by Daniel Jones

Created on: February 06, 2007   Last Updated: May 02, 2007

Hypnosis what it is and how to do it

What is hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a trance state. Trance states involve a narrowing focus of attention.

This could be:

Outwards like in an emergency.
Or
Inwards like when daydreaming or worrying.

A trance state is when you access the Rapid Eye Movement (R.E.M) State. This state is accessed during dreaming and at times when the brain doesn't know what is coming next, like in an emergency or with a loud noise.

The R.E.M state is the state that you go into to create or update patterns of behaviour. This is why human babies have the highest time in an R.E.M state in the three months leading up to the birth. In this last three months all of the instinctive patterns are being laid in place for life on the outside. This allows for certain behaviours to happen without being learnt, like breathing, suckling and the ability to match facial expressions which allows the baby to bond with the primary carer by building rapport.

There are a number of behaviours associated with trance states many of which are useful to be used for rapid healing.

Trance state behaviours include:

A huge increase in suggestibility & responsiveness
Increased tolerance to pain
Sudden religious conversions
Hallucinations
Waxy immobility
Absence of blinking
Ability to change body temperature
Ability to build muscle using the imagination
Ability to alter blood pressure
Ability to change mood
Ability to rehearse new behaviours until they become instinctive
Altering immune system activity
Accelerated healing
Amnesia
Plus much more

Before learning how to induce a trance in yourself and others it is important to know what to look out for. If you don't know what to look for to tell when someone is in a trance you wouldn't know when they are hypnotised. The ability to help people into an optimum learning state, which is the same state as a hypnotic trance is one of the most important abilities that you can learn.

When you know what to look out for you can begin to utilise what you see as being an indicator that the person is entering (or is in) a trance.

Trance indicators

catalepsy
different voice quality
shorter sentences and words
relaxed muscles
less body movement
economy of body movement
smoother features
lack of startle reflex
takes things literally
slow or no swallowing reflex
slow or no blinking
slower pulse
slower respiration
pupils change
head nodding side to side
facial symmetry
independence from ongoing experience
breathing from stomach
less facial colour
eyes roll back

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