Simple Hypnosis Techniques
Hypnosis: Simple Techniques
Later we will return in more detail to the actual methods of hypnosis. But I know you’re eager to get started. Let’s start with the very basics.
Prepare the Setting
The setting should be relaxing and meditative. The lights don’t need to be off, but it’s better when they are dimmed. If you have candles, light one as they relax most people. Incense can also be helpful. Make sure room temperature is not too hot or too cold.
Place your subject in a comfortable chair (sitting with feet stretched out on a stool) or have the subject recline on a couch — whichever is more comfortable for him or her.
This is where the magic happens. If you simply want to hypnotize someone, here’s what you do:
Step by Step
1– Encourage your subject to relax his mind and muscles.
2– Use a calm and soothing voice, and tell your subject to inhale from his nose and exhale from his mouth, and instruct him to watch his breath slowly leave his mouth (your subject can keep his eyes open or closed, whichever he prefers).
3– Tell him to continue this, and to add colors and patterns to each breath (which represent his worries, thoughts, inhibitions, and whatever he imagines).
4– Once his thoughts are floating away with each exhalation, encourage your subject to imagine himself filling up with liquid, from his lowest extremities to his head. Describe the liquid to him — the color, the texture — and tell him to imagine it slowly flowing up his body. When it reaches his head, he will feel completely at ease… until you want him to leave the trance or he chooses to — whichever comes first.
This is an example of a basic hypnotic state. Now, let’s return to a more sophisticated examination of the talking with the inner mind. Laying a strong fundamental groundwork will lead to better results.
