Posts about hypnosis and all its applications.
When you’re starting out with hypnosis and want to learn it from books, it can be overwhelming figuring out even where to begin. What’s needed is a quick overview of the available materials, and an approximate order in which to work through them. As can be seen in the store on this site, I’ve written … Read more
Here you’ll find all the hypnosis scripts I’ve put together for this site. To use a script, simply have your hypnosis subject make themselves comfortable, then follow the instructions and read them the script. Most of the hypnosis scripts here contain a combined induction and deepener, along with a positive suggestion and an awakener. Some, … Read more
An embedded command is a hypnotic language structure in which a suggestion is hidden within other words so as to prevent the subject from consciously noticing it. The command can be marked out using pauses, voice tone, rate of speaking, anchors, and other forms of emphasis in various media. It’s important that the marking out … Read more
There are numerous observable signs that people tend to manifest when hypnotized, including changes in their breathing, eyes, heart rate, relaxation, responses, focus, timing, swallowing, movement speed, and more. Additionally, hypnotized people will often exhibit various hypnotic phenomena such as involuntary movements and the inability to consciously choose to move (known as catalepsy). There are … Read more
To break hypnosis, it’s necessary to go inside your own mind and redirect whatever you’re experiencing to something else you’d prefer. This is most easily achieved by going into self-hypnosis, noticing the colors and other properties that your mind associates with the hypnosis you’d like to break, and then allowing those colors and properties to … Read more
Fractionation in hypnosis is a form of rote learning in which the subject progressively learns to go into hypnotic states. This is achieved by repeatedly guiding them into and out of specific hypnotic states. Each time they go into one of these states, they get better at it, and can go deeper more easily. Over … Read more
To overcome perfectionism, we need to step back, identify what’s important, and then use this to shift our perspectives. Self-Hypnosis allows us to get ourselves unstuck so that we can take the necessary steps. When we go through school, we’re taught that being wrong is bad. This is manifested via things ranging from a disapproving … Read more
To hypnotize someone just by talking, repeatedly move their focus from fine detail to big picture and back again, while moving their awareness from external observation to internal contemplation. This trains their mind to make the transitions necessary for hypnosis, while simultaneously consuming all of their conscious awareness. When you’re starting out as a hypnotist, … Read more
Hypnosis is a vast topic, so there are lots of tricks you can use to supercharge your hypnosis. These are typically centered around ways of building agreement, building rapport, disrupting your subject’s conscious thoughts, sending their thoughts inside their own heads, fractionating your subject, and using anchors to guide them. And as with all things, … Read more