Using Hypnosis by Yourself - The Easy Way
By Gary Leggett

You ever have one of those days where you're going all the time and never have a minute to yourself? It sure would be nice to just take some time and take a nap but for most of us a nap is out of the question.

Here's a way to relax and recharge by just taking 5 minutes. That's all. Hopefully you can find 5 minutes in your hectic schedule for this simple way to use hypnosis by yourself.

1. First set a gentle reminder of some kind, a timer or whatever so you will know when it's time to get moving again. This step is optional.

2. Get comfortable, whatever that means for you. Sitting, stretching out on the couch, a place where you will be undisturbed for 5 minutes.

3. Set your intention. What do you want to accomplish with your 5 minutes. Recharge your batteries? Unwind? Release tension? Once you know, state it internally to yourself. For example, "in five minutes I will be relaxed and refreshed and ready to go."

4. Take a deep breath, hold it for a couple of seconds and exhale slowly. After the air in your lungs feels like it is completely out, push the rest out with an added quick exhale. Do this step three times.

5. Now as you breathe in slowly, imagine you are breathing in white light. If you find this step not so easy then imagine what breathing in white light would feel like. Also it doesn't have to be white light; it can be any color you want. The main point here is to feel it as comforting, as nourishment for your soul so to speak.

6. Starting with the number 10 and counting backwards inhale/exhale the light slowly 10 times. You can decide if your exhale has a color or not.

7. At the end of the 10 breathing cycles just relax and know at a deep level that the intention you set in step 3 is working in the background, that the process in being taken care of by the inner mind.

8. After enjoying this relaxing stillness for what feels like 5 minutes, reverse the process by counting up from 1 to 7 knowing that you will be fully awake and alert by the count of 7.

That's it, now go and enjoy your day knowing you can recharge anytime you have 5 minutes to spare using hypnosis by yourself.

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Life Loves a Quitter - When You Quit Smoking!
By Gary Leggett

This is the one time you can start something and quit without finishing and you will be applauded and cheered by everyone around you, even the smokers that want to quit. Did you grow up with the solid belief that once you start something, you never quit? Well here is where life loves a quitter.

Quitting smoking can have positive experiences in the early stages that give you the strength to continue. In this article I will touch on the important ones.

Consider these rewards for quitting: 20 minutes after you stop smoking, your heart rate slows down to a calm, steady beat, lowering your blood pressure.

Another benefit is the dangerous carbon monoxide levels in your blood begin to drop to a reasonable level. Carbon monoxide in your system has been known to give someone that sick feeling like the flu.

The largest benefit is your risk level of heart attack lessens and continues to decline in a more healthy direction. Food will start to taste good again. Instead of something that helps the cigarettes taste better. Think about that.

The air will actually smell fresh as your sense of smell comes back. Wait till you put on a jacket that you used to wear when you were a smoker. You'll be wondering what the stink is until you suddenly realize that it's the cigarette smoke in your clothes.

Two days after you stop smoking, your heart attack risk is lower and continues to decline over the next three months. You'll suddenly notice you don't need as much salt (thanks to a return in the sensitivity of your taste buds) - and the air smells fresh (now that your sense of smell has returned).

After the first month, you have fewer instances of that annoying, hacking smoker's cough because your bronchial tubes are starting to repair. Whenever your bronchial tubes are irritated, they produce excess mucus, so eliminate the cigarettes, and you say goodbye to the need to clear your throat constantly.

A few months later, you'll be taking the stairs without gasping for a breath. When you move more, your circulation will benefit more because the cigarettes haven't constricted your blood vessels. Just one cigarette reduces the blood flow throughout your body for an hour.

The health improvements continue long after you quit smoking. Your gift at the first anniversary of quitting is that your risk of coronary heart disease becomes half that of what you risked as a smoker.

Also the big one for most people. The sooner you quit smoking the less wrinkles you're going to have.

Smokers these days are very familiar without listing all the health disasters that are lurking in the future for smokers. People don't think about the health risks at the time they want a cigarette, it's just one more cigarette. What I find these days, it's when that very young person is looking up at them and asking, "why do you smoke, mommy?" or "why do you smoke, daddy?" that seems to get the ball rolling...

Did you know people quit smoking all the time? It's easy if you can get a little help.

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