I've been finding self-hypnosis difficult, and am now looking for a London-based hypnotherapist to help get me started. In the meantime, however, I've found some quite useful iPad apps in the Apple Store, and have been using these to help me learn to relax. These apps are by Darren Marks and Glenn Harrold, who are both UK-based hypnotherapists. I find that I respond better to an English accent than, say, an American one, so it was good to find these. I don't go into a very deep trance or anything, but they do help me to relax a bit.

One thing I find difficult is relaxing when I am already experiencing pain (as I do most days). This is annoying, as I am hoping that self-hypnosis will be a tool that I can use to help me cope with pain, so I need to find a way to get past that pain in the first place so I can actually achieve self-hypnosis!  I'm not really sure what to do.