In Love, Medicine, and Miracles, it is documented that Dr. Herbert Benson, of Harvard Medical School, found that the ability to maintain a healthy cholesterol level is directly related to the ability to handle stress through relaxation.

Hypnotherapy impoves health outcomes by increasing parasympathetic drive, which is the state of the autonomic nervous system in which we rest + digest. Parasympathetic drive also increases blood flow to the following: the higher brain in charge of problem solving, the reproductive system, the digestion system, and immune system, but also imroves your cholesterol levels!

How does Hypnotherapy influence the autonomic nervous system? Hypnosis allows us to shift our perception to perceiving safety and resources, which then affects the subconscious. The subconscious influences the autonomic nervous system.