Ms Sonal Sheth gave a wonderful talk for the Group 21 over lunch at the Fariyas Hotel on the 17th of June 2010
Sonal spoke on techniques for treating various issues (stress, anxiety, insomnia, pains, fears, concentration, low confidence, Anger, relationship conflicts, addictions, depression etc) by her integrated approach to healing using a combination of of 4- clinical hypnotherapy, energy healing ,counselling psychotherapy & past life regression therapy.
Some points:
The conscious mind is 10% while the sub-conscious is 90%

There is a filter between the conscious and sub conscious mind
Everyone has a unique filter
We all have our beliefs
eg: I need to be married to be happy
My experience must match my rules, otherwise there is conflict...

We have to change our beliefs as we cannot change our experience.
During hypnosis there is no argument by the conscious mind.


According to Sonal, how does Hypnosis help?
Hypnosis is used to access the subconscious by relaxation techniques and hypnotherapy offers healthier positive suggestions based on your goals and desires to improve the quality of your life. It is a very natural effective process of by-passing the critical conscious mind to directly get in touch with the subconscious mind.

How is new information infiltrated in the subconsious mind?
There are various techniques for this and would be difficult to explain all. Three are explained below:
Guided imagery or visualization is one aspect of hypnotherapy where descriptions of images for you to visualize help you to work through various medical or emotional concerns either by direct suggestion or use of metaphor in the imagery. It is often said that imagery is the language of the subconcious mind. These images may not be “rational” to your conscious mind, but they are symbols that can be very powerful tools in helping to guide you to heal or improve yourself for many conditions.
Other times, the therapist will give you suggestions to help you on your healing journey.

The content of the suggestions, and the method by which they are delivered and administered is by variations in voice inflection, intonation (delivery), listening pattern and schedules can all influence the outcome. Each person interprets these suggestions, or views the imagery in their own way, according to what is needed by the person at the time – you will experience the very same session differently from another individual, because your own subconscious mind knows exactly how to interpret the images or suggestions in the way that is just right and tailor-made for you.

Reframing techniques are used to replace unwanted emotions like anger, sadness to positive feeling.
It is important to note that all the techniques used have been effectively researched and applied in the clinical setting with many patients often over many years
That is how it works...according to Sonal