1. Watch the Smoking Pendulum
Cigarette smoking is certainly known to be a physical addiction and the roots of quitting are seated deep in the mind. Using hypnosis to quit smoking is a powerful tool because it attacks those secret places buried in your mind. Let yourself become lulled into a hypnotic state; it allows the hypnotist to poke around in there and maybe rearrange some of those harmful thinking patterns.
2. Close Your Eyes now and Quit
Often hypnotists will ask you to visualize your life as a nonsmoker. Part of the hypnosis process is retraining the mind so that the body will follow. So much of the whole cigarette-smoking thing is about the little rituals that go along with the actual inhaling. Going outside, opening the pack, lighting up, finding a place to stash the butt--it's all part of the addiction that needs to be broken. Hypnosis can help retrain your mind. Visualization is just one major part of the nurturing, holistic treatment which has helped so many people quit.
3. Remember it all for Later
Whether you are hypnotizing yourself or you are put under by a professional, you want to remember the experience so that you can call upon it when you feel the urge to smoke come back. Hypnosis should not be a secret, forgotten experience, but instead be a wonderful, peaceful memory that is easily accessible when you need it. Quitting smoking will take some practice. You didn't become addicted overnight, so you won't drop the habit on a dime either.
4. Pull the Trigger on the Stop Smoking Gun
Keep all your ammunition at your side as you quit smoking. Even the best hypnosis often needs to be repeated. Find out when you can go for a refresher session or ask the person administering the hypnosis to give you some easy techniques to tap into the process when your cigarette craving hits hardest.
5. Hypnotize Yourself and Live to Tell About It
You don't have to put your money and your mental health in the hands of potential charlatan to receive the benefits of hypnosis. Self-hypnosis is a powerful tool that isn't difficult to learn. With a little practice, you can put yourself into a state that allows you to exert pressure on your thoughts on your thoughts and replace old ideas with new, healthier alternatives. Learn some mantras to put you into a peaceful state of mind and intersperse them with little healthy verses such as, "I am a nonsmoker" and, "I quit smoking very easily today."
