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By HowToHypnotise, August 20, 2009 8:18 am

So, we’ve spent some time over the last couple of weeks looking at some basic principles for learning how to hypnotise. You’ll note that I haven’t even introduced any ‘techniques yet – they’ll come, but the principles come first.

So let’s recap shall we? The principles so far in this ‘how to hypnotise’ blog are:

1. Hypnosis is not something you do to people – it is something that they do to themselves.

2. Know what it is like to experience hypnosis yourself

3. Start with the end in mind

4. We do hypnosis all the time

My next blog entry is going to be a final basic principle (the final one I’ll be sharing at this point at least) in learning how to hypnotise before we move onto the first core technique.

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By HowToHypnotise, August 16, 2009 12:08 am

So, in our exploration of how to hypnotise, this is where we are so far:

Hypnosis is not something you do to people – it is something that they do to themselves

Know what it is like to experience hypnosis yourself

Start with the end in mind

And now we must bust another myth in your exploration of how to hypnotise. Back in the 20th century some academic types tried to ‘measure’ the depth of hypnosis. They tried to figure out the ‘parameters’ or ‘attributes’ that could be used identify the state of hypnosis. Amongst these attributes were

1. Anesthesia (loss of feeling)
2. Amnesia (loss of memory)
3. Time distortion (things go subjectively really slowly or really fast)
4. Positive hallucination (seeing something that isn’t there)
5. Negative hallucination (not seeing something that is there)

Now, the important thing to realize is that these are ‘natural’ states that we as humans go in and out of all the time – probably all of them within a normal day. The myth is that hypnosis is some ‘special state’. Well, it isn’t. That’s not quite correct, what’s special about it is the purposeful intent to attain this state (with some or all of these attributes) for a specific purpose.

To summarize the point …

The hypnotic state is a natural state we go in and out of all the time.

Have a great trip!

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By HowToHypnotise, August 13, 2009 2:32 am

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By HowToHypnotise, August 11, 2009 11:06 am

So you want to learn how to hypnotize someone eh? … Well, ok, here goes …

It’s both more complex and simpler than you might think. Remember my other post “The first thing you need to know about hypnosis is …“! As it suggests, learning to hypnotize someone is more the art of letting them give permission to themselves to ‘let go’ or ‘shift state’ than it is about anything else – you see, it’s about them not you.

A slight correction, it’s about them and it’s about you. Now you see, in order to learn to hypnotize someone you need to (IMHO) experience it yourself. I mean, how could you ‘lead someone’ to experience the hypnotic state if you don’t know what it is firsthand?

So this is the next thing you need to know in order to learn to hypnotize anyone inf fact:

Know what it is like to experience hypnosis yourself

And how do you go about doing this? Well, there a gazillion audio and video files out there that you can stream or download – a lot of them for free (Warning: never experiment with any of this trance stuff when operating machinery or a vehicle of any kind). You can pay for and download eBooks, order CD’s or DVD’s. You can go to the bookstore and get ‘guided visualizations’, meditations or trancey music. You can even go to a hypnotist or hypnotherapist if you want.

You may form opinions about what it is and what it isn’t once you’ve experienced it – and we’ll explore my take on it as well – but in the meantime, in order to learn to hypnotize someone I believe you need to first learn to hypnotize yourself!

Have a great trip!

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By HowToHypnotise, August 10, 2009 10:07 am

You know, I first learned how to do hypnosis more than 25 years ago. There I was in the technical library, studying hard for my engineering papers and looking to take a break … and I stumbled across an old dusty book on hypnosis and devoured it over the weekend. I spent the next couple of years trying to hypnotize all my friends and work colleagues. I had some success (as I considered it then) and some failures and it was mostly for fun – a trick to do at parties, a great conversation starter with the girls!

The thing is, and I realize this now, is that I really knew nothing about hypnosis back then. And after spending 25 years exploring what you would consider some pretty unusual applications of hypnosis I still feel I’ve got so much yet to discover … hmmmm

So you want to learn to hypnotize do you?

We could start where a majority of the courses and products start – and focus mainly on technique – … or we could explore some basic principles that if you take to heart will jump-start your understanding of how to do hypnosis. Perhaps it will take years off the learning curve as you go forward and explore the wonderful and sometimes weird world of hypnosis.

So let’s start with something that you MUST get right:

Hypnosis is not something you do to people – it is something that they do to themselves.

This is one of the biggest misconceptions there is out there. The person being hypnotized is doing all the magic! Sure, you might be a great guide, an artist even, in helping people open their internal doors that allow the ‘hypnotic state’ to occur. But they are ultimate master and author of their experience – not you! And this is where trust comes into things … the more comfortable someone is with you the more they may open up. And the more congruent you are in your behavior – the better the experience for the other person. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Check out some of the other articles, entries and comments on this site. If you want to learn how to do hypnosis you can start here and see where the journey takes you.

Have a great trip …

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