Hypnosis is a brain state that combines deep focus with deep relaxation and can accelerate neuroplasticity.

“Keep in mind hypnosis is merely a brain state of heightened focus, narrow context and deep relaxation— during which the threshold for neuroplasticity is lower.”

“The former achieves brain states that allow for cognitive flexibility & that accelerate neuroplasticity for the benefit of the patient.”

“Hypnosis brings both the focus and the deep rest component into the same compartment of time. It's a very unique state in that way. So hypnosis kind of maximizes the learning about and the non sleep deep breasts bow and combines them.”

“This is also an extremely valuable aspect to hypnosis because it can increase plasticity, the brain's ability to change in response to experience. It's essentially opening up pathways that allow you to change your brain in the ways that you want.”

“Now another tool that you can use to directly tap in to the circuits for focus and concentration and to greatly accelerate neuroplasticity, the improvements, or I should say the changes in those circuits that will allow you to focus and concentrate better is hypnosis. A lot of people hear hypnosis and they think stage hypnosis, you know, people squawking like chickens and doing things against their will, but actually hypnosis is a atypical but highly accessible brain state that's been studied with a lot of rigor at Stanford University School of Medicine by my colleague, Dr. David Spiegel, he's been a guest on this podcast previously. Hypnosis is a unique brain state because it's one in which you are deeply focused and yet deeply relaxed.”

“But Spiegel and his daddy figured out because they're way smarter than I am that you can get people into that perfect state of neuroplasticity by combining them both in real time through this atypical thing we call hypnosis.”

“it seems that in the self-directed hypnotic States the brain enters kind of pattern of activity in which neuroplasticity can be accessed more quickly we think because the brain is both focused and relaxed in a particular way merging that focus and rest State”