Continue reading »]]> What It Is: Hypnosis is a state of focused concentration in which the subconscious mind is most open and receptive to accepting suggestions.

How It Works: The hypnotic state (often called a trace) is a NORMAL state of consciousness that we all enter into easily and often throughout each day. Hypnosis is simply focused concentration. In Jennifer’s practice, it is her voice in which the client directs their awareness. When a person becomes so focused on one particular thing, we “forget” to think about everything else and with a quiet conscious mind, the subconscious (which holds our innate behaviors and those aspects of who we are that are deeply engrained) is most open, we are then most apt to accept the beneficial suggestions of the hypnotist as our new truth.

Benefits: Hypnosis can be used to help anything that involves the mind in any capacity, from pain management to overcoming a fear or habit. Jennifer specializes in helping clients move past limiting beliefs, fears and repressed limiting beliefs to help you achieve personal and professional success, whatever that means to you!

Myths: The number one myth about hypnosis is that it is mind control or the work of the devil. But hypnosis is one of the safest means by which to heal your life. In a wellness setting such as Jennifer’s, you are always aware of what is going on and if your hypnotist would ever give a suggestion that goes against your moral code (or your deep-seeded desires) you could (and would) absolutely resist.

Another myth is that you can get “stuck” in hypnotic trance. Despite Hollywood’s depiction, that is not possible. The worst that would ever happen is that you would fall asleep and wake up naturally.

How to Prepare/What to Expect: The experience of hypnosis is very different for each person. Jennifer tells her clients to come with an open mind and with as few expectations as possible. It is helpful for the client to have given thought to the success they would like to achieve, other than that, no specific preparation is necessary.

Hypnosis with Jennifer is a very relaxing experience.

Number of Recommended Sessions: Again, this varies for each client, but Jennifer most often recommends at least 3 sessions. However some people, for some issues, require only one session, while other require 6 or more.

Practitioner: Jennifer Mergen, Certified Hypnotist

Location: Moe Bodyworks, Minneapolis, MN and Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center, Lakeville, MN

Phone: 651-261-4516

Email: jennifer@jennifermergen.com

Website: jennifermergen.com

Social Media links: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Rates: $110 for the 1^st Session, $90 for Subsequent

Educational Training: Academy for Professional Hypnosis Training

Professional Affiliations: National Guild of Hypnotists

Appointment Information: By appointment only

Years in service: 2.5 years

Other Holistic or Alternative Services: Reiki I & II

Continue reading »]]> Jennifer Mergen, Certified Hypnotist

The story to my path of holistic healing is one many have lived.

I was in a car accident in which a seatbelt saved my life, but the wreckage changed my life.

I suffered a neck injury that led to years of a wide variety of therapies within the realms of traditional Western medicine with only mild success. After “giving up” on these modalities, I fell into the painful and all too common trap of painkiller abuse. When doctors would not prescribe me anymore, I took to self-medicating with over-the-counter varieties. This worked effectively until I had a single moment of realization that again changed my life.

Years earlier my mother went through radiation as treatment for breast cancer. One of the side effects she often complained of was that all food tasted like metal. As I drove down the road one afternoon eating a pack of M&M’s, I noticed that they tasted like metal. In that moment, I knew what the pills were doing to my body and I knew I had to change!

I can count on my hands how many pain killers I have taken since that day more than a decade ago, but moving to this more natural lifestyle was not the end of chronic pain. I lived with this agony very uncomfortably for many years, until fate stepped in and hypnosis for pain management was recommended.

I had much of the same skepticism that I see in my clients, but there comes a time in a person’s life when you are willing to try anything – I was there!

There were two things that stand out from my very first session:

                #1 – I felt better than I had in almost 15 years

                #2 – Hypnosis was WAY more normal than I ever expected

Because of these things, on my drive home, I had an “AH HA” moment and immediately began researching schools so I too could share this gift with the world. Within a month and a half I was studying at the Academy for Professional Hypnosis Training in Wisconsin. I am certified with the National Guild of Hypnotists and have been practicing hypnosis professionally since May of 2009 in Brainerd and Minneapolis.

Now, I am ready to share with you accounts of alternative services, the stories of the practitioners and the benefits that could be waiting for you to discover in services you may have never considered (or perhaps never even heard of). I know that things are only weird until we have experienced them and it is my hope that the information I am including in this new weekly feature of my blog can bring you the healing, self-awareness or insight you may be seeking!

Come back Thursday for more information on hypnosis and how it can bring healing to your life!

Continue reading »]]> Take control of your thoughts and your mind so you can experience limitless bliss in your life!

The unique process Jennifer brings forward, as described by one participant, “is like taking a self-help book and making it swirl around in your mind so it actually clicks!” Discover how you too can “make it click” and bring success forward into your life!