What is "anchoring"?

What is "anchoring"?

John McGrail, C.Ht. (Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common types of hypnosis? and more...

Anchoring is a technique that we use to help a person remember something. Anchoring can be something as simple as squeezing two fingers together to remember not to think about being afraid to speak in public, or to take a deep breath and calm down. So anchoring is a way of utilizing the mind-body connection to produce a certain behavioral or emotional result, and we use it extensively in hypnotherapy.