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• Part 1 of 4: Preparing someone for the hypnosis
• Part 2 of 4: Putting someone into a trance
• Part 3 of 4: Using hypnosis to help someone
• Part 4 of 4: Ending the session
• Tips
• Warnings

It is very easy to hypnotize someone who wants to be hypnotized, because hypnosis is actually always self-hypnosis. Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not controlling someone else's mind, nor is it a mystical force. The hypnotist is a kind of guide that helps the other to relax and put them in a trance, a kind of awake sleep. The progressive relaxation method described here is one of the easiest methods to learn and can be used even by people with no experience.

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Part 1 of 4: Preparing someone for the hypnosis

1. Find someone who wants to be hypnotized. It is very difficult to hypnotize someone who does not want it or who does not believe it will work, especially if you are a novice hypnotist. Find a willing partner who wants to be hypnotized and who has patience and is relaxed, then it will work best.
   • Do not hypnotize someone who has a mental or psychotic disorder, as this can lead to unintended and dangerous situations.
2. Find a quiet, comfortable room. You want your partner to feel safe and not be distracted.The light in the room must be dim and the room must be clean. Have him / her sit in a comfortable chair and clear the room of all possible distractions, such as TVs and other people.
   • Turn off all phones and music.
   • Close the windows if there is noise from outside.
   • Let other people in the house know not to disturb you until you come out of the room.
3. Let your partner know what to expect from the hypnosis. Most people have all kinds of wild ideas of hypnosis through TV and movies. In reality, it is actually a relaxation technique that helps people solve problems, using their subconscious mind. In fact, we often become hypnotized ourselves - when we daydream, when we are absorbed in music or a movie, or when we "trip". In true hypnosis:
   • Are you never asleep or unconscious.
   • Are you not enchanted or in someone's power.
   • You will never do anything you don't want to do.
4. Ask your partner what your partner's goal is to be hypnotized. Hypnosis can reduce anxiety and even strengthen the immune system. It is a great aid to help you concentrate, especially before a test or an important event, and can be used to deeply relax during periods of severe stress. Knowing why your partner wants to be hypnotized can help them get into a trance.
5. Ask your partner if he / she has been hypnotized before and what that was like. If so, ask what he / she was asked at the time and how he / she responded. That will give you an idea of ​​how compliant your partner will be when you propose something, and what things shouldn't be done.
   • People who have been hypnotized before are often easier to hypnotize again.

Part 2 of 4: Putting someone into a trance

1. Speak in a low, slow, calming voice. Take your time when you talk and keep your voice low and collected. Stretch your sentences a bit longer than you normally do. Imagine you need to calm a fearful person and let your voice set the right example. Hold this way of speaking throughout the session. Some good words to start with are:
   • "Let my words wash over you and do whatever you want with my suggestions".
   • "Everything here is safe, quiet and peaceful. Relax in the chair and breathe deeply."
   • "Your eyes feel heavy and you may want to close them. Lower your body into the chair while your muscles relax. Listen to your body and my voice as you relax more and more."
   • "You remain in control. You only accept suggestions that are good for you and that you want to accept."
2. Ask him / her to focus on regular, deep breathing. Let him / her breathe in and out deeply and gently. Help establish regular breathing by associating it with your breath. You can specifically say, "Now take a deep breath and fill your chest and your lungs" while taking your own breath, followed by an exhalation and the words, "Now let the air out of your chest and lungs, empty your lungs completely" .
   • By breathing in a targeted way, more oxygen goes to the brain and your partner thinks about something other than the hypnosis, stress or the environment.
3. Have him / her stare at a fixed point. This could be your forehead or a softly lit object in the room. Ask him / her to choose an object and stare at it. This is where the sling watch stereotype comes from. If your partner is relaxed enough, he / she can close their eyes.
   • Occasionally pay attention to your partner's eyes. If it looks like he / she keeps looking at something else, give a little more guidance. "I want you to look at the poster there on the wall" or "Try to focus on the spot between my eyebrows." Say that "the eyes and eyelids feel more and more relaxed and heavier."
   • If you want him / her to focus on you, you have to sit still.
4. Let your partner relax part by body part. If he / she is already reasonably calm, is breathing regularly and listens to your voice, you can ask him / her to relax the feet and toes. Then shift the concentration to the calves, lower leg, thigh, and so on, up to the facial muscles. From there you can continue with the back, shoulders, arms and fingers.
   • Take your time and keep your voice calm and calm. If he / she seems tense, slow down and redo a bit.
   • "Relax your feet and your ankles. Feel the muscles getting lighter and looser in your feet."
5. Encourage your partner to relax even more. Distract attention with suggestions. Let him / her know that he / she feels calm and relaxed. You can say all kinds of things, but the goal is to let him / her sink even deeper into themselves, focusing on relaxation with each inhalation and exhalation.
   • "You feel your eyelids getting heavy. Let go and close them".
   • "You feel yourself getting deeper and deeper into a quiet, peaceful trance."
   • "You now feel how relaxed you are. You feel a heavy and relaxed feeling coming over you. And as I continue talking that relaxed feeling becomes stronger and stronger, until you are in a deep, peaceful state of relaxation."
6. Use your partner's breathing and body language as a guide for reading his / her mental state. Repeat the suggestions a few times, just as you would repeat the lines of a song, until your partner seems completely relaxed. Look for tension in the eyes (are they going up and down?), Look at the fingers and toes (do they wobble?) And continue with the relaxation techniques until he / she is completely calm and relaxed.
   • "Every word I say takes you faster and deeper, faster and deeper into a calm, peaceful state of relaxation."
   • "You drop down and let go of everything. Drop down and let go. Drop down and let go of everything".
   • "And the deeper you go, the deeper you can go. The deeper you go, the deeper you want to go and the better you feel".
7. Walk him / her down the "hypnosis stairs". This technique is used by many hypnotherapists and self-hypnotists to enter a deep trance. Ask your partner to introduce themselves at the top of a long staircase in a warm, quiet room. As he / she walks down, he / she sinks further and further into a state of deep relaxation. Each step takes him / her deeper into themselves. Let him / her know there are ten steps and guide him / her down each step.
   • "Take the first step down and feel how you relax more and more. Each step is a step further in your own subconscious mind. Now you step down the second step and you feel that you are calmer and calmer. As you go on the third step. you feel that your body is so relaxed that you almost float… etc. ”.
   • It can help to visualize a door at the bottom of the stairs that gives him / her access to a state of pure, deep relaxation.

Part 3 of 4: Using hypnosis to help someone

1. Know that telling someone what to do under hypnosis usually doesn't work, and it often hurts confidence. Most people remember well what they did while under hypnosis, so even if someone does manage to imitate a chicken, they won't be really happy afterward. However, in addition to being often used as a show of sorts, hypnosis can also have therapeutic benefits. Help your partner relax and help him / her let go of problems or worries, instead of making a joke.
   • Even the best of intentions can have a bad outcome if you don't know what you're doing. That's why licensed hypnotherapists prefer to help patients direct themselves, rather than make suggestions.
2. Use hypnosis to reduce fears. Hypnosis reduces fears, no matter what suggestions you make, so you don't have to feel like you need to "fix" things on someone. Putting someone into a trance is already a great way to help someone relax and ease their fears. This deep relaxation, without the feeling of having to solve anything, is so rare in everyday life that it can already place problems and worries in a completely different perspective.
3. Ask him / her to visualize solutions to potential problems. Instead of telling your partner how to solve a problem, tell them to imagine that it has already been solved. What does the solution look like? How did it come to this?
   • What is his / her desired future? What has changed to achieve this?
4. Know that hypnosis can be used for all kinds of mental problems. While you should always seek the advice of a licensed practitioner, hypnotherapy can also help with addiction, pain, phobias, low self-esteem, and more. While you should never try to "heal" someone, hypnotherapy can be a great tool to help someone heal themselves.
   • Help him / her by imagining the world behind his / her problems - let him / her imagine how he / she gets through the day without smoking, or how he / she can be proud of himself / herself for being more has self-confidence.
   • Healing through hypnosis is always easier if the other also wanted to work on the problem before the trance.
5. Know that hypnosis will only be a small part of the solution to a mental problem. The main benefits of hypnosis are the relaxation and the time that a person can think about a problem safely. It is both the deep relaxation and the focused attention on a problem, at the same time. But hypnosis is not a panacea or a quick fix, it is simply a way to get people to dive deeper into their own minds. This kind of self-reflection is very important to good mental health, but serious or chronic problems should always be handled by a trained and certified professional.

Part 4 of 4: Ending the session

1. Slowly get your partner out of trance. Do not try to pull him / her out of the relaxed state very abruptly. Let him / her know that he / she is becoming increasingly aware of the environment. Tell him / her that he / she will feel fully aware, alert, and awake again after you count to five. If you feel like he / she is really in a deep trance, use the "stairs" again, and this time walk up, the consciousness returning a little more with each step.
   • Start by saying, "I'm going to count from one to five, and when I get to five you'll be fully awake again, alert and feeling refreshed."
2. Discuss the hypnosis with your partner to see what you can improve in the future. Ask him / her what felt good and what less, what almost got him / her out of hypnosis, and what he / she felt. Then next time you can hypnotize someone even more effectively, and your partner will know exactly what he / she liked about the whole process.
   • Don't force someone to talk right away. Try to start a conversation, and wait if the other person would rather relax for a while.
3. Prepare for frequently asked questions in the future. It is good to know how to answer certain questions in the future, because trust is very important if you want to estimate how someone will respond to your hypnosis technique. Questions likely to be asked include:
   • What are you going to do? I'm going to ask you to visualize some nice places, while telling you how you can use your mental faculties more effectively. You can always refuse it if you don't want to do something, and you can always get out of hypnosis yourself if you want to.
   • How does it feel to be under hypnosis? Most people experience changes in their consciousness without realizing it. If you let your imagination run wild, if you immerse yourself in a piece of music, a movie or TV series, so that it looks like you are part of the action instead of the spectator, you experience a form of trance. Hypnosis is a way to learn to focus and to notice these changes in consciousness so that you can make better use of your mental faculties.
   • Is it safe? Hypnosis has not changed state of consciousness (as sleep, for example, is), but an altered one experience of consciousness. You never do anything you don't want to, and you can't be forced to do something against your will.
   • If it's just imagination, what is it good for? Don't let the word "imagination" confuse you, as it is not always the opposite of "real." Nor should it be confused with the word "image". Imagination is a real mental skill, the potential of which is only just being explored, and it seems to go far beyond the ability to form mental images!
   • Can you make me do something I don't want to? When you are under hypnosis, you still have your own personality and you are still yourself - so you don't say or do anything you wouldn't do in the same situation without hypnosis, and you can easily reject suggestions you don't want to accept (that's why we also call it suggestions).
   • What can I do to respond better? Hypnosis is very much like immersed in a sunset, or being carried away by the sparks that shoot up from a campfire, or dreaming away to a piece of music. It all has to do with a willingness to let yourself go and follow the instructions and suggestions.
   • What if I like it so much that I don't want to return to reality? Hypnotic suggestions are actually an exercise for the mind and the imagination, much like a movie script. But you just return to reality when the session is over, just like you return when a movie is over. But the hypnotist may have to try to get you back a few times. It is wonderful to be so relaxed, but there is not much you can do when you are under hypnosis.
   • What if it doesn't work? As a child, were you ever so absorbed in your game that you didn't hear your mother calling you for dinner? Or are you the kind of person who can wake up at the right time in the morning without setting the alarm? We all have the ability to use our minds in ways that we are usually unaware of, and some of us have developed more of those skills than others. If you allow your thoughts to respond freely and naturally to the words and images that your guide presents you, you can go anywhere your mind can take you.

Tips

• Remember, it's all about relaxation. If you can help someone relax, you can hypnotize them.
• Don't let sensational stories about hypnosis in the media fool you, because they would make you believe that snapping fingers makes people behave like idiots under hypnosis.

Warnings

• Do not try to treat physical or mental (pain is included) complaints through hypnosis unless you are a certified professional trained to handle these types of problems. Hypnosis should never replace psychotherapy or be used to save a relationship that is problematic.
• During the session, try not to let people go back to their youth. If you want, you can tell someone to act like he / she is ten years old. Some people have repressed memories that you don't want to float to the surface (for example, abuse and bullying). They shut themselves off from these memories as a natural defense mechanism.
• It is not true that you can tell people under hypnosis that they will not remember when they wake up. If you use hypnosis to get people to do things they normally wouldn't, they usually just come out of their trance right away.