The Hypnosis Instant Induction

The Hypnosis Instant Induction

“Place your hand in mine.” (Your hand on bottom, theirs on top, their elbow back, their hand hovering just over the chair or for more of a shock over their own leg.) “Look at me right here.” (Point to the bridge of your nose – conscious mind confusion.) “In a moment I’m going to count from one to three, at the count of three press down against my hand and I’ll be pressing back up against your pressure, then follow my instructions, got it?” (Conscious mind confusion again - “Why am I doing this?”)

“One, two, and three. Press, press… good. Now close your eyes and take a deep breath.” On the exhale remove your hand quickly. This action makes the person slap their hand down creating the nervous system spike, just a fraction of a second later command the word, “Sleep!” You only have a fraction of a second to give a suggestion and of course they are not going into the state of sleep but then again you don’t have time to say much else and the mind interprets this as relax.

A very important point now is to - KEEP TALKING! “Now you listen to my voice and relax your body…” Here you can say anything you’d like but I generally give suggestions of relaxation and comfort. After the command of sleep you’ll want to talk for about a minute and a half. A very interesting and startling response to the instant induction can be that if you don’t close your subject’s eyes they may stick in the open position. Sometimes you fire in that word, “Sleep!” and their eyes become stuck wide open. If this happens gently rake your thumb and index finger over them to close them. The first time that happens to you is usually a bit unsettling, but interesting as well. Also I should tell you that if the person doesn’t want to go into hypnosis they won’t or if you just walk up to someone and hit them yelling sleep they’ll just look at you funny. The person needs to be a willing participant.

Cautionary Note Here***

No doubt that some of you reading the above paragraph will want to try and hypnotize someone. There is something you should be aware of before doing so. There is something called an “Abreaction” that can occur. Without warning in the first moments of hypnotic trance a person can have an abreaction. An abreaction can be profuse crying or in extreme cases the person can immediately become physically agitated to the point where their arms may be flailing about. (Out of the thousands of session I have done so far I have only encountered the crying abreaction).

What has happened is that their subconscious mind has instantly taken them back to a nasty situation that it feels needs resolution. All of a sudden a man might be storming Normandy Beach in a horrific battle, dodging bullets, and/or possibly yelling. These are on the rare side but possible. Most of the time the person will just begin to cry profusely. If this happens it’s very important to NOT get excited by it, if this happens state the following, “The scene fades and tend to your breathing”, saying this several times. The person having the abreaction will not instantly come out of it though. If the person is being loud you must talk over the person by raising the volume of your voice but not allowing the abreacting person to know that this event has shaken you. On the flip side I love it when this happens because I then can have the person follow this feeling back to the first time they ever had it and clean up the negativity. This is referred to as age regression, which we will talk about in later chapters.
Author Tim Bartley
Excerpt from the book Hypno Healing by Tim Bartley
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