JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) – At 23 Sandstone Body and Mind Spa, one can relax with a massage, get a facial or tap into their unconscious mind.
The medical spa offers a wide variety of services that cater to relaxation and wellness of the body and mind, including hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis is used to help people quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress and anxiety, better their athletic performance and sleep, among other things, by working with the unconscious mind, Certified Master Hypnotherapists Trapper Sherwood said.
“The cool thing about hypnosis is once you realize you can get over some of these things, you go ‘yeah, I’ve got power over that,'” Sherwood said. “Instead of you being controlled by the event, you’re controlling the event.”
Hypnotherapy goes back to the 1800s, before anesthesia, 23 Sandstone Medical Director Alice McKee said. Doctors would hypnotize their patients before surgery to prep them for the extreme pain.