One of the easiest, most reliable and most effective ways to hypnotize a willing subject is to ask them to produce hypnotic phenomena directly. In the old days, hypnotists used to swing a watch or hold up a bright object suggesting: “Your eyes are getting very heavy,” wait for ten minutes for the eyes to get tired.
Nowadays we know we can simply ask for it.
“Close your eyes and relax them to the point where they just want to stay closed.”
Ten seconds where it used to take ten minutes.
In Part II of this video see an example of this induction in action.
We can use the same principle to induce a deep and profound trance very quickly…
Here’s how to do it.
- Explain that when people go into trance they usually slow down their breathing, close their eyes, relax their muscles etc.–in short go through a list of hypnotic phenomena.
- Ask them to produce those phenomena…
Here’s what one person said after experiencing this style of induction…
In Part II of this video see an example of this induction in action.
