Gastric Mental Band Hypnosis: Weight Loss Without Surgery
Gastric Mind BandTM is a hypnosis procedure that promises to change the lives of severely overweight and obese people who have failed to lose weight with other methods. It replaces actual gastric bypass surgery with a hypnosis-based alternative intended to achieve the same effect of reducing the amount of food the stomach can take in at one meal.
While this type of mind surgery Its application in the field of weight loss is not new, it is a pioneer. The Gastric Mind BandTM concept was the brainchild of two hypnotherapists named Martin and Marion Shirran who successfully marketed their trademarked product, GmB, in Europe through Elite Clinics of Spain.
Researchers and scientists from around the world agree that one of the keys to health, wellness and personal development lies in understanding the mind/body connection. The technique of convincing the subconscious mind that a gastric band has been placed around the neck of the stomach is an example of harnessing this connection.
Gastric band hypnosis, as a treatment therapy, is safer and less expensive than equivalent surgery. It is also less restrictive in terms of how long you chew food and what you eat, but the concept of smaller portions is instilled during hypnosis sessions.
It requires multiple hypnosis sessions to not only cover the “installations” of the virtual band, but also alter the patient’s behavior patterns. Many people who are apprehensive or anxious about the idea of gastric bypass surgery will be more inclined to check out one of these virtual gastric band hypnosis programs.
But can you convince your subconscious mind that you had surgery when you never did?
The hypnotherapy techniques used must be more elaborate than a traditional direct suggestion hypnosis session.
One patient was told to imagine that her stomach had shrunk to the size of a golf ball. Her brain responded well to hypnotic suggestion as evidenced by the weight she lost. Within four months of gastric band hypnotherapy, she had shrunk from a dress size 22 to a size 14.
This patient’s experience with the installation of her gastric band was so real that she described the procedure in great detail. She remembered being wheeled into the operating room, the smell of anesthesia, and the sound of the scalpel the surgeon was about to use on her.
Another patient weighing 325 pounds described a similar experience when she sought help from a hypnotherapist in the US who was trained by the creators of the gastric mind band. At the age of 47, this patient felt that her weight had taken control of her life. Ten months after mental “surgery,” she had lost 120 pounds and is now back in the driver’s seat of her own life…and the “band“Around your stomach it is still doing what it was designed to do.
The virtual gastric band”operation” is happening all over the world many times a year. However, what makes it so unique is that it takes place in the subconscious mind. There is no operation, anesthesia, cutting or recovery period. Hypnotic suggestions are placed in the mind subconscious that convinces the body that the stomach can only hold a certain portion of food.
The Shirrans have reported a high success rate with their Gastric Mind Band™: more than 74 percent. In the last four years, they have treated more than 400 patients with this form of hypnotherapy for weight loss. They have plans to offer their treatment at The Benestar Center in New York City in the near future.
While these virtual gastric band procedures may not be a panacea for everyone who wants to lose weight, for many who have exhausted all other options, it does offer an alternative for them to consider without resorting to an actual surgical procedure.
