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ne Rubrik ne Health 978.465.3010 58 Merrimac Street Newburyport interlockssalon.com facebook.com/interlocks to accept new suggestions or to retrain old bad habits that may have become ingrained behaviors in early childhood. "The subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined," he says. Glass doesn't put clients to sleep or use the clichéd swinging pendulum, either; he simply guides clients to an ultra-relaxed, hyper-focused state and suggests new, healthier habits. "When a client is in a relaxed state of hypnosis, they become acutely aware—you could be 300 to 400 times more aware than normal—and are very receptive to positive suggestions." About 75 percent of his clients come for help with smok- ing (a two-session, $269 experience with a 90 percent suc- cess rate) or weight loss (either an eight-session program for $2,200 or a four-session program for $800), but people also come to him for help reducing stress, battling addictions or depression, alleviating phobias, memory or sports performance enhancement, and more. Glass has seen such positive results with his work that all prices include a 100 percent lifetime guaran- tee; clients can return for a free session if their problems ever return. He stresses that the one crucial ingredient for success is that the person truly wants to change and is not held back by fears or apprehensions. That's why every client's hypnosis expe- rience begins with an initial, rapport-building "intake" session, during which Glass and the client get to know each other, discuss the client's goals and fears, and determine together if hypnosis is the right option. As for Ready, she began the VGB program in May, and after four sessions with Glass, about one month later, had dropped 25 pounds from her frame. Now, almost a year later, she has kept the weight off. "I felt the band right away," says Ready, who says her doctor was "blown away" when she went for an appointment and revealed her new body. "I began to feel full after half a sandwich or hamburger; I truthfully did not want to eat any more." Since dropping the weight, Ready's health has improved and she enjoys a more energized, active lifestyle. "It was the best thing I ever did for myself." Just who is this miracle worker who helped a perfectly sane adult believe she had undergone bariatric surgery with just the power of his voice? Glass is an affable, energetic man who found his way to hypnosis after losing his wife—a self- less woman whose life was all about helping others--to cancer in 2010. "But self-hypnosis, or meditation, is something I had If hypnosis 94 nshoremag.com May/June 2012 nshoremag.com May/June 2012 works so well, and it is so relatively affordable and low-risk, then why aren't clients all over the country lining up to try hypnosis to solve their problems?

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