A Hypnotherapist on...Unlocking Your Subconscious

Tonight, unlocking your subconscious for better sleep. My friend Janet, I, Janet who listens to sleep magic regularly called me the other day and made sort of a frustrated confession. She said, I just don't get the wiggling of the eyebrows. I mean, I do it, but I just don't get it. And you may agree with Janet if you've been listening to sleep magic for a while. You've heard me ask you to wiggle your eyebrows, testing that your eyes won't open as you pretend they're stuck shut. Now, if this is your first time listening to sleep magic, my apologies. You'll understand better in just a little bit, so please bear with me. So this explanation is for all the Janits out there. Here goes. As humans, we are functioning from two different minds at the same time. There's the conscious mind, which is more logical and analytical and the subconscious mind, which is more imaginative and intuitive. Now, in our waking life, we lead from the conscious mind. We like to analyze, rationalize, and figure things out. The conscious mind is sort of like the horse pulling the cart of the subconscious mind. But our job when doing hypnosis is to access the subconscious mind, to enter our imagination and our feelings, and to get to the deep programming inside ourselves. And hypnosis is like putting the cart before the horse. You're making the subconscious mind primary. Now, when we wiggle the eyebrows, we are going straight to the imagination, engaging the subconscious mind. Meanwhile, the conscious mind is saying, I'm in control. I'm logical. I can open my eyes. But by pretending that your eyes won't open, we're saying, settle down conscious mind. I'm choosing the imagination. And by doing this, you're putting the cart before the horse and entering hypnosis. And it may seem strangely simple, like that's it, but it is. And it's not that weird. Actors do this when they play characters. Kids do it when they play pretend. We all do it when we daydream. And although our society sort of pooh-poohs the imagination, considering it's sort of flighty or silly, it's actually an incredibly powerful part of your mind, maybe the most powerful part. So that, Janet, is why we wiggle the eyebrows, pretending that our eyes won't open. We could do it other ways, maybe imagining that your hand is heavy and won't lift or imagining that balloons are tied to your wrist, making it so light that it lifts, it really doesn't matter, except that it engages your imagination fully. And from that place, suggestions I make become clearer, more vivid, and are accepted much more easily. Plus get a free home charger with standard installation when you choose an all-electric model. Persia. Business powered. Valid from 16th February to 16th March, 2026, saving an OTR price. Business users only selected stock participating retailers full season season apply visit Persia.co.uk. Just a short reminder before you drift off, Sleep Awareness Week is coming to a close. And there are only a few days left to begin your 30 day free trial of Team Magic. If you've been wanting to improve your sleep and experience the very best of this show, this is your final chance to enjoy 30 nights of Team Magic completely free. A Team Magic subscription gives you ad-free listening, plus hundreds of exclusive sleep hypnosis sessions designed to help you fall asleep faster and sleep more deeply through the night, along with a new premium only release every other week. And with 30 days, you'll have time to feel the shift. Once this extended trial ends on March 16th, it won't be available again for some time. So if this feels like the right moment, tap try free in Apple podcasts or use the link in the show notes before this week ends. There's no better week to choose rest. I'll be right here when you're ready.