2nd Key - Deep Rest

Now that you're practicing the 1st Key.  You're practicing what is known in Hypnosis parlance as Up-Time Hypnosis or Wide Awake Hypnosis.  And some of you are fine with just doing that.  However, for those of you that would love to go deeper into healthier states of deep sleep.  This 2nd Key - Deep Rest will take you into a very deep state of sleep or what's known as: "Down-time hypnosis."  Further than you've probably slept before.
I teach my method of Deep Rest to professionals and non-professionals alike to allow them to get 15 to 20 minutes of very deep rest.  Some just continue and sleep the rest of the way through the night.
This 2nd Key should not be done while driving or operating anything dangerous.  And it should not be performed immediately after eating.  Wait at least 30 minutes for your body to digest.  Some of you out there fall asleep after eating anyway and take a nice siesta.
The 2nd Key can be practiced twice a day, once in the morning to squeeze out that last bit of juicy dream time.  And once in the evening before dinner.

The benefits of the 2nd Key - Deep Rest are obvious however, some of you may not realize that when you don't achieve deep states of rest, you build up a "Sleep Debt."  A Sleep Debt is just like any other debt.  It means that you owe yourself a certain amount of rest.  The greater the sleep debt, the greater the dis-ease you'll start to experience.  Your mind is a wonderful device that will demand sleep processing one way or another.  Without the proper amount of sleep, you'll begin to dream during the day.  We call this dreaming during the day neurosis.  If this continues long enough, you'll move into a psychotic state.  Or in other words, you'll move into your day dreaming and not pay rent!

2nd Key - Deep Rest method:

Find a place where you won't be disturbed by phones, email, Facebook, kids, dogs, cats... you get the picture.  If you are disturbed by someone, just inform them that you'll be with them in 15 minutes and excuse yourself.  Don't enter into any further conversation with them.  Your mind is very susceptible to suggestions in deep hypnotic rest.  We'll be using this fact to build upon in the next keys!

You can lay down if you wish to drift off into sleep for the night if you're doing the 2nd Key for sustained sleep.  Otherwise find a comfortable chair that'll allow your back to be straight.

Read the instructions for 2nd Key - Deep Rest method until you've understood it and can do it without looking at the instructions.

Close your eyes and notice that your body has a kind of vibration from the circulation of your blood and pulsing of your heart.  Inhale and exhale gently and slowly without effort.  Return to this Now time and be in the moment.
Imagine that there is a large golden ring above your head like a giant halo.  This Halo glows with a golden light that when used, relaxes whatever part of the body goes through it.
Slowly allow the halo to move down and your head to enter the inside of the ring.  As it slowly continues down past the ears, the nose, the chin, the throat and down toward the shoulders, a very relaxing warm honey like feeling is left behind now covering the head, neck and shoulders.  Let the golden ring continue down past the shoulders, down the chest, down the lower back and belly and down past the hips.  Now moving down past the thighs, the knees, the calf, the ankles and finally down the feet and stopping past the toes.  Mentally visualizing and stating the the number 10 several times and allow the ring to float up and return to it's place just above your head again.

Now for a deeper and healthier state of rest, continue to feel the vibration of your body in this Now time, as you again move the ring down the body as before, entering inside the ring.  Feeling even more rest as it passes down the body slowly.  And completing just beyond the toes as you mentally visualize and state the number 9 several times.  Allow the ring to return above the head more slowly than before.
Continue passing the ring down with you on the inside slower and slower and finally counting down and visualizing to 1 in ever deeper and healthier states of sleep.

Now that you're within a very deep healthy level of rest, start allowing the mental affirmations of:

   "Perfect and pure health..."
   "Perfect and pure wealth..."
   "Perfect and pure rest..."

to every so often, repeat in your thoughts, and let them go.

When 15 or 20 minutes have past and you want to return.  Simply reverse the process.  Allow the ring at the tips of the toes to slowly move up the body with you on the inside of the ring and let the ring be a brilliant glowing white color full of waking energy.  All the way up beyond the head while mentally counting and visualizing the number 1.  And then let the ring float down in front of the toes and move inside the ring again while allowing the bright white light to fill the body with peaceful and invigorating energy.  When the ring is above the head, visualize and mentally state the number 2 several times.  Continue this process until you visualize and state the number 10.

When you're ready, open your eyes just like you do in the morning after a fantastic nights sleep.

The 3rd Key will be along soon...

Thank you for your time,

Mike Addison MH.t., MA.t
AnodynicHypnosis@gmail.com - Contact me for session prices

** If you enjoyed this method and would like to experience even more fantastic states and possibilities produced by Anodynic Hypnosis, feel free to contact me and arrange workshops and classes.