first steps in hypnosis
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A first experience that explains what hypnosis is, what it can do, and how it feels.TRANSCRIPT
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First Steps in Ericksonian Hypnosis
Chris Keeler and Linda Ferguson, NLPCT inc.
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Begin where you are. Where are you?
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How do you know who you are?
• The self that you know is only part of yourself
• Biology/ psychology/ philosophy/ theology all agree: you are more than you think and you are exactly what you think
• What changes if you get to know more of yourself?
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Who is in charge?
• have you ever surprised yourself?
• have you ever done something that wasn’t like you?
• how did that happen?
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Wouldn’t it feel good to be just one self?
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Like a tree
• you can’t see the roots but you know they’re there
• you can’t see the seeds but you know they’re there
• the tree is more than what you can see
• you are more than what you know you know
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You are one
• one mind that thinks through the brain and the body
• one system of sensory perceptions transformed into meaning
• one seamless blend of past, present and future
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Use your senses to pull into the focus you want
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Pay attention to everything you are noticing now. Notice what you see, what you hear, what you feel.
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When we pay full attention, all our parts come together. We are aware of being one self.
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But most of the time
• We are all monkey brains
• Conscious attention has evolved to notice threats
• Conscious attention bounces around scanning for difference
• Difference reminds us that we have internal differences
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Settling the mind into just one thing requires that the body settle. Settling the body settles the mind.
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begin to relaxAs you watch the ripples
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Become calm
• Begin at the edges and consciously relax, from top to toe or from toe to the top of your head
• Imagine light and warmth around each part of your body as you tell your muscles to unwind and relax and soften
• Notice that even very tiny muscles, like the ones around your eyes, can be told to relax
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You can becomecompletely relaxed
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Just pretend to be in trance
• pretend you can’t open your eyes
• pretend your arm is resting on a shelf
• pretend your hand is floating gently in the air
• pretend you’re not pretending
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Where are you going when you go into trance?
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Know where you want to go
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Why alter your state?
Do you want to relax and recharge? relieve pain? solve a problem? change a behavior? explore your unconscious mind? retrieve a memory? accelerate learning? take a mental vacation?
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What do you want to know?
• Decide (with your hypnotist) on the reason for your trance
• Decide (with your hypnotist) how long the trance will last
• Decide (with your hypnotist) what you want to learn or suggest
• Decide how you will know you got what you wanted
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As you relax into trance, your mind focuses on just one thing
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You let go of distraction
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You decide
how far down into the trance you will go
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Deeply aware, deeply relaxed, deeply in trance
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My voice will go with you
• To guide the process so you can focus on the experience
• To provide metaphors through which you might find new resources, new healing, or new patterns for solving problems
• To offer direct suggestions at a level where they can easily and naturally change your thoughts and behaviours
• To ensure that your state of intense focus remains safe and positive
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And in a few moments you will return to the room, relaxed and refreshed
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You may feel
• as though no time has passed (because you stopped the world so you could focus)
• as though you were wide awake (you were)
• as though nothing has happened (but it did)
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How will you know if you get what you want?
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What’s different when you come back from the trance?
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When you’re all the way back
• You might remember suggestions when they are useful
• You might follow suggestions at appropriate times without remembering
• You might feel strangely relaxed and clear-headed
• You will be able to find your way back into trance when you want to go there
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Unconscious processes are a little bit wild
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Which you is in charge of your trance?
• Choose a hypnotist wisely
• Learn self-hypnosis and set safe limits
• You work best when conscious and unconscious processes collaborate
• Safe journey, safe home