Category | Who Is Bob Pargament

Sometimes there are things you can do to feel better that have nothing to do with hypnosis, EFT or any of the techniques I employ at Westchester Hypnosis. When we are frustrated, sad, or experiencing any negative emotion, we are turning our emotions and attention inward so it is only natural that we can improve our mindset by directing our thoughts outward. Recently, along with my two sons, we had the privilege of volunteering at an Easter party at Ronald McDonald House in Manhattan. One of my clients who does a great deal of humanitarian work, told me of this opportunity to help at an Easter...

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I was honored to be a guest speaker at the Ridgefield Connecticut Chamber of Commerce this week in Fairfield County. This speech was one of the best that I've given as the attendees asked so many interesting questions of me. The turnout was terrific thanks to Chamber Director Marion Roth. Perhaps the best one of all was the one that asked me to explain the difference between meditation and hypnosis. My answer is that hypnosis is essentially meditation with an agenda.That is to say, that both processes get the mind into a more suggestible state of deep relaxation, but hypnosis conducted by a skilled...

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I'm often asked by clients before we begin our first session whether I use a swinging watch to induce hypnosis. I don't, but I could. The fact is that there are countless ways to hypnotize someone. A person can be hypnotized with a simple handshake in what we call a pattern interrupt induction, we can induce with ringing bells, pulsating light, a person can even hypnotize themselves by daydreaming. As a hypnotist I prefer what is called a progressive relaxation induction. I simply have you relax through diaphragmatic breathing,followed by some muscle relaxing, then clearing the mind a little...

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I was proud to create a new hypnosis program at Move2Wellness in Ridgefield, Connecticut last month. This first of a kind program uses the power of hypnosis for extra deep relaxation and then takes it to another deeper level with the magical resonance of Tibetan Singing Bowls. Tibetan singing bowls have been used for centuries to induce a deep state of trance simply through their lingering vibrations after being gently struck. I hypnotized a group of people from Greenwich, Norwalk and Ridgefield. Melissa Merendino, a very talented healer and expert on the bowls, worked her magic by playing...

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I'm not one who normally engages in beliefs that transcend the natural and go off into beliefs about other planes of existence, but I have to say that my beliefs are transforming as I've seen too many inexplicable things occur in my own life and the lives of others before my eyes that I cannot easily explain away. Call it synchronicity, happenstance or something of a psychic nature... I don't know. What I do know, is that these "coincidences" occur with greater frequency after I do self-hypnosis. I believe hypnosis smooths out the wrinkles in our thoughts and allows the mind to receive...

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