Self-Hypnosis or Shamanic Journey Countdown/Deepening (dark screen)

This is a simple countdown technique to deepen your state of consciousness for beginning any self-guided hypnosis or shamanic journey session with any intention you choose, even if that's just for a good night's restful sleep. ;) It guides you to state your intention and then, using your imagination, to navigate down 10 stairs to your sacred garden, from which your subconscious can take over to fulfill your stated intention.
I recommend doing a relaxation technique before using this countdown, like:
* for if you're 'waking back up' afterward: • Simple Guided Toe-to-H...
* for going to sleep: • Simple Guided Head-to-...
If you want to come back to the waking world afterward (i.e. you aren't using this countdown to help you go to sleep), here's a count-up/emerging video to pair with this one:
• Self-Hypnosis or Shama...
Here is a prefab playlist that includes the first guided relaxation above, this countdown, a 40-minute silent timer for your session, and the count-up at the end:
• 1-Hour Self-Guided Hyp...
And here is a playlist that uses the second guided relaxation above plus this countdown for sleep:
• 16-Minute Guided Relax...
I chose not to play any music or sounds in the backgrounds of these videos to make them more versatile so that you could:
* use them with just my voice and no additional sounds
* or choose your own sounds to play along with them, like:
* ambient music: ua-cam.com/users/results?searc...
* shamanic drumming: ua-cam.com/users/results?searc...
* ambient sound and music generators: mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php
chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Stairway Countdown
4:07 The Gate
4:45 Your Sacred Garden
Credits:
I based this technique on a structure called 'Deepening' that I learned from my hypnotherapist, Heather LaPlante, who is truly magical. She got the Deepening structure from MaryLee Labay, whom she trained with.
* Heather's website: www.sacredspiralsawakening.com/
* MaryLee's website: maryleelabay.com

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Check out the description of this video for some suggestions for how to use it!