How did Suggestopaedia originate?

In the context of his professional activity as a psychotherapist at the Bulgarian Institute for Training and Specialization of Medical Doctors and the Sofia City Psycho-neurological Centre in the 1970s, a Bulgarian doctor Georghi Lozanov, M.D. found out that, in addition to hypnosis, suggestion in a wakeful state helped his patients achieve much better results both in their treatment and everyday life.

The findings from his research on non-hypnotic suggestion show that it is “a universal communication factor active at any point of human interaction that allows the personality to make choices from among a wide range of complex stimuli based on both reason and intuition at various degrees depending on their disposition.

The use of conscious-unconscious stimuli, in such a way that they are well-organized, psychologically orchestrated and harmonized with the personality, may reveal the comprehensive potential of the personality, and also stimulate their creative power.” (Dr. G. Lozanov, Suggestology and Suggestopaedia – theory and practice)