Seems like a dream.They got me hypnotized

Blink Fitness is offering a series of free hypnosis sessions for a week to help members overcome mental hurdles. (Image courtesy Blink Fitness.)

From Sept. 12-18, Blink Fitness, New York, will offer free hypnosis sessions designed to change mindsets and help motivate members to work out, the company announced on Aug. 17.

Gymnosis is a series of complimentary in-gym and virtual hypnosis sessions open to Blink members as well as non-members. Each person who registers and completes a session in-person or online will receive a one-day pass to Blink Fitness. Passes must be redeemed by Dec. 31, 2022.

In-person sessions will be offered at Blink’s Park Slope location in Brooklyn, New York. Multiple sessions will occur each day both at this location and online. Each session will last approximately 45 minutes. The sessions will be conducted in a group setting with approximately 10 to 30 people per session. Registration is required and limited slots are available.

“Logic, reasoning, and willpower are not always enough to convince ourselves to exercise,” said Carolyn Barnes, certified clinical hypnotherapist and wellness expert, who will lead the virtual hypno-sessions. “Hypnosis is a purely natural state that can offer direct access to the subconscious mind, where our learned behavior pattern-making systems reside. By accessing the subconscious mind, we can start to change the default switch from old patterns that don’t serve us, to new ones that do.”

Ninety percent of brain activity is subconscious, she said. When stress and emotions are not managed properly, people can fall into old behaviors and beliefs that were previously programmed into our subconscious. Hypnosis, however, creates a deeper state of relaxation and allows individuals to utilize the power of the subconscious mind to help bring positive change, she said.

According to a recent survey conducted by professors and students from the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, the events of the past two years have also resulted in an increase in the number of people struggling with “brain fog”—a drop in mental clarity, focus and motivation.

“A commitment to working out and wellness takes personal motivation,” said Todd Magazine, CEO at Blink Fitness. “Mustering that motivation can be hard. At Blink, we want to give individuals as many tools as possible to achieve their fitness goals.”Club NewsIndustry News

It’s the same kind of story
That seems to come down from long ago
Two friends having coffee together
When something flies by their window
It might be out on that lawn
Which is wide, at least half of a playing field
Because there’s no explaining what your imagination
Can make you see and feelSeems like a dream
They got me hypnotized Now it’s not a meaningless question
To ask if they’ve been and gone
I remember a talk about North Carolina
And a strange, strange pond
You see the sides were like glass
In the thick of a forest without a road
And if any man’s hand ever made that land
Then I think it would’ve showedThat’s why it seems like a dream
Got me hypnotized
And I know that’s rightSeems like a dream
They got me hypnotized They say there’s a place down in Mexico
Where a man can fly over mountains and hills
And he don’t need an airplane or some kind of engine
And he never will
Now you know it’s a meaningless question
To ask if those stories are right
‘Cause what matters most is the feeling
You get when you’re hypnotizedSeems like a dream
They got me hypnotized
Seems like a dream
They got me hypnotized
Seems like a dream
They got me hypnotized
Got me hypnotized