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5 Hypnosis Inductions

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:20:02 +0000

There are lots of different methods of hypnosis induction. Most every hypnotist has their own favorite methods but if you’re just starting out these ideas for a hypnosis induction are a good starting place. Of course, if your patient has any preconceived ideas – for instance, if they’re a fan of old movies and think that looking at a swinging watch causes hypnosis to happen – then that may be the best form to use.

Unless you’re performing a rapid induction, it’s probably a good idea to get your subject to take a few deep breaths and then allow their eyes to close.

1. Confusion method

If you’ve bought any of Paul McKenna’s books or CDs, you’ll know this method. Our mind can’t concentrate on too many things at once. So start with asking your subject to count backwards in their head, starting at 300 and counting downwards. Count with them for the first few numbers, then put in the suggestion that they may lose count and that it doesn’t matter if that happens. While they’re concentrating on counting backwards, you continue with another induction, causing confusion in their mind and making the whole hypnotic induction process easy.

2. Forest and stream method

Talk your subject through this, making the images, sounds and feelings as vivid as possible. They will find themselves in a clearing in a forest. Ask them to notice the feeling of the grass below their feet, maybe some dew on the grass as well. Then get them to see how the light plays as it shines through the brances above them. Introduce the sound of birds singing and other animals (but nothing too scary!) around. Then they notice the stream that is babbling near them, the noise the water makes as it runs over the bed of the stream. Maybe they can dip their hand in the water to feel how cool and refreshing it is. All this leads to a state of relaxation after which you can use a deepener method to take them even further into trance.

3. Arm drop method

Start this hypnosis induction by getting your subject to raise their arm above their head. It doesn’t matter whether this is their left or right arm. Get them to stare at one of their fingers and allow their eyes to close just as soon as they are ready. Then tell them that their arm is getting heavier and heavier and that they will notice it gradually dropping down. As their arm gradually falls, they will fall into a deep hypnotic state which gets deeper and deeper until their arm has come to rest on their leg or lap.

4. Hand to face method

There is a bit of confusion in this method as well. Start as though you are going to shake your subject’s hand then, just before this happens, grab their hand (rather than shake it) and raise it to their face, telling them to close their eyes at the same time. You can use this in conjunction with the arm drop method if you like.

5. Arm levitation method

This is quite often use by stage hypnotists when they are choosing their subjects as it can be quite fun for an audience to watc.h. Tell your subject that you have tied a balloon around their wrist and that they will find that the balloon is slowly lifting their arm upwards. As their arm gets higher and higher, they’ll find themselves deeper and deeper in trance.

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The Hypnotic Handshake Induction

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:10:51 +0000

Today I am going to teach you a simple hypnotic induction that you can add to your arsenal of powerful covert hypnosis tactics. As you may be aware the hypnotic handshake induction was created by Milton Erickson, perhaps the greatest hypnotist to ever live. This means you are going to be learning an easy induction created by one of the very best hypnotists. The hypnotic handshake induction is often taught in expensive NLP workshops but today the knowledge is yours for free.

As the name suggests, in this induction you will need to be shaking hands with your subject to induce a light hypnotic trance. I’m sure that right now you realise the power and potential this holds for you. Think of all the times you shake hands with someone whether it’s with a friend, a customer or a boss. If you want to, you can use the hypnotic handshake induction on anyone you meet.

The basic premise behind the hypnotic handshake induction is to shake the subjects hand and then breaking the flow of the handshake in someway. Common methods of doing this including gently grabbing the subject’s wrist or running your fingers over their palm. Allow me to explain to you why this works. Shaking hands is a behavior so well engrained in the mind that when it doesn’t go “as usual” the mind literally suspends itself in a trance, confused at the situation. The subject is left momentarily confused and this leaves them open to suggestion and direction.

There are only really two skills to this confusion tactic. One is having the nerve to use it. The other is to distract the subject while you are performing and ending the hypnotic handshake induction. You can do this by making an innocuous comment such as “Isn’t it a great day today?”. As the subject processes this comment you should notice they look a little confused and usually they will not have heard what you said so they will either smile blankly or ask you to repeat what you said. This is an excellent sign that the hypnotic handshake induction has worked.

After you have performed the induction it is time to jump in quick with a suggestion or command. What this is depends on who you are talking to and what you desire of them. If you are talking to a customer, for example, you may want to step in with a leading question such as “So what are you looking to buy from me now [Name]?”. The command or suggestion is every bit as important as the handshake induction itself so have what you want to say planned before performing the induction. As you can see from my example the question presumes that the customer is looking to buy something from me, right now. You may be able to imagine how many quick sales this can help you achieve.

The hypnotic handshake induction is something you should probably practice with a willing friend before “going public” with it. However you will find that it really doesn’t take long to master. The version I have taught you above is for using as an induction for covert hypnosis, however with some small changes it can be used during stage or street hypnosis and even hypnotherapy.

Doug Slater.

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