Astrid Harms is a hypnotherapist and coach for psychosomatic issues and mind-body connection at www.soulessense.co in Amsterdam, working online with clients worldwide. Astrid loves to explore the connections between hypnotherapy, neuroscience, cognitive science, epigenetics, and mind-body disciplines. By integrating this knowledge, she helps clients achieve meaningful improvements in well-being through personalized hypnotherapy and coaching sessions.

Website: https://www.soulessence.com

The workshop:

Beyond Visualization: Integrating Future Vision Hypnosis with Mind-Body Science for Deep Transformation

What if guiding someone into a future they haven’t yet lived could help their body begin to heal right now? This session explores the transformative power of future visioning in hypnosis—a practice that blends deep trance with vivid future engagement to create real, measurable shifts in the brain and body. Unlike ordinary visualization or goal-setting, future visioning taps into the brain’s capacity for mental time travel, while reducing activity in regions linked to self-criticism, overthinking, and identity-based limitation. In this deeply receptive state, clients can access emotional clarity, interrupt stress cycles, and activate biological responses associated with healing. Research now connects this process to lower cortisol levels, HPA axis regulation, and even gene expression changes related to inflammation and immunity.

The first half of this session unpacks the latest science, positives and potential drawbacks in clear, practical language. The second half features a live hypnotic demonstration, offering a firsthand experience of this powerful approach.

This is an inspiring and evidence-informed session for hypnotherapists ready to integrate mind–body methods that go beyond insight—toward true, embodied transformation.