It's not uncommon for people to believe they cannot be hypnotized. Everybody can be hypnotized. Yes, even you! It doesn't matter if you think that you easily get distracted, your mind is overactive or you think you're too strong-willed. Hypnosis is a natural state of being that feels like a state of deep relaxation. Can you relax? OK - then you can be hypnotized.

Unlike repeating affirmations and listening to sleep tapes at night, hypnosis is a method to tap into the subconscious mind, in order to help make lasting and impactful changes.

Affirmations are often an ineffective method for reprogramming the subconscious mind because they don't reach the subconscious level due to the critical faculty of the mind. This is like the gatekeeper, that determines what gets through into the subconscious and can thus create that desired change, and what is simply rejected. It determines it based on your current belief system, so if you're repeating affirmations that go against your already existing belief, then it won't get in... see the problem here?

There's not a lot of research done on sleep tapes that would actually prove that they work. They can work if you believe them to work, just like the placebo effect. We have to remember that we can only impress the subconscious through the conscious mind, because the subconscious does *not* understand English or words... The language of the subconscious mind is visuals, imaginary, symbols, and emotions. And so when you're playing those sleep tapes at night while your conscious mind is asleep, then the subconscious cannot be impressed as it doesn't have the translator: the conscious mind.

Hypnosis can sometimes feel like meditation because both involve a state of relaxation and focused awareness. The intention for both practices is different, and therefore also the outcome. Meditation is a state of relaxation and focus, where the goal is to train the mind to be in the present moment and develop an awareness of self. In hypnosis the mind is still focused but the goal is to bypass the conscious part of your mind so that you can communicate with the unconscious part - to reprogram the subconscious mind and change your self-image (conception of self) through changing your beliefs, stories, feelings and emotions. This will help you think, feel, act and behave in a different way so you can manifest your desired outcome.

Absolutely! As long as you understand basic English, it does not matter that it is not your first language.