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Hypnosis for a Fear of Pigeons - Bird Phobia Hypnosis · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  hypnotherapist, demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even
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  royalty. Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. This podcast features powerful
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  hypnosis, so do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
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  This recording is not suitable for those with epilepsy or
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  severe mental health issues, so get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here. And in this.
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  Episode of The Hypnotist, You're going to be listening to a
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  hypnosis session to help a client that had a fear of birds
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  and specifically a fear of pigeons.
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  And there's a few things going on here, but it actually uses
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  this idea. Of.
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  Experiencing something that they didn't have a fear of, and there
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  was certain animals that were of a similar size, they didn't
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  really feel fear. And it's about mapping that
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  resource across two pigeons from a first person perspective.
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  And it uses certain metaphors to get.
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  Them to the point. Where they're not in the
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  experience, but they're experiencing it as if it's a
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  first person perspective. So it's training the very neural
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  pathways to feel either silly, ambivalent, curious, funny,
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  confident. Around things that.
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  Look like pigeons and the reason I use the phrase things that
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  look like pigeons is that let's just say for example that you
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  had a very very good special effects company that do
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  Hollywood things and they created a robot that looked like
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  a pigeon for someone that had a fear of pigeons the fact that
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  it. Looks like a pigeon would
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  probably create the same. Level of anxiety as if it was a
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  pigeon until they knew it was a. Little.
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  Robot and then. They might not.
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  Feel any anxiety at all? And it's that reframe of
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  something that looks like a pigeon, but taking the anxiety
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  away. So it might be that you do have
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  a fear of pigeons. It might be that you have the
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  fear of a different animal or a different trigger.
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  The structure behind this is the same, and that is to map a
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  resourceful state across to the. State which is.
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  Currently making you feel anxious or unresourceful?
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  Whatever your trigger is, we can work on that.
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  And if you like the idea of a bespoke session, there will be a
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  link in the show notes where you can schedule that free
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  consultation call over Zoom. For now though, you might get
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  some value from this even if you don't have a fur of Igeons O
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  find a quiet comfortable lace where you won't be.
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  Disturbed, relax and. Enjoy the session.
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  The. Take a deep breath in.
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  And on the outward breath, that's it.
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  Just allow your eyelids to relax.
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  And with your eyes closed, notice how you can give more of
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  your attention to the sound of my voice.
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  Breathing in relaxation and exhaling tension.
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  That's it. Breathing in that feeling of
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  pure calm and relaxation and as you exhale.
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  Don't need to scan your body for any clues of anxiety, stress or
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  worry. Maybe a sensation around your
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  chest and just imagine that melting away so that on your
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  outward breath it feels like it's leaving your body no longer
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  in you, just going out there into the air.
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  And I want you to think of a colour that would represent a
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  combination of love and courage. Maybe 2 colours like a spiral
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  fusing together. And as you breathe in, just
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  imagine breathing in that. Cocktail of.
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  Love and courage, breathing in that resourceful feeling.
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  And as you exhale, just allow any remaining anxiety, worry or
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  tension and imagine it leaving your body, almost like Gray
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  shadows leaving your body in that outward breath.
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  And the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you become.
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  And the more relaxed you become, the more your imagination
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  awakens. And I want you to imagine how it
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  would feel to be in a futuristic laboratory.
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  Just imagine a scientist wearing a white.
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  Coat. Showing you an advanced virtual
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  reality headset, and when you wear this headset, you could
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  imagine being somewhere else, but you're not.
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  You're still in the laboratory, it's just that your brain thinks
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  it's somewhere else, the scientist explains.
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  Then the first phase is to activate a wonderful feeling of
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  love and connection with animals.
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  He asks you to put the headset on, and as you put the headset
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  on, imagine being teleported, teleported to a place filled
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  with fluffy dogs. Consider this place dog park,
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  and dog park only has dogs. I want you to imagine it being
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  filled with the cutest, friendliest dogs.
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  As you walk around dog park, imagine seeing golden
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  retrievers, Labradors. Perhaps you can imagine seeing
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  poodles and doodles, Yorkshire Terriers, even an Irish Red
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  Setter. You can see all these fluffy
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  dogs, friendly fluffy dogs, and notice these dogs can be
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  unpredictable and that makes them adorable.
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  They can be playful, wanting to jump up or lick, and that makes
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  them even cuter. I want you to get a sense that
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  this is activating a wonderful feeling within you, a feeling of
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  love, connection. Notice how you're smiling
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  looking at these friendly dogs, and the more dogs there are, the
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  happier you feel that these animals create something
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  wonderful in you. And I want you to see the most
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  adorable dog in dog park. The cutest face, maybe imagining
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  it yapping or barking in a friendly way.
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  Imagine feeling the sensation of the fur on your skin as you
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  imagine stroking or tickling that dog.
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  And the dog loves it. The dog loves your attention,
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  your affection, your touch. And notice where in your body
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  you feel this wonderful feeling and just make that feeling
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  expand and grow. And at that point in time, I
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  want you to imagine wiggling your toes at the point you feel
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  this wonderful sense of love and connection.
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  That's it. Wiggle your toes right now so
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  that wiggling your toes in the future will make you feel this
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  wonderful feeling. With animals.
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  That's it. I want you to imagine the dogs
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  are still there in dog park and remember this is just virtual
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  reality, nothing real. I want you to imagine there is
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  just a single feather there on the floor of dog park and you
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  still feel wonderful, still feel confident and comfortable and
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  just imagine picking up that single feather like it's
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  nothing. Like it's just.
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  A piece of paper or a stick and just imagine tickling the dogs
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  without feather and they love it.
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  You're holding the feather and the dogs like the sensation
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  perhaps of the feather on their nose or on their bellies if
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  they're lying down, and allow that feeling of love, connection
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  and happiness to transfer from the dogs anew into the feather.
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  So now the idea of a feather also triggers this wonderful
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  feeling. And just imagine holding the
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  feather and wiggling your toes and feeling that feathers are
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  cute, just like dogs. I want you to think of the
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  cutest breed of dog you can imagine.
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  But I want you to imagine because this is just virtual
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  reality. This incredibly cute dog with
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  its playful attitude is a dog without fur and only feathers.
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  It's a dog with feathers. I want you to get a sense that
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  when you touch the feathers, it feels soft, just like the fur
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  used to. And all the other dogs have fur.
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  But there's just one dog, a smiley, happy, playful dog that
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  just happens to have feathers. Here in dog park, you notice how
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  much love and affection you feel for that dog with feathers.
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  The fact that it's different doesn't make it less valuable as
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  a dog, doesn't make it undesirable.
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  It just happens to be a dog with feathers.
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  And if you can feel that feeling of connection with that dog with
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  feathers, just let me know by nodding your head.
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  I want you to imagine it being maybe a meter or two meters
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  away, trying to engage you, trying to play with you.
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  Maybe it's got a ball or a stick.
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  Maybe it drops it at your feet and then runs away hoping you're
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  going to throw the ball or the stick.
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  Just imagine this dog with feathers is like all of the
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  other dogs. It just happens to have
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  feathers. And I want you to feel that.
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  Any sensation in your chest that is anxious is just leaving your
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  body in your outward breath, breathing in.
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  There's two colours of love and courage as part of you knows
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  that there is something in your past that you want to get over
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  to change. And what if this cute dog with
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  feathers is helping you in the same way that a guide dog might
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  help a blind person? What if this dog was sent to you
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  to help you with a different condition?
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  See it's playful nature, it just happens to have feathers.
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  I want you to get a sense that by seeing the playful nature of
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  this dog, suddenly the feathers become secondary to the
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  personality and character of this dog.
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  I want you to imagine a park right next door to dog park
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  filled with tiny, tiny dogs, the smallest breeds of dogs or big
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  dogs that have shrunk down. And just imagine dogs the same
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  size as kittens in that separate park and they look cute and
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  friendly. And just imagine spending some
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  time with those friendly, cute tiny dogs.
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  And when you feel that sense of love and connection with these
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  tiny dogs, let me know by nodding your head.
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  I want you to imagine these dogs can talk.
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  And these dogs are also going to help you.
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  These cute tiny little dogs. I'm going to try and convince
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  you that they're an animal that they're not.
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  So imagine the dogs running away.
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  Just imagine a tiny little clothes shop or a fancy dress
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  shop, and in there are pigeon outfits.
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  These tiny little dogs go into this store and come out dressed
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  as pigeons. They're not pigeons, they're
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  tiny little dogs. Tiny little dogs dressed as
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  pigeons. And every now and then you can
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  see a waggling tail underneath that pigeon outfit.
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  These are not pigeons. They're dogs dressed as pigeons.
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  I want you to get a sand then. Even though they look a little
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  like pigeons, they're not pigeons.
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  I don't want you to feel that same feeling of love and
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  connection of kindness for these tiny little dogs dressed as
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  pigeons. And just wiggle your toes and
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  feel that playful, kind feeling within you.
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  And you could imagine five dogs or 10 or even 15 just dressed as
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  pigeons. And just imagine with their
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  little doggy voices trying to convince you.
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  Maybe they're saying I am a pigeon.
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  It doesn't convince you, but you think it's cute that a little
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  dog is pretending to be a pigeon and trying it's hardest to
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  convince you because they've got pigeon outfits.
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  Pigeon outfits are made of feathers, real feathers, just an
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  outfit of feathers. I want you to get a sense that
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  these little dogs are trying their best to do impressions of
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  pigeons. They're trying to COO, make
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  those little sounds that pigeons make, but they're not pigeons.
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  They're just little dogs pretending to be pigeons and
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  notice. You can still.
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  Feel that calm, comfortable feeling, a combination of love
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  and courage connected to these these pretend pigeons.
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  And one dog in particular has got a very convincing outfit
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  that looks exactly like a pigeon.
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  But it isn't a pigeon. It's just a convincing outfit.
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  And I want you to imagine allowing that little dog to hop
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  up on your lap or in your hands, and it isn't a pigeon.
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  It just looks like a pigeon. I want you to imagine holding
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  it, stroking it, giving it that affection, knowing that just by
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  imagining it this close, you are eroding the very foundation of
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  an old fear that you want to change.
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  Every time you imagine touching this dog dressed as a pigeon,
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  the fear gets weaker. Every time you imagine the
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  sensation of your fingers on feathers, the fear gets weaker.
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  Every time it's close by, the fear gets weaker.
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  Consider this training at altitude, because in real life
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  you would never hold a pigeon. Never touch a pigeon, but by
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  imagining holding and touching a dog dressed as a pigeon, the
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  very next time you see a pigeon you will come to the conclusion.
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  Then, if in your imagination you can imagine holding a dog that
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  looks like a pigeon, then you could imagine walking by a
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  pigeon perhaps a few feet away. Allow your mind to upload date a
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  belief. For a long while you believed
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  that pigeons made you feel a certain way, but it was never
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  the pigeon that made you feel that way.
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  It was just associations, connotations and connections.
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  And allow your mind to update those associations,
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  connotations, and connections. I want you to feel that a pigeon
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  is just an animal, and animals don't have malicious intentions,
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  they just are. And I want you to feel that you
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  are cutting a connection accord to a historical belief that's
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  been holding you back. And as you imagine cutting that
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  cord, feel that the historical associations and connections of
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  pigeons are now in your past and not in your present or future.
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  And when you're ready to cut that cord of the past, let me
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  know by nodding your head. That's it.
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  Just imagine some shiny scissors literally cutting a string, a
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  cable, a cord, or a rope connecting to these past
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  associations. At some point in your childhood,
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  you connected the look or sound of a pigeon with something to be
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  disgusted or afraid of. But that was your past, and ever
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  since then that's just been playing out as if it's real.
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  But now that the cord is cut, the connection only belongs in
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  your past and not in your future.
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  So just imagine still wearing this VR headset, but going to a
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  future where it's only your past that created a connection.
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  And imagine arriving. Arriving in Italy.
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  Imagine being in Saint Peter's Square, not in reality, just in
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  this virtual reality representation of Saint Peter's
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  Square. See a magnificent cathedral.
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  But now imagine seeing pigeons and feeling ambivalent, neutral,
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  or even sympathy, but certainly no anxiety.
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  Just imagine how that would feel, to imagine walking around
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  this large square, seeing the magnificent architecture and
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  feeling neutral, feeling ambivalent.
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  The pigeons are there, but they're of no concern to you.
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  Just feel that and make your way towards the cathedral.
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  Imagine going inside and seeing the stunning interior of this
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  cathedral and then imagine leaving back into the square,
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  knowing that pigeons are there but they don't bother you
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  anymore. Feel how you would feel if that
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  was true, To feel that a connection has been broken.
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  I want you to get a Sands done. Every time you listen to this
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  recording, your brain is building new neural pathways,
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  new ways of thinking to give you a choice.
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  And maybe soon, or maybe later, your brain will choose this new
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  way of thinking to either see pigeons as cute or simply
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  indifferent, no different from a bird that doesn't bother you at
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  all. If your unconscious is open
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  minded to that new shift, that new connotation, that change
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  either now or in the future, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it, and you can wait for this change to happen.
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  And maybe it happens in a dream where you imagine being with
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  pigeons and feeling OK. Or maybe something surprises
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  you, a future trip or holiday vacation to a place in a city.
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  And imagine feeling a sense of confusion.
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  A pigeon is nearby, but it no longer bothers you.
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  And that may very well be the evidence that the change has
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  happened for good. But for now, just remain open to
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  the possibility. Can you imagine returning to
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  that futuristic laboratory where the scientist removes this
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  headset, but within wiggle your toes and feel that you can
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  activate wonderful feelings and how you used to feel with
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  pigeons as somehow changed maybe slowly or completely.
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  Very soon I will count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  But in this moment, take a deep breath in through your nose and
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  out through your nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Start to connect and calibrate
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  to the here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to
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  awaken you. Starting to count 123 Waking up
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  456. More alert 7-8 Open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes 910. Wide awake, Wide awake.
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