ann Berner — 2002
The purpose of this article is to inform nurses about the use of self-hypnosis in childbirth. Hypnosis is a focused form of concentration.
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Hypnosis is usually considered an aid to psychotherapy (counseling or therapy), because the hypnotic state allows people to explore painful thoughts, feelings, and memories they might have hidden from their conscious minds.
Your eyelids are getting heavy, your arms are going limp and you feel like you’re floating through space.
The breath is the foundation of every mindfulness practice, and it is also the foundation of life. Establishing a relationship with your breath, especially while pregnant, will have lasting effects for you and the child you are bringing into the world.
Hypnosis is perhaps one of the least understood therapeutic tools in use.