I hike because it relaxes me. When I started hiking about 17 years ago, it was for exercise. Now it is for my soul.
Hypnosis is a lot like hiking. We decide we are going to do it, we start walking and before long we realize a lot of time has passed and we are no longer thinking of all our worries and concerns.
Our creative mind is in solving problem mode and we come off the trail with many solutions that are playing out unconsciously. If you have a problem, say to yourself that you want to find the solution at the end of your hike…start off on the trail and forget about it. It may come to you on the hike itself or it may be realized later, or even better it may resolve itself seemingly on its own (the subconscious really did that).
I’m an active person and so sitting meditations are difficult. I began using my hiking time as meditation time by focusing only on the senses. To do this you begin with noticing only the visuals, the shapes, the colors, etc. Do this for several minutes. Then move to notice only what you are hearing, then feeling. This practice over time will make your hikes more productive on the mental and emotional as well as physical levels.
I am Valerie the Hypnotic Hiker. As a hypnotist and hiker for the past 19 years I have realized how much the two have in common for helping to shift perspective and gain insights.
Recently I have study the Beatitudes and realize Jesus was talking about the subconscious mind when he used Heart, Earth, Righteousness and other words that meant something entirely different 3000 + years ago then they mean now.
Come along with me as I Walk and Talk with Nature, with Source, with the Divine. Connects to the subconscious which is the heart mind, connects to the divine within, the source within the power to do all things greater than …… and teach you how to do the same.