“How to Hypnotize” Course Author: Steven Hall MCOH MASC NLP
Today we’re jumping right into the induction process! You’ll be using some of the techniques you learnt yesterday so I hope you had plenty of time to practise.
There are a number of things that cause trance, the mains ones are relaxation, confusion, shock and repetition. Shock and confusion are fantastic when you move onto more dynamic induction techniques, but to get you started we’re gonna focus on relaxation.
People rarely know how to relax, so step one is to go through a relaxation process to really help them to let go. A great way to do this is to have them systematically tense and then relax each muscle group in turn.
Once your client in suitably relaxed you want to take it down a level or two, so begin to really slow things down. Talk slowly and begin to draaaaag out your words. If you’ve done a good job of establishing rapport with your client, as you slow things down they’ll shift into a much deeper state too.
Make good use of the suggestive language patterns that we looked at yesterday, as well as including a few new ones!
Linguistic bridges are fantastic ways to assist the induction. To use these simply feedback the client’s current situation and then tag on a direction that you want them to follow. It helps if you feedback a few statements first, so it will go something like this….
“You are listening to the sound of my voice as you relax and sit comfortably with your eyes closed causing you to feel even more relaxed now taking you deeper and deeeepeeeer in trance.”
To link your statements and commands use words such as, ‘and, as, while, causes and makes’ as the trance develops you’ll begin to notice signs of trance, such as:
Rapid eye movements (REMS), relaxed facial muscles, jaw hanging limp and loose, flushed cheeks, twitching movements in the limbs as tension is released, changes in breathing pattern, digestive system kicking in (you might even hear stomach rumbles!)
When you hypnotise a person you’re not casting a spell, it doesn’t matter what words you use or their precise order. You’re simply relaxing them. If you feel as though it’s going to fast, sloooow it down. Many hypnotic scripts are available but you really don’t need one, just use a nice calming reassuring tone and give the client relaxing suggestions. It helps to move around the body as you did with the tensing and relaxing exercise.
To get you started here’s a quick sample that includes all of the factors we’ve looked at so far….
“You are listening to the sound of my voice as you begin to relax a little deeper now. Your eyes are closed and perhaps you are wondering how you will go into trance. I don’t know if you will go into trance immediately, or take a little time to really enjoy this process as you begin to feel it happening right now, that’s fine. Just relax and hear my voice, as you do, I want you to focus on your feet for a moment, just breath, listen to my voice and focus on your feet relaxing, that’s good. With each breath you can imagine your feet are relaxing more and more, becoming more and more comfortable now as this feeling eases up into your lower legs, soaking around your ankles and allowing your calf muscles to relax now….doesn’t that feel better. Just enjoy this feeling as it slowly spreads up to your knees.”
Continue in this way all over the client’s body, and be sure to use all of the language patterns you’ve discovered so far.
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That’s pretty much all there is to a basic progressive relaxation induction! Of course, you do need to deepen the trance state and we’ll be going into that in your next lesson. For now… get practising!! If you can’t find a willing volunteer, simply record your induction and listen back to it yourself. This is a great way to practise. Most people that do this are shocked at how fast they speak, when you’re on the receiving end of your induction you quickly realise how slowing everything down makes a massive difference.
A great thing to do is imagine the client doesn’t understand English and you have to relax them with your tonality and pace alone.
“I successfully hypnotized my first subject using your book. He was hypnotized to a very deep trance and I was able to suggest he forgot his name and a number. It is a great feeling to achieve this!!” – Richard Jackson
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