Sleep Hypnosis: Are You Ready for Better Sleep?

As the clock ticks the minutes away, you cannot help staring at it, unable to shut off your thoughts. You are trying to fall asleep, but sleep seems to be a distant dream. Good sleep hygiene forms the foundation of healthy sleep habits, but it might not be enough to counteract sleep anxiety and the worries that keep you awake at night. If you are struggling to turn off intrusive thoughts, stop the stress, and silence the anxiety, it might be time to turn to sleep hypnosis. With hypnotherapy for sleep, you can quiet the internal chaos and tap into your body’s natural healing power.

Our Need for Sleep

The majority of Hong Kongers are not getting enough sleep. They work hard and play hard, but their energy might be flagging thanks to poor sleep habits. That chronic lack of sleep might do more than sap your energy. It could even put your mental and physical well-being at risk. When you do not get enough sleep or your sleep is poor quality, you might feel drowsy or irritable during the daytime. You may struggle to feel alert or pay attention, and your motor skills could decline in quality, increasing your risk of accidents on the roadway or at work.

Over time, your health could be at risk, too. Poor sleep is associated with an increased risk of several health issues, including: 

• Obesity
• Type 2 diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Depression and other mood disorders
• Chronic pain

While getting the sleep you need might feel like an impossible dream, it does not have to be. Hypnotherapy for sleep and anxiety can change the way you approach sleep, and as it does, it can even transform the quality of your sleep. With sleep hypnotherapy, you can calm your mind, let go of your worries, and drift off into the kind of deep, rejuvenating sleep you need for health and wellbeing. 

Using Hypnotherapy for Sleep

While pop culture scenes involving hypnosis invariably include the line, “You are getting very sleepy,” the reality of using hypnotherapy for sleep and anxiety is a little different. There are no pocket watches, and you will likely remain awake and aware throughout the experience. However, sleep hypnotherapy is still profoundly relaxing, and you will be deeply focused as you learn to develop new ways to manage your sleep habits. 

As you experience sleep hypnosis, your subconscious mind becomes more open to new ideas. At this point, our hypnotherapist uses specific therapeutic suggestions to help you release stress, anxiety, and worry from your day-to-day life. The right suggestions can transform the way you approach sleep. You can begin to see your bedroom as a place of rest and relaxation. You can look forward to sleep as a time of healing and rejuvenation. You can develop new tools and coping mechanisms to stop racing thoughts and put an end to rumination. As you learn to quiet the unwanted mental noise, your body will calm and quiet, too, and soon, you will be on the threshold of sleep, ready to drift away into slumber.

Hypnotherapy for sleep is gentle, natural, and unlike some medications, non-habit forming. People have used hypnosis for many years to treat pain, anxiety, depression, stress, and other health issues. It has offered relief from morning sickness, symptoms from cancer treatments, and helped people prepare for and recover from surgical procedures. Sleep hypnotherapy is a powerful tool that can help you learn to manage your body and the way you perceive your body by altering connectivity and activity in specific parts of the brain. Hypnosis is particularly effective when it comes to sleep because it enables you to relax and unwind, gently easing your brain from its daytime job of analyzing to its nighttime world of imagination and dreams.

Visit Renewed Edge today to learn more about the healing power of hypnotherapy for sleep and anxiety or to schedule your consultation with our hypnotherapist.