does your voice feel tired or strained do you have trouble trusting your voice and loving it
do you feel anxious about your voice we are going to change that
in this video join me for a short hypnotherapy session with katie crooks
so that you can release vocal tension and start loving your voice more and more every day
hi i'm katarina speech language pathologist and here on this channel i share practical tips about
using your voice in a healthy way so if this is a topic that interests you consider subscribing to
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videos in my last video i was talking to katie crooks my good friend and colleague who is also
an amazing hypnotherapist we busted some myths about hypnosis and we talked about the benefits
of hypnotherapy for people with vocal problems if you haven't seen that video you can click
here and watch it right now i will also post the link to that video in the description below i
asked katie to give us a taster in hypnotherapy are you ready to release tension and love
your voice again then find a quiet space where you will not be disturbed for about 10 to 15 minutes
and continue watching let's start hi katie and welcome back i'm so excited to have you
back here and guide us through a short uh hypnosis session so what are we going to do today so it's
going to be a very very short taster of just how it feels to go into hypnosis so all i'm going to
do is count you down to a light relaxation and then make some really nice suggestions
to your subconscious mind that you would like to take on some of the suggestions you might
connect with more than others so it's totally personal for you so i'll include as much as i
can that will be relevant to you so that as many people can enjoy this as possible and at the end
i'll just count you back up so it's a a very mini mini taster of how it feels to go into hypnosis
yeah it sounds good i cannot wait and what are we going to address today so let's make it about
loving your voice and loving those yeah loving yourself enough to embrace my voice
so i'm just going to write down a few potential affirmations of the cuff um so every day i love
my voice more and more would be a really really nice one i think that would be fantastic for our
audience because i know that people who experience vocals train tension or any vocal issue don't like
their voice and they have so much trouble saying this yeah and that's why i've said every day i
love my voice more and more rather than just simply i love my voice because when you say
i love my voice your subconscious mind might not be ready for that yet
i don't yet but actually every day i love my voice more and more
is a lovely way of coaxing your subconscious mind into giving it more love so another
um another one the more i relax the more easily my voice flows when i love my voice
my voice feels free i like that
excellent whenever you are ready all right okay
so get lovely and comfortable and then when you're ready close your eyes all the way down
good now take a nice deep letting go breath
already beginning to relax both mind and body
relax the top of your head relax your forehead smoothing out any creases
relax the tiny muscles next to your eyes and relax your jaw letting your jaw hang loose and slack
knowing that when you relax your jaw that sends a beautiful message
to the rest of your body that you're safe to relax now all the way down
relax the tops of your shoulders relax your arms all the way through to your fingertips
really good relax your torso breathing easily
relax your hips
relax your legs all the way out to the tips of your toes really nice
and now imagine a color you love forming at the top of your head
imagine it's a beautiful color that feels safe and comfortable and comforting
and you can say that color silently in your mind or you can say it out loud
that's right imagine that color now pouring in through the top of your head all the way down
through your torso through your legs and out the bottoms of your feet and i want you to imagine
that your beautiful color is washing away any unwanted feelings right now so it's as if all
problems are a million miles away right now as your beautiful color cleans you and cleanses you
taking you deeper and deeper inside your mind beautiful
good now bring all of your awareness to your eyelids and i want you to
imagine that your eyelids feel so deeply relaxed that they just want to stay closed
and no matter how hard you try to open them they just want to stay closed so you can give them a
good try so you try try as hard as you like to open and you may find the harder you try
the more they want to stay closed and when you're absolutely certain that they just won't open say
your color once more that's right and imagine your beautiful color pouring in through the top
of your head all the way down through your torso through your legs and out the bottoms of your feet
really good
and now i'm going to count from five down to one with each decreasing number it's
as if you're drifting and floating or traveling deeper and deeper inside your
mind as if you're going down a staircase or perhaps it's a waterfall or a rainbow
or a lift an elevator or something else entirely whatever it is is perfect for you
and it's taking you down deeper and deeper inside your mind to your safe place the beautiful place
where you can feel safe and you can feel comfortable a place where you can have change
it's a place where you can feel deeply relaxed so that you can love your voice more and more
and you can release tension so that your voice can feel free
getting ready to take your first step down now five taking a step down doubling your relaxation
for even deeper now
all sounds taking you deeper and deeper
three relaxing and releasing all the way down now and you may notice that your mind may drift
and yet your unconscious mind can easily focus on every word i say
even while your conscious mind drifts and floats
two all the way down now drift and float feeling into the velvety darkness behind your eyelids
and one be there now inside your safe
place and notice how amazing it feels here to be inside your safe place so take in some
lovely deep inhalations breathing in the lovely fragrances the wonderful scents of your safe place
notice the sounds here inside your safe place
you can reach out touch something there feeling its texture its
weight perhaps you can feel its temperature inside your safe place
good and i want you to imagine now that there's something
wonderfully delicious and healthy to taste there inside your safe place even if that's just a glass
of cool clear water go ahead and taste that healthy taste now notice how good that feels
really really good going even deeper now
and notice the beautiful colors here inside your safe place you realize that you can
turn up the brightness of those colors making them powerful and bold and strong
or you can turn your beautiful colors down making them gentle and peaceful
either way is of course perfect because you're in control you call the shots
i want you to imagine now that there's somewhere beautiful for you to sit or lie down
there inside your safe place
and when you sit or lie down there it's as if you're going even deeper on a beautiful journey
inside your mind where you can have the change that you want and i want you to go even deeper now
as if you're relaxing or releasing or perhaps floating or drifting safely comfortably down
and you've come here because you are ready to love your voice more and more to release old habits
so that you can embrace your voice and so that you can free your voice
and as you drift and flowed even deeper i want you to imagine that these lovely suggestions go
even deeper inside your mind and you can repeat them out loud or you can repeat them silently
inside your mind knowing that the more you say them the deeper it goes the longer it lasts
every day i love my voice more and more
that's right every day i love my voice more and more
every day i love my voice more and more
that's right the more i relax the more easily my voice flows
the more i relax the more easily my voice flows
when i love my voice my voice feels free
that's right when i love my voice my voice feels free
when i love my voice my voice feels free
that's right and i wonder if you can imagine yourself sometime in the future perhaps
tomorrow or a few days or a few weeks from now feeling so free because you love your voice
so much more i wonder if you can imagine your voice feeling more open more free perhaps more
free than you've ever felt so i want you to imagine now that you're sharing your voice
and feeling so good about it because your voice feels free and open and i
wonder if you can imagine as you share your voice that you're surrounded by a beautiful
protective shield a shield that protects you from other people's opinions it protects you
from any opinions about your voice because you know that you're safe inside your shield
i'm going to count from three down to one and snap my fingers and when i do a powerful
bright white healing lights gonna pour down on top of your head all the way through you and over
your shoulders down your back and surrounding you with a beautiful feeling of protection
and freedom three going even deeper now two trusting what comes and one white bright powerful
light now pouring in through the top of your head all the way through you going deeper and deeper
inside your mind as you feel your beautiful light surrounding you and protecting you and you realize
that you are so protected inside your beautiful light that anything unhelpful that anyone tries
to throw at you they just get back any looks just bounce off your shield and right back at
them because those things belong to those other people it doesn't belong to you it belongs to them
so imagine that stuff bouncing off the shield
so that you can feel free imagine yourself sharing your voice feeling so open so relaxed so grounded
now when you've imagined that and you've magnified and
intensified that beautiful feeling so your voice feels open you feel protected
i want you to put a huge smile on your face sending your brain that
dopamine hit it makes you want to do this again that serotonin release that makes you feel so good
and then i'm going to count you back up from one to five when i reach
five you'll emerge feeling refreshed and alert remembering everything
knowing that you can always return to this beautiful place any time you choose
and the more you listen to this the deeper it goes the longer it lasts and the better you feel
all right one starting to come back now two moving your feet in your toes three move your
hands your fingers full that's right lots of energy coming back to your body getting ready
to open your eyes and five open your eyes have a stretch and a yawn if that feels good
and beautiful job that is a very very brief example of taster of how it feels when you
relax and when you open your mind to the feeling of having a free voice and open voice so thank
you thank you so much it feels wonderful i have to say this is the first time that i experienced
actually goosebumps when you when we were at the end i got bumps and i still feel them so
wonderful wonderful thank you so much katie thank you thank you for sharing your gift with
all of us oh well thank you that's just been such a pleasure if you liked what you just experienced
let me know in the comments below i would love to hear from you also in the description below
you will find links to katie's resources so go and check them out right now
if you are experiencing vocal strain tension or even pain when speaking and you are ready to
work with me towards a free strong and confident voice check out my links in the description below
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share it with your friends and check out part one of this video right here below so see you soon bye