Pre-recorded hypnosis CDs are more versatile and adaptable than you may realize. Most people buy a CD, listen to it a few times and either get the results they want or not.

But it's possible, with a little resourcefulness and creativity to adapt almost any hypnosis CD to any purpose you want.

The following six tips explain a few of the ways you can use any standard hypnosis session from a CD, tape or DVD.

1. Consciously Follow Every Step

This is the most common approach. You purchase a hypnosis CD to help you with a specific problem, and you carefully concentrate on the words and suggestions, doing your best to follow the suggestions.

This is a good, dependable way to get your money's worth from your CD. But there are other, more creative ways to use (and repurpose) an existing hypnosis disk.

For example, you may get better results by paying less attention.

2. The Easiest Way - Zonk Out And Soak It In

Since the hypnotist's words are mostly directed to your subconscious mind, some people say it's more more effective to let your conscious mind doze off. That way, you don't have to contend with the constant doubts and arguments of your surface thoughts.

With them out of the way, the suggestions can sink straight into the deeper parts of your mind that actually control habits and beliefs.

3. Distract Your Mind - Count Backwards

Maybe you find that you don't readily nod off while listening to hypnotic patter. If so, here's an excellent way to distract your conscious mind from what's going on (and thus to bypass its resistance). As soon as the hypnotist begins the suggestions, simply concentrate on counting backwards from 200 or 300.

If you lose count along the way, it's okay simply to start up again from about where you lost the count. And if you keep forgetting how far you counted, that's excellent. It means you are successfully lulling your conscious mind into ignoring the suggestions so that they can soak in deeper and faster.

4. Concentrate On A Value Or Quality You Want

Instead of counting backwards, you can repeat a word with each inhalation and each exhalation. This serves as a sort of mantra that focuses your mind on qualities you wish to develop.

You may choose words or phrases like:
* Love
* Joy
* Self Trust
* Forgiveness
* Generosity
* Thankfulness
* and so forth

Over time, the qualities you actively saturate your mind with will grow stronger within you.

5. Repeat a statement of goal or purpose

This is similar to tip number 4. You can use a hypnosis recording to build a stronger awareness of your goal, purpose or expectation.

For example, if it's wealth and prosperity thinking that you want to strengthen in your mind, you can use those words as mantras.

You can also repeat (or read) a series of simple affirmative statements:
* I easily attract great flows of money
* Satisfied customers come to me easily and in great numbers
* I attract my ideal customers and clients
* People love my products and services and tell all their friends about me
* Prosperity is so simple and easy

6. Breathe thanks in and out

If you want to totally transform the kind of life you're living, the shortest possible path is to cultivate a powerful sense of gratitude for everything.

Did you get that? EVERYTHING.

Even the stuff you consider the bottom of the barrel.

As you breathe in, think of yourself absorbing a feeling of thanks from the surrounding world -- from the Universe itself. That means the Universe is thanking you for being here. It treasures you... adores and cherishes you.

And on the out breath, send answering thoughts of thanks and gratitude out to the world as it cradles and nurtures you.

Now I'm going to be blunt here. If gratitude is not your normal everyday mental state, you'll have to work at this one when you first start. But there is no faster way to turn your entire life around. Seriously.

So if you have a couple of old hypnosis CDs lying about, you can pull them out and give them new life by using these methods.

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