Dr. David Spiegel

Typically, you're in a physically relaxed state, but frankly, there are people at the peak of performance, including physical athletic performance or musical performance, when they're in hypnotic states too.

I've talked to classical pianists who say, if I start thinking about what my fingers are doing now, I screw up.

I'm floating above the piano thinking about the tone that I want to feel exuding from the instrument.

So that's a hypnotic-like state too.

And many athletes who are in peak performance are just flowing with it.

They're not thinking step-by-step, what am I doing?

And that's when you're doing your best.

Or, you know, when we're working or giving a talk and doing it well, we're in a hypnotic-like state.

So it doesn't – it usually –

requires, but doesn't necessarily require physical comfort or quietness.

It can sometimes be intense activity.

Or it's the Reveri app from the App Store is the other way.

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There are two good professional organizations that will help you with that.

One is the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

And I think that's S-C-E-H dot U-S.

And the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, and they both provide referral services for professionals.

In general, look for someone who is licensed and trained in their primary professional discipline, psychiatry, psychology, medicine, dentistry, and who has training and interest in using hypnosis is a way to do it.

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