Special place is a technique that you will use while in hypnosis to allow your conscious mind to become engrossed in a safe, comfortable place of your own design. While you will be deeply relaxed when visiting your special place, you will be aware of what is going on around you. If something outside of you needs your attention, you will immediately awaken and handle the situation.
This focus on your special place helps you tune out everything that is going on with your body and keeps you deeply relaxed. It is best to practice building and going to your special place in advance of going into labor. Track 1, Special Place, on your Birthing Zone CD will guide you through this practice. You can also use this track during labor to assist you in getting to your special place if you like having the verbal prompts. It’s also a good idea to share important details about your special place with your birth companion so they can prompt you during labor if necessary.
Your special place can be anywhere you want it to be. Your goal is to create a place that is safe and comfortable for you. Think about creating your own inner sanctuary. Your special place can be real or imagined. Feel free to get creative when designing your special place. It may be a place from your past or even a place from a story or movie. You can modify this place to be whatever you need it to be. You will be guided to imagine your special place as vividly as you can, incorporating as many senses as possible.
When you first start practicing designing your special place, you may notice that you jump from place to place. If this happens for you, you’ll just choose one of those places to focus on for the practice session. In future practice sessions, you may want to test out other special places to determine which one works the best at keeping your attention while you relax deeply. You can also focus on fine-tuning your special place during your practice sessions.
The Special Place track on your Birthing Zone CD includes some additional helpful suggestions:
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Time Distortion - every ten minutes of labor will feel like just one minute to you
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Verbal Anchor - ‘pancea’ built-up during in-class practice
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Dissociation – technique to move pain or discomfort out of your special place if needed
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