Each step has the intention to deepen the subject s current state. High impact hypnosis has a different approach, since the intention is to keep the subject fully awake and aware the entire time, whilst communicating with the unconscious mind. I felt that it was important to develop a system that could be self-managed by each patient, so that with this sense of control each individual feels empowered in changing his or her life. The author describing how to obtain optimum benefit from the CD process I knew that, in order to make a new model of hypnosis, I would have to incorporate the power of music from the start, and develop the music at the same time as the linguistic techniques, so that they would become an integral part of the process. I therefore began working closely with a music composer, James F Simpson.
Music effects positive changes in our psychological, physical, cognitive and social functions.
Because music accesses so many different parts of the brain, its effect is profound on our emotional and physical lives. In the brain, music is processed in the amygdala, a part of the limbic system that is closely associated with emotions and imagery, and directly stimulates this part of the brain. Because music is as efficient and quick as other methods of relaxation such as meditation and yoga, it was considered to be an essential ingredient in enhancing the process of communication with the unconscious mind. Together we developed SMPs and combined them with neuro-linguistic patterns. The music, whilst having a relaxing and trance-like approach, also uses sophisticated repeat patterns and digital delays, which, incorporated with similar delays on the voice, create a platform that maximizes the effect of the dialogue with the unconscious mind.