text: Meditation and self-hypnosis tend to be different flavours of a very similar state. \n\nWith a structured outline for your session, self-hypnosis can be orchestrated by your conscious mind to actually achieve particular outcomes. Mainstream forms of Meditation tend to be focused on simply achieving a beneficial state that has a progressive and positive effect upon your levels of anxiety. \n\nIf you are looking at overcoming anxiety or phobias, then self-hypnosis is a far, far more applicable means of achieving this in my opinion and experience. \n\nI am of course deeply biased, but the best selling self-hypnosis book "The Secrets of Self-Hypnosis: Harnessing The Power of Your Unconscious Mind" is the best structured way to learn how to use it that I have encountered in 20 years of studying it. I am the author of that so let me give you some others too choose from too: \n\nThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind By Joseph Murphy.\nSelf-Hypnosis By Brian Alman.\nThrough The Open Door By Kevin Hogan.\n\nAll are great ways of learning more about how to communicate with your subconscious mind when you achieve self-hypnotic states.