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Growing up in the 70’s we had a typical Scottish diet at the
time – sugary cereal for breakfast before school, chip shop fritters and
burgers for lunch, and a plate of stodge at night which invariably involved the
deep fryer. Add to the mix sweets and
sugary drinks. No wonder my dentist
loved me. No wonder I could barely stay
awake in class. I’d wake up knackered in
the morning before I even started, and I’d collapse into bed at night. In between I relied on coffee to keep me
going – sometimes five mugs a day. Can
you relate to that?
I never drank water either.
So I was exhausted all the time, full of phlegm and had frequent
headaches, but I just didn’t like the taste of water. We probably lead pipes for all I know.
And this was way before the invasion of McDonalds, Burger
King, KFC and the fast food chains.
Cheap, tasty and convenient food full of fat, salt and sugar has made
the problem ten times worse! Just type
“Bionic Burger” into Youtube and you’ll have your eyes opened.
Add to that I was the stereotypical specky asthmatic skinny
weed. The classic Ectomorph
characterised by long and thin muscles/limbs and low fat storage; usually
referred to as “Skinny Malinky Lang Legs”.
The classic “hardgainer” with a flat chest and fast metabolism. All my life I got teased about my
weight. People don’t realise that it
hurts just as much to be called “skinny rake” as it is to be called a “fat
b*****d”.
P.E. at school was a weekly nightmare – I’d cover myself up,
try to be last into the showers, wear clothes that disguised my build. But in the gym and the football pitch there
was nowhere to hide. Problem was because
of the asthma, after 5 minutes of running around I’d be leaning against the
goal posts gasping for air.
At school I became terrified of reading aloud in class. I’d get really scared, I’d break out in a
sweat, I’d stutter and my chest would feel like it was going to burst and I
couldn’t breathe… In fact I used to dodge English classes in case I’d have to
read out loud. Especially plays – where
you can see your line coming closer as you go down the page and the closer it
got the more nervous I became.
I had a duodenal ulcer by the time I was sixteen because I
was so nervous and timid with people. Imagine
that – I managed to burn a hole in my stomach with my brain. What a crap superpower! So at 20 years of age I’m on a drug called
Tagamet which lines your intestines to prevent irritation. I called it “an old man’s drug”.
My Dad had to go for frequent check-ups and the last time I
saw him was when I drove him back from Stonehouse Hospital for his routine
medical. I left him at the fireside with
a cup of tea and went back to work. My
Mum found him dead on the carpet that night.
And can you guess when he died? [Black]
November 1991. How’s that for the power
of suggestion.
Hi there,
this is Jonathan Clark from Lose Weight For Scotland – it’s my mission to Crush
Obesity, Add Years To Your Life & help you to Look Good Naked! I challenge Scots to lose 10 lbs of fat or
gain 10 lbs of muscle, even if they’ve tried everything else, and it’s
guaranteed.
One of the
questions I get asked all the time is “Is the bathroom scale the best way to
measure the fitness I’m gaining and the pounds I’m losing?”
Here’s my
opinion – the answer is No! Many people get frustrated when they step on the
scale after weeks of exercising only to discover they’re the same weight. What
they’re forgetting is that they very likely have gained muscle while they were
losing body fat—a more positive health change than simply losing pounds. Especially if you’re using weights or
bodyweight resistance exercises like push ups and crunches.
Like in my
last 90 day challenge, I gained 10lbs of muscle and lost 7 lbs of fat. So the scales say I’m only 3 pounds heavier,
but overall I’m much leaner and healthier.
Trust me = The more lean muscle you build the more fat you’ll burn – so
it’s a generative change.
There are
other, more telling ways to track your progress. You can use low cost calipers
to track body-fat changes. Take the measurement about one inch above your right
hip. Taking your waist, hip, and thigh measurements on a weekly basis will help
you quantify exactly how many inches you’ve lost. And how are your jeans
fitting?
Every so often, try on that old pair—the ones you wore when you were
at your feel-great weight. Once they fit, you’ll know you’re at a healthy
weight. And use a belt. Counting the extra belt holes you move up is an easy
way to get daily feedback on your weight.
You can also
get scales that send a small micro current of electricity through your body,
and they measure not only your body fat, but your lean muscle too. That way you can see BOTH week by week. You’ll get them in stores like Argos for
under 20 quid.
To be honest
most people care MORE about the inches than the numbers on scales. Like I always say, if you weighed 20 stone
but you looked like Jennifer Lopez, would you care? So measure inches and not weight.
I help people change their lives. To be honest I’ve always felt the desire to
help people, and when I began to get results using these methods on myself, it
never crossed my mind to work with others.
I never set out to be a therapist of Life Coach or Trainer – I was going
to be a journalist. But once you know
how to change a food addiction, and your mate’s sister sitting next to you at
dinner confides in you that she’s hooked on pizza, why wouldn’t you help?
That was always my core drive, and still is. To help people. Now I’m not a complete altruist, because it’s
my business and I expect to be paid. But
that was my passion – Maybe you’ve seen “Star Wars”, when Obi Wan Kenobi told
the Imperial Storm troopers “These aren’t
the droids you’re looking for” and they let them pass, instantly changing
their minds. “Wouldn’t it be really cool
to be able to do that!” I thought. I
want someone to come to me with a problem like “I’m comfort eating cos I’m depressed”, and with a wave of my hand I
tell them “Stop it!” and they stopped. That would be magic! Real magic.
My own family health record was atrocious. My Mum had high blood pressure and would
later develop all sorts of weird and wonderful ailments, many of them rooted in
fear and psychosomatic illness – what the dictionary defines as a physical
disease that is thought to be caused, or made worse, by mental factors. Even my brother had hospital treatment when
he was very young.
See, we grew up in a small cottage in the middle of nowhere,
with dogs in the house, mice in the garden and my Dad’s racing pigeon lofts at
the bottom of the garden. We didn’t get
out of bed until the coal fire was lit and the water was warm enough to wash
with. There was asbestos in the roof
tiles and house dust that looked like tumbleweeds. My mates at school would be running round in
short sleeved shirts and I’d be dressed like a spaceman I had so many layers on
– and guess who caught the cold! No
surprise that I got ill at least twice a year, especially in November.
Funnily enough, my Dad used to refer to it as “Black
November”. He told me that in his lifetime
November was always cold and dark and wet, and he’d get ill every
November. And he installed that into me
as well. He’d developed testicular
Cancer and as a kid I remember him going for radiation therapy. He’d beaten it, but later that would play on
my mind, especially when my brother got ill.
My Dad also had a hard time breathing – years of working with homing
pigeons had given him a condition called “pigeon lung”. Cruel that his bobby actually harmed his
health.
My earliest memory is waking up in Strathclyde hospital with
pneumonia, aged 4. I’m told I had been
left outside in a pram and got sick. I
would catch pneumonia again in 1986 only six weeks into a new job. Another
Christmas in hospital. Somewhere in
between I was told I had an allergy to house dust, so they took me into
hospital and cut open one of my nostrils to make it wider. How the **** does that work?
A
6 Part E-Course revealing the truth about Hypnosis
By
Jonathan
Clark
Master
Hypnotherapist
Founder
& Developer of HGE™
PART 6
IDEOMOTOR SIGNALS &
PENDULLII
I once worked with a 16 year old
girl with Endometriosis.During the
appointment she embarrassingly admitted that she was worried that she was
pregnant.So we asked her fingers, and
they said no, and she wasn’t.
What if you could ask the sex of a
baby in the womb without having a scan?Its called psycho-physiological thought reading.You can find lost items for instance.
Some people use a Pendulum, or a
Pocket watch, necklace, ring on a thread, even a plumbers plumb bob.You see the mind runs the body, the
Unconscious Mind controls the muscles, which means you can set up yes andno signals, and you can then go ahead and ask
your Unconscious Mind to communicate with you,and it can answer you directly!
Some people think that Pendulums
are too “New Agey”.So you could use a
swallow, a flush, or even better two fingers on the same hand, one for yes, one
for no.We teach this technique fully on
our Hypnosis Weekend.This comes from
Lesley Le Cron 1964 – who coined the phrase Ideomotor Signalling.My Master Trainer David Shepard told me a
great story about a car accident that we witnessed, where the driver of the car
was thrown from the car and was bleeding on the roadside.So David kneeled down beside him and asked to
speak directly with the man’s unconscious mind, and the man’s eyelids
fluttered.He double checked that that
was indeed the ideomotor signal by saying “if the eyelids flutter meant yes,
they will flutter even more” and they did.So having established contact, he asked the man , or rather the man’s
unconscious, “Do you know what to do to stop the bleeding?” and the eyelids
fluttered “yes”.And the bleeding
stopped.But then the man went into
convulsions and David asked him “Do you know what to do to stop the
convulsions?” and the eyelids fluttered “yes”.And the convulsions stopped.The
paramedics said it was David’s ability to stop bleeding that saved the man’s
life.But as David said “It wasn’t my
ability to stop the bleeding, it was the man’s unconscious mind”
Ask your unconscious mind for a signal
for yes, and a different signal for no.If it’s your fingers, you may need to give it a Kinesthetic awareness by
moving it first.Hey, if you can lift
and arm, you can lift a couple of
fingers…
Remember when you were really
small, and you knew the answer at school, what did you do?You put your hand up, didn’t you?And when you
really, really knew the answer and you wanted to be noticed, you would wave your arm in the air,
wouldn’t you?Now, if you’re all grown up and at a
posh restaurant, the staff are trained to see
clearly your signals.You don’t
have to raise the whole hand,
you just can raise a finger
and they’ll know you’re trying to get
their attention, won’t they?
It’s the oldest & wisest part
of you, who’s been doing all that work for so long, the part that runs your
body, stores all of your memories, no one has talked to it directly……..until
now!It’s bound to have a lot to say to
you by now!
EXERCISE
Go
through the following questions, answering all of the questions consciously,
with your best considered answer.Then
go back over them again, asking your unconscious mind to give you a clear yes
or no signal, using finger signals or a pendulum….
DO YOU NEED TO….?
Feel
safe.
Feel loved.
Be liked.
Be
approved of.
Be punished.
Punish.
Suppress
hostility.
Minister to others.
Serve others.
Be dignified.
Earn father's love.
Earn mother's love.
Get praise.
Be hurt.
Be respected.
Hurt others.
Have
peace at any price.
Be alone often.
Notice
any differences between what you thought was the answer, and what your
unconscious mind knows….?
GENERAL HYPNOTHERAPY
PARADIGM
Most Hypnosis books are full of specific
scripts for specific problems.Rather
than teach you a whole bunch of different interventions, here’s the master
template you can use with anything.It’s
actually more effective and gives the client more freedom to fix themselves in
whatever way they need to.You ask the Unconscious
Mind questions directly.You want
straight Yes’s.Whenever you get a No
you’ve found something important and need to pursue it
1. Do you Know what to do to
have this problem disappear?
no -
"what other resources do you need ? Run through Values and other
states, and "imagine an infinite source of___above the top of your head..”
Give me a clear Yes signal when you have all the resources you need
2.Is it possible ?
no -
"When did you decide that you could not ___ ?
Treat as a Limiting Decision and ask the
Unconscious Mind to let it go.
3.Is it OK ?
no - "/know that there's a part
of you that thinks it can’t
_"
For what purpose would you not let
this go now?
Get it's highest intention and ask
"You know that you'd be more
(intention) by solving this now wouldn’t you? "
4.Are there any other problems you’d like to work on?
"Are there any other problems
that you 'd like to clear up today ? "
yes - go to
step 1 no - go to step 5
5.Give permission
Thank it and acknowledge if, and
assure it that client's Conscious mind gives it
permission tostart immediately
6.How quickly can you start now?
Set up time periods
Start-When will you start ? Immediately ? An hour/day/week/month ?
Finish-How quickly can you complete
all the work necessary ?
Will it take you an hour/day/week/month ?
START NOW!
*BRING THEM OUT OF
TRANCE
"In a moment I'm going to count... "
*DISTRACT IMMEDIATELY
This locks in the
session and prevents the client’s conscious mind from undoing all your good
work.
POST HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS
You’ve probably heard about these -
suggestions given in trance for the person to carry out after they come out of
trance, to operate at a later time.A Post-Hypnotic Suggestion is a
suggestion that activates and operates at a time after the induction of trance.
The time of the activation of the suggestion can be minutes later or months
later.
1.Requires Medium to Deep Trance:
A Post-Hypnotic
Suggestion generally requires a trance which is at a medium to deep level.
2.Make the Suggestion Direct
& Specific: While
suggestions should, at first, be given in an indirect way, Post-Hypnotic
Suggestions should be direct and to the point. This is the case with any
suggestions given while the client is in deep trance.
3.Tell the Client what the
trigger for the Post-Hypnotic Suggestion will be:
E.G.: "Whenever you see chocolate
or sweets…."
4.Tell the Client what to do:
E.G.: "...you will feel an
undeniable urge to look for food that is healthier and better for you"
5.Tell the Client when to do it:
E.G.: "...and you will do it
immediately."
Suggest that next time they will go quicker
and more easily into trance - that way your trance work with that person gets
progressively better.
Give the client a suggestion that they will
feel compelled to go to the gym, or eat salad with every meal, or take the
stairs instead of the lift, or will remember all these hypnosis skills the next
time they’re talking to a client, or a friend who needs help…
They will demonstrate the new behaviour, and
it’s always a good idea to include the phrase “In ways that are safe,
ecological and ethical”.
It’s also great fun at parties…
A Cautionary Tale…
As I end this E-Course,
I would like to comment on the use (and misuse) of Hypnosis.When it comes to ethics, I like to think of
it like this – only do with a client what you would want done yourself in their
shoes.I could write an entire book on
this subject alone (now there’s an idea!) but for now let me say this.Technology has no ethics of its own.You can use a hammer to build a house, or
something awful instead.The morals come
from the wielder, the human being.
Newly trained
students of hypnosis may have skills, but they also must have humility.Another downside from my NLP days was seeing
newly certifiedPractitioners adamant
that the methodology of modelling experts to quickly accelerate your learning,
also somehow gave them wisdom and experience way beyond their station.WRONG!You may know a lot about hypnosis after a weekend training, but 2 days
does not a hypnotherapist make!(Nor one
E-Course!).You still have to build up
your calluses and earn your stripes.I
encourage you, if this chapter has whetted your appetite, to seek out further
training. Go to a reputable body and enrol in longer hypnosis training.This is only the start, not the be all and
end all.
You should also be
made aware of another unfortunate occurrence in the hypnosis world – that of
“The Hypnotic Seal”.Certain
unscrupulous individuals will include suggestions that they are the only
person who can induce trance with that client, thus blocking any further
inductions of hypnosis by any other hypnotherapist.Purported to protect the client, this in fact
removes their choices and thus is not in their best interests.Again this approach tells you more about the
therapist than the client.
Its far better to
teach the client a trance-prevention technique which they can use if and when
they choose to stop unwanted hypnosis, rather than limit their personal
freedom.
Beware also the
flamboyant advertising and hyped up claims of 100% success rates or one hour
guaranteed smoking cessation programmes.I don’t know anyone who can guarantee that a client will stop smoking
after one session of hypnotherapy – not me, not my Master trainers.There’s usually a huge catch, like having to
listen to a CD for 21 days straight afterwards else there’s no money back.Tell me, how can you prove you listened to
that CD every day?The unfortunate
clients who fall for these shams usually then tell everyone Hypnosis doesn’t
work and that they still want to smoke.Worse, they’re disappointed and usually £500 worse off…
One can make a
quick buck in Hypnosis if one combines it with slickly written misleading sales
rhetoric.Problem is they’re doing no
one any favours, and they’re giving Hypnosis a bad name.
Then there’s the
Hypnosis Trainer who makes up a fictitious Institute, or calls themselves a
Society, so they can run paper thin courses and charge people a fortune,
handing them a certificate that’s not worth the paper its written on.Ask me for my “16 Questions You Must Ask”
report
for more guidance on what to look out for.
Do I run Hypnosis
Trainings then, I hear you ask?Yes I do
– I include Hypnosis as part of my HGE Certification Courses.Look at the Events Calendar on my website for
the next scheduled training.Students
must first go through my 3 day Foundation Skills Training, so I can vet them
and ensure that they have positive intentions and integrity.Only when I’m satisfied that they are
trustworthy and honourable, will I teach them Hypnosis in person.And I’ll share with them the same cautionary advice
that you’ve just read here.Anyone not
trained thoroughly in Hypnosis should consider a weekend course as purely an
introduction.
There is one
famous case in the UK of a household
name stage show hypnotist who was sued for “causing a participant in the show
to have a psychotic episode and subsequent mental illness”.Firstly, note the cause and effect violation
there.Secondly, that entertainer has
been working closely with the creator of NLP for many years now.The risk of causing a mental illness using
Hypnosis is highly unlikely, provided the Hypnotherapist uses common sense and
sticks to these guidelines.
Health issues are
another area that requires careful handling.It is illegal to claim that you can heal someone.See the Time Line Therapy and Health chapters
for more information.Pain is a sign
that something is wrong.Deal with the
underlying issues, don’t ask the pain to go away.It may be signalling that something critical
is amiss, and to mask that signal could be a mistake.
Finally, as I
conclude this section on careful management and cautious handling of people’s
heads and hearts, there is again the issue of control – the general public
still believes that hypnosis is a form of mind control – that the
hypnotherapist can suggest things to the client and they will automatically do
them.Another big mistake.In some cases that would be great!Imagine no crime, no war, no self abuse, no
cruelty.Unfortunately [or maybe
fortunately], all hypnosis is self-hypnosis.No one has any power over you, unless you give it to them.The individual creates their own level of
relaxation and trance, and will only accept suggestions that are in accordance
with their own beliefs and values.
CLOSING BENEDICTION
So as we draw our chapter on the
all-important science and art of Hypnosis to a close, ask yourself “how many metaphors
are still open?”You’ll need to come to my
other events to hear them closed!!Or
was that simply a suggestion?Only your
unconscious mind knows….
****AND I HEREBY CANCEL ALL
SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES RELATING TO PRODUCING
HYPNOTIC PHENOMENA – THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE HEREBY REMOVED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND TO REMEMBER ALL SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE FOR THE HEALTH,
GROWTH AND ENJOYMENT OF YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE…………..WON’T
YOU?****
AND SO BACK TO………
So there I am in “so and so communications” trying to choose
which one to buy.So we agreed on which
category of mobile I needed.We talked
vaguely about price, vaguely about size.Some of them you can even change the way it sounds.Some can even change colour……..as you’re
using it.And I don’t know if you
already know how to do this or not, but you can store all of it in the memory –
you simply recall it from the memory and then speak.That’s what happens – its voice
activated.You just open your mouth and
speak, and the message goes through.That’s what happens when you use the best, when you use an
Erickson…………..
So John’s at the station, and now he’s even more spaced
out.How could this old machine, so old
and dented and unused, hidden away in the dark, how could it speak such truths
and say exactly the right thing?So he
took a deep breath and stepped up..put his money where his mouth is, and out
came the same gravelly deep voice
“Your name is still John, you still
weigh 10 stone and you’ve just missed the 2:20
to Glasgow!”
Remember…
“All
learning, all behaviour, and all CHANGE, is unconscious”
A
6 Part E-Course revealing the truth about Hypnosis
By
Jonathan
Clark
Master
Hypnotherapist
Founder
& Developer of HGE™
PART 5
HYPNOTIC INDUCTION
The 4 A’s method contains the four essential
elements of any good self - hypnosis session.It is made up of the following stages:
Autorelaxation stage – the first step is to induce in oneself a calm, relaxed and
receptive self-hypnotic state.This is
easiest to achieve in a quiet, possibly darkened room, with some light
relaxation music, creating a safe and conducive atmosphere.The client should lie back, relax and release
all stresses and tensions, mentally and physically, until they are in relaxed
state.
Autosuggestion stage – the client then practices suggestibility tests, suggesting to
themselves that their eyes want to close, their throat wants to swallow, or
their hand wants to tingle.Once these
responses are present, now is the ideal time to give oneself some positive,
useful hypnotic suggestions relevant to the problem in mind.
Autoanalysis stage – at this point one starts to break down the presenting problem,
trace the root cause, and look for possible solutions to improve the
situation.Asking pertinent,
investigative questions helps strip away the truth of the matter.
Autotherapy stage – the final stage is to prime the mind to think and act
positively to resolve the issue, using suggestions during the session, as well
as posthypnotic suggestions to be carried out in the normal, waking state.
This method should not be the client’s sole
method of treatment in cases of severe emotional trauma or physical
symptomology.Obviously, someone who is
deeply traumatized or highly emotional ought to seek professional help to help
with the problems, rather than try to solve it alone.One cannot be one’s own therapist for long!In addition, in the cases of physical illness
or disease, the ailment should be correctly diagnosed and treated using
conventional medical wisdom first and foremost.
Try this trance induction for the
Autorelaxation stage.If doing this with
another person, speak as your subject breathes out..If you really want to practice self hypnosis,
here’s the single best way I know of – dictate this script out loud and record
yourself, using your best gravely trancey voice.That way you can play it back anytime you
want and I promise you, you’ll feel the benefits.There’s nothing more hypnotic than your own
voice using hypnotic language and tonality.
INTRODUCTION
“Welcome to your self-hypnosis session. This is a self
hypnosis session for relaxation, managing stress, and for accessing the
resources within yourself
This tape should not be played in
a moving vehicle, or in an activity that requires your full attention.
Sit or lie back in a relaxed
position, with your legs and ankles uncrossed, and your hands and arms resting
on your lap or by your sides. Since you are in charge of your own
relaxation, you can adjust yourself now to find the most comfortable,
relaxed position for you.
EYE CLOSURE
Bring your full attention into
the present moment, and into the space that your body occupies. As you continue
to listen to the relaxing tones of my voice, I’d like you to look at a spot on
the wall if you would, and keep your eyes fixed on that spot.
Any spot will do, and as you do that now, I am going
to begin counting. You might
become aware that your gaze can become like tunnel vision as
you continue to stare at that spot over there. I want you to open and
close your eyes with each number I count. Each and every time that you open
your eyes, keep them fixated on that spot as I count from 1 to 20. You will
find that each time you close your eyes, they will want to remain closed.
Each time you open them, it will be more and more difficult to do so, more
difficult than the last time, much more difficult. And by the time I reach 20,
or perhaps before, your eyelids will be soo heavy that they will remain
tightly shut, and you will go deeply into trance. Beginning now.. one..
.your eyes are open,now closing..,
two.. .open. and closed.., three... open and closed.. .your eyes are becoming
very tired now, heavier with each closing.. .four. - .open. . .and closed.. .so
much heavier than before... five.. .open. . . and closed..., so hard to open
your eyes... six... so drowsy and sleepy that your eyes just don’t want to
open... seven.. .open and closed...just relax your closed eyes now as you instead
take a deep breath and
become deeply relaxed…
PROGRESSIVE
RELAXATION
You don’t have to close your
eyes to relax, so if you’re in a place where you can do so now, your eyes
can just as easily close.., if they haven’t done so already. Just as you are
ready to bring your full attention inside of yourself, preparing to use the
full resources of you’re unconscious mind and beginning to see more
clearly with inner eyes, I wonder if you’ve noticed yet how much easier your
breathing has become as you relax even more...
Because in a few moments you’re
going to be more relaxed than you’ve ever known yourself to be. I’m going to
draw your awareness to certain parts of your body, and as you do so, I want you
to just feel that part begin to...relax and let go...just feel the
muscles relax. In order to help you to relax. I’d like to ask you to imagine
yourself
sunbathing on the deck...of your very own luxury yacht. You
can feel the sunlight warming every muscle, every cell in your body The sky is
the most beautiful clear blue, and there are a few puffy white clouds..drifting
lazily... across the sky, and as you listen to the lapping sounds of the sea
and the whisper of the warm breeze, you arc beginning to feel more and more
relaxed. As you become aware of each part of your body now, you’ll feel that
part just begin to...relax and let go. so that in a few moments you will
be more relaxed than you’ve ever known...
Starting with the forehead, I’d
like you to feel all the little frown lines, all the little worry lines in the forehead,
just seem to.. .disappear. The forehead smoothes out, feeling so
relaxed, and you feel warm feelings of relaxation coming down now around the
eyes. Now you may not have noticed yet.. how very heavy the eyelids are feeling
now., so heavy that they don’t want to open, and they may want to flutter a
bit, but that’s OK. .just feel how warm and heavy they arc... and as those
feelings come down around the face, all the muscles in the facial area just
begin to. .relax and let go...
The warm, soothing feelings of
relaxation come down around the mouth now, and all of the hundreds of little
muscles around the mouth just start to relax.. so much so that the lower jaw
can become heavy and the teeth can part. Your mouth may even open up a little
bit with relaxation as continue deeper.. and deeper relaxed. Feel the tension
easing now around the jaw and up behind the ears, so that all the little nerve
endings behind the ears just seem to relax as you go deeper and deeper, even
deeper as the sounds of the waves seem to lull you deeper and deeper
The relaxing feeling goes to the
back of the neck now, down around the shoulders, so much tension seems to go to
our shoulders, but now you feel the
shoulders just begin to relax..and let go..you can
even feel them drop a bit...as the soothing sensations go to the backbone now,
and as they go down the spinal column, it seems to spread out to the sides, so
that every muscle, every nerve, every cell in your back just seems to
relax..all the way down, all the way… down to the small of theback, and
around the curve of the back…
This warm sense of relaxation
comes into the backs of the thighs now, and
, and into the hollows of the knees, through the calves,
into the heel, along the soles of your feet, and each and every toe just relaxes
even more as you go deeper, deeper, even deeper, listening to the sounds of the
sea as the yacht gently rocks you back and
forth.. .calm..very peaceful.., relaxed, the whole head and
back area seem very, very relaxed...
Now you’ll proceed with the rest
of you, starting with the throat muscles, feel your throat muscles just start
to relax. The relaxation comes down the front of the shoulders, down the upper
arms, over the elbows, down through the forearms to the hands, as each and
every fingertip relaxes more and more as you go deeper. . .and deeper. Feel the
relaxation in the throat, in the shoulders, easing gently now into the chest,
and all the muscles and organs within the chest area just begin to relax,
continuing down, down into the abdomen, as all the muscles and organs within
the abdomen seem to relax…relaxation spreading deeper now into the thighs, over
the knees.. .more and more as you continue to go deeper, deeper, even deeper...
calm.. .peaceful...and very, very relaxed...
I’m going to let you enjoy
this rest for a moment, but when you hear me speak again you will continue
to go down, peaceful and relaxed imagine yourself daydreaming on that luxurious
yacht, gently swaying back and forth, back and forth, drifting deeper and even
deeper…
DEEPENER
So now I’d like you to allow your
mind to daydream.. .to dream and float away from that scene. ,to another.. .and
allow your inner mind to show you standing at the top of a fine staircase..
.carpeted in a thick, deep carpet in your favourite colour,, with ten steps
leading down. There is a firm banister to hold onto and you feel safe and
secure.. .with nothing to concern you. in a moment you will see yourself
walking down the staircase as 1 count from 10 to 1, and as I count off each
step down..you will go gently step down.. .deeper. . .doubling your relaxation
with each step you take..
Begin now as I count... 10...doubling your relaxation going deeper... 9...deeper still...8...letting go
of any remaining tension as you relax and go deeper...7... doubling the
restfull sensations...6...aware now of the rhythm of your breathing and how
slow its becoming.. .5.. each gentle breath relaxes you.. .and you can relax
more with each breath you breathe...4...even deeper into a state of profound
restfulness of mind..and body...3...doubling your relaxation going even
deeper...2...the deeper you go, the better ii feels.. .and the better you feel,
the deeper you go... 1.. .almost all the way down now...ZERO...stepping off the
bottom step and you can find yourself in a safe and special place...
SPECIAL PLACE
...a place that is comfortable
and safe for you to be. .a place of safety and security where there is nothing
to disturb you...just tranquility..and calm inner peace.. .you can imagine it
to be any place you choose.. .perhaps you would enjoy the beach or the ocean
with clean fresh air and warm sand.. .or perhaps the mountains with a crystal
clear stream nearby. .or perhaps somewhere from your past that was safe, warm
and totally secure.. .any place will do, so now imagine looking at this place
through your own eyes.. .you are safe and there is no-one to disturb you. This
is the most peaceful place in the world for you. Imagine yourself there and
feel that sense of peace and well-being flowing through you now... enjoy these
positive feelings and keep them with you long after this session is complete,
for the rest of the day, tomorrow and all the days that follow. Allow these
positive feelings to grow stronger and stronger, feeling at peace with a sense
of well being, and each and every time that you choose to do this kind of
relaxation, you will be able to relax deeper and deeper. Regardless of
the stress and tension that may surround your life, you may now remain more at
peace, more calm, more relaxed, and allow the tension and stresses to bounce
off and away from you, just bounce..off... and away from you. And these
positive feelings will grow stronger and stronger throughout the day as
you continue to relax deeper and deeper...
THAT OUIET INNER
VOICE
And as you continue to relax
here.. .you can become aware of how little you need to be aware of.. .the
sounds in the room sounds outside.. .each sound only helps to relax you even
more deeply.. .each word that you hear is just a signal for you to become less
and less aware of the importance of all that is unimportant here,..the exact
meaning of words that are said or not said as I talk to you here... nothing
bothers or concerns you as your conscious mind drifts off to a place which is
comfortable and safe.. .and your unconscious.. .mind. . .takes on the
responsibility for guiding and
directing your awareness...down...into your innermost
self...aware now of that gentle connection.. communication with that part of
you that is the essence of you.. .that knows all.., remembers each and every
event that has served to shape and mould your unique and special personality a
part of you that you really do hear as a quiet and calm voice from within.. .a
voice of wisdom and of truth that is so often lost within the clamour and
clatter of the world... the demands.. .the constraints.., the noise that is
those who would have you bend to their will now hear that voice, still, quiet
and calm... but now clear as crystal.. .piercing through the fog of indecision
and lack of confidence... unmoved and unaltered in its determination to give to
you at all times... good advice.., wise answers and solutions to all
problems.. .to the benefit of yourself and those who are special to you.
This is that creative and special
part of you.. .that wise inner advisor that is always there for you with your
benefit and your well-being always the prime consideration.. .a constant,
etheric part.. .that is you and was you before there was awareness of this
existence in this time...an invaluable friend that must be listened to .and you
will listen, will you not ?
And can you recognise now that value, that unique capacity
and capability that is yours... has always been yours... and I really don’t
want you to know too much how good you can feel with that intense awareness of
confidence in your ability to make changes and decisions in your life
for yourself..no longer allowing others to manipulate you...to take advantage
of you. you expect of yourself everything that is yours.. .that you deserve..
.that you are entitled to as a unique and special person.. aware of who you are
aware of your own talents and special abilities.. .always that person who is at
the forefront.. .always there with a valuable input to every situation...you
listen and take note of what is important, and then you make a decision.. .you
make your own decision, and you are comfortable in that.
I wonder if you can notice soon
how others will come to rely on you to he the person that you are.. .confident
and self-assured.. .an example to those who will admire you, as you allow those
qualities so long hidden... to shine through from within.., to astound and
confound those who would manipulate and control.. .you are your own person..
.proud and confident.. .taking responsibility for your own life and
wellbeing.. .a true friend to your own inner advisor.. .that is you
personified...
AWAKENING
So enjoy your special place for a
few more moments until you hear me speak again.. .and when next I speak I will
count... up from 1 to 5 and you can begin coming back to full consciousness,
and you will come back feeling refreshed and alert as if you’ve had a long
rest.. .come back feeling alert and relaxed...
When you hear the count of 5 you
will come back to full awareness, feeling better than you’ve felt in a long
time. I.. .getting ready to come back to full awareness now, feeling
good...2...your mind is clear and your body is refreshed...3..looking forward
to each and every day... 4.. .ready to open your eyes and to follow through
everything you’ve learned here.. .and 5.. open your eyes, feeling wide awake
now.. .alert and refreshed. Have a big stretch.. .smile. . . good!
Well done, and thank you.”
This is an excellent trance induction and
creates a deep trance rather quickly.Try it, it’s fun.Alternatively,
you can listen to me taking you through this exact hypnosis session on CD –
just email me at jcalchemy@gmail.com for a copy of “Relaxation Self Hypnosis”.
DEEPENING TECHNIQUES
Once they’re deep in trance, give them
instructions to stay there.In addition,
there are a few other useful strategies to take them further down, some of
which I used in the induction above…
Peaceful scene – a guided
visualisation takes the client through a tranquil scene in their
imagination, perhaps a beach, or a secluded garden, or a clearing in the
woods, with full sensory rich descriptions allowing them to drift off into
their internal world.The same can
be done by visualizing a candle flame and melting wax.
The elevator – as the lift
descends, the client can be counted down many levels, “and the further
down the elevator goes, the more deeply relaxed you become, and deeper
into trance you can go…”Staircases, escalators, anything that goes up and down will work.
Simple counting – “and as I
count backwards from 10 to one, with each count you will be 10% more
relaxed, and 10% less awake…”
Arm catalepsy – suggestions to
have the arm lift all by itself, so that when it goes back down all by
itself, the lower your hand descends, the deeper you go…”
Repeating
the induction of trance, often called fractionation, deepens the trance.
Typically, the more times a client is hypnotized, the deeper the client
will go. If trance is induced several times in succession in a short
period of time without allowing the client to fully wake up each time, the
client will go deeper.This is my
favourite method.
Using
embedded metaphors will deepen the client's trance. In fact, the more
levels of embedded metaphor used, the deeper the trance which follows.
Three stories told in succession, but none of them actually completed,
seems to induce altered states quite nicely.See the chapter called “Stand &
Deliver”.
The
subject is always in control, although if they have seen stage show hypnosis they
may have fears about amnesia or acting in strange ways.They must learn to accept that their results
using hypnosis are completely their results, and it is their ability to trust
themselves and relax that determines the success of the session.The unconscious mind will never accept a
suggestion that violates its values and ethics.Sometimes it is useful to suggest to oneself to do something
uncharacteristic at the start of a hypnosis session, just to prove this point.“Now open your eyes and do a cartwheel across
the room”.
Deepening techniques may be required with
a tense or highly conscious client, to help them to relax.Of course, apre-induction discussion should always take care of these issues up
front though.
In the last part of this Hypnosis E-Course
we’ll be discussing communicating DIRECTLY with the unconscious mind, AND
GETTING ANSWERS.We’ll also give you the
ultimate Hypnosis script, and we’ll close with my opinion on the ethical use of
these skills.
In 1898 Boris Sidis in “Psychology
of Suggestion” wrote about the difference between indirect (choices) and
direct(command) suggestion.“You will go deeply into trance”….
versus“you may notice…”
If the client is very alert or
conscious, and you’re direct, they may not go into trance easily, as you’re
trying to tell them what to do and they’re going to contradict you.However, if you’re indirect it gets the
Conscious Mind out of the way.Whenthe client is deeply in trance you need to be
more specific and direct and literal though, and talk to the Unconscious the
way you’d talk to a small child.
Your Hypnotic voice should be
softer, lower in pitch, and more gravely.It helps to tilt your jaw down & talk more from the back of your
throat, not the front of your mouth.Try
that – it really makes a difference.
OK, so now you know how to sound
hypnotic, what exactly do you say to yourself or your client to induce a
hypnotic trance state?
THE MILTON MODEL
In the old days Hypnosis was Direct
Authoritarian, where the hypnotist would
say “Sit Down, uncross your arms and go into a deep trance”.We don’t do that anymore – that’s old
hat.We’re going to learn how to use
your voice…..to put someone under “Linguistic anaesthetic”.NLP gave us the Hypnosis language patterns to
use, as modelled from Milton Erickson MD.Richard Bandler and John Grinder modelled Erickson and broke down the trancey
sentences that when put together make the eyes heavy…Imagine that.Your words can alter someone’s state…
This chapter will teach you and make you proficient with The
Milton Model, abstract, artfully vague hypnotic language patterns as modelled
from Milton Erickson, the world’s leading Hypnotherapist.Now let’s take the trance to learn how to
speak hip…notically…
FIRST OF ALL,
A STORY:
I know that you have your own expectations of what a
Hypnotic Language Pattern article will provide you with, and that’s just
perfect!It’s very important to be
expectant when reading useful information, and you’re learning here today will
probably increase your curiosity.Hypnotic
language is exciting, and excitement means rapid change.You see, some people haven’t
realised…..yet…just how powerful the technology of HGE and hypnosis actually
are…although anyone and everyone who’s taken the trance to train with us in
person sees the very real benefits in the end.You probably thought you couldn’t get this level of excellence, and now
you can.Now.I’m not sure if you already know this or not,
but Milton Model patterns are the key to effective communication, and the more
you read and explore this subject, the more you’ll get, don’t you think?
We’re all interested in rapid growth, I mean, weren’t
you?You know the kind of feeling that
you want, so sooner or later you’re going to call in some expert assistance…
Now…you’re sitting here, thinking about all that’s been said
and not said here, or whether you just want to take the next step only.Doesn’t this sound like just what you’re
looking for?
See, last month we ran a training in which the team leader
talked about his boss’s favourite author who wrote always be learning….yet not
everyone sees it right away.Yet a
profit & loss statement tells its own story, doesn’t it?So that team leader resigned..himself to
always be learning when the opportunity lands on your doorstep, and we are
right on your doorstep, are we not?
Oh that’s right, we’ve already been invited inside….
The team leader’s name is John, and he wanted to fly up from
where he lives….down there, all the way up here to leave behind all the sounds
of the big city, and come and breathe easily in bonnie Scotland – hear all the
accents, language and colloquialisms, and just to……relax….and let go..of any
concerns of working so hard.So he
bought a first class ticket, and went to the station.Now having all the time in the world, he
explored the station.And he found
something rather curious, down an old, dimly lit corridor.Way down there, he found, dusty and unused in
such a long time, a “speak your weight and fortune” machine.So he stepped up, put his money in the slot,
and heard it rattle all the way down deep inside the machine.From the machine came a deep gravely voice
that said “Your name is John, you weigh 10 stone and you’re going to catch the 2:20 to Glasgow”
Now all of that was true, but how did it know?I mean usually fortune tellers are very
vague, very ambiguous, but this said exactly the right thing.So he stepped back up, put his money
where his mouth was, and once again the machine spoke in a deep gravely voice
“Your name is still John, you still weigh 10 stone and you’re still going to
catch the 2:20 to Glasgow”
Now John is a consultant who travels around a lot, and if
you’re as mobile as he is, you need to stay in touch.You need to be able to get in touch with your
messages.You want to get all the
messages that are sent loud and clear, because that gives you freedom and
flexibility.So you need to make a
choice – you need to get the right tool for the job.So I went down the way to see “so and so
communications”.At least that’s what
the sign above the door said, and that reminds me of another story….
I needed to get my questions answered.I needed to get something that was once hard
to get, and now its part of everyday life.So I went inside to speak to the one…..you know…..the one you speak
to.I’m not really sure what I said to
him.In fact I’m not really sure he
knows what I said to him.All I do know
is that we got agreement, and I don’t know if you already know how to do this
or not, but I had loads to choose from.19 different types in all.Lots
of different types of mobile – different categories to choose from……but which
one should I choose? So we talked for a while, and we cut it down to ten, then
narrowed it down further……to five, then four, then two……but I still wasn’t
really sure which one should I pick…..?
WHY LEARN THIS?
You cannot not affect an individual’s representation of what
you say.In other words what you say
creates pictures, thoughts and feelings in the heads of people you talk
to.Think about that for a moment… and
you’re doing that right now, aren’t you…?
There are 5 main reasons to learn this model:
5 – It helps you build rapport.You will be using language that is artfully
vague, lacks any real content and is easy to get agreement with
4 – It induces trance!When I first learned this, I was amazed!!You can affect another person’s state using
only your words.Basically hypnotise
someone using hypnotic language – specific ways of saying things that are
trancey. When I first learned that I got really excited!
3- You can establish direct access to another person’s
unconscious mind.You can talk directly
to the oldest & wisest part of you.You can activate all the inbuilt potential & resources of the human
mind and body.Would you like to know
how to do that?
2 – All change is unconscious.That means you can open people up to new
learnings and new concepts, which will assist people in getting the changes
they want.Just suppose you could help
people to change?All learning, all
change and all behaviour require trance.Just try multiplying 7 x 6 right now.
Welcome back.
See?
1 – Abstraction controls specificity. There’s more power in
abstraction – the big picture, global concepts control the small specific
details.Think economics.Think politics.Think about those tiny plastic things at the
end of your shoe laces.Now which are
more important?
WHAT IS
THE MILTON MODEL?
The Milton Model is a language tool for inducing trance
states in yourself and other people, modelled from a world renowned expert in
his field.Elements of genius from a
legendary professional.Does that sound
like something you’d like to learn?
Hypnotic language patterns are vague, abstract sentence
structures that put you into a trance – you go inside your head to make sense
out of what you heard.
Bandler & Grinder modelled Milton Erickson’s language.John Grinder said Erickson provided him with
the single greatest model he ever used.When Erickson read “Patterns & Techniques of Milton Erickson MD
Volume 1” (1975) he called it “A delightful simplification of the language I
use with patients – I learned a great deal about the things I’ve done without
knowing about them”.
There are 19 patterns taught within this Model, so let’s go
through them one at a time, learn the kinds of words to use, and then we’ll
give you some examples.
Milton Model
Hypnotic Language Patterns
1.Mind
Read
Claiming to know the thoughts or feelings of another without
specifying
the process by which you came to know the info.
“I know that you are wondering...”
I know you’re wondering how much impact this will have
Perhaps you don’t know yet how powerful HGE is
I can see you’ve learned more than you thought you would
I know you have your own expectations
I can tell that you like what I’m saying
You’re probably thinking that it’s time to move on
2.Lost
Performative
Value judgments where the performer of the value judgment is
left out.
“And it’s a good thing to wonder...”
It’s good to be sceptical about powerful information
It’s right for you to wonder what’s in it for you
Today’s a great day to make a strategic decision
That’s perfect!
It’s really good that you asked that
This is a wonderful process
There’s a right way to do this and a better way to do this
It’s a wise thing to review your department’s progress
It’s best to add your own examples here now:
3.Cause
& Effect
Where it is implied that one
thing causes another.Implied Causatives
include:
a.C>E makes
b.If... then...
c.As you... then you...
“Because...”
Our discussion will probably increase your curiousity
Because you’ve booked your place that makes you even more committed
Since you’ve done training before, that makes you ready for more
If you come into this room then you’ll improve
Just by asking that question, you’re starting to see the benefits
Since you’re reading this sentence, you can think of several more
examples.
4.Complex
Equivalence
Where two things are equated - as in their meanings being
equivalent.
“That means...”
Training is exciting and excitement means growth
Having invested this much time shows me you’re serious about results
Your questions mean you already want assistance
Having gotten this far means you can write more examples of this pattern.
5.Presupposition
The linguistic equivalent of assumptions.
“You are learning many
things...”
The problems you’re facing are fixable
Some business people haven’t realised how powerful HGE is
Now your HR team will be able to produce with even more credibility
How much more value would you have gotten from me by having another
session?
Most of the best examples of this pattern will be written here by you.
6.Universal
Quantifier
A set of words having:a.a universal generalization and
b.no referential index. (doesn’t say “who”)
“And all the things, all the things...”
Everyone in this room cares about profit
Everything will become clear once you’ve completed this chapter
You always get results
Anyone I’ve presented to saw the benefits in the end
You have them all in your head. Write every one you can think of here.
7.Modal
Operator
Words which implies possibility or necessity, and which form
our rules in life.
“That you can learn...”
You have to understand our position in all of this
You shouldn’t have to want it, unless you really need it
Would it be possible?
You might discover you can dare to go ahead
You probably thought you couldn’t, but now you can
You must be getting the hang of this by now
You could list a few more examples on the lines below.
8.Nominalization
Process words which has been frozen in time by making them
into nouns.
“Provide you with new insights, and new understandings.”
HGE is easy
Your input to this relationship is really important
You’re looking for demonstration of powerful impact
Increased profitability shows renewed vigour
Empowerment is a possibility
Your thoughts on nominalizations are an important form of communication
9.Unspecified
Verb
Misses out the
“how”
“And you can,”
Tony Robbins says “When you can’t, you must”
You may discover you start moving forward
The more you continue with this, the more you’ll get out of it
If you could just let go and notice your intentions
Now perhaps you could continue to
10.Tag
Question
A question added after a statement, designed to displace
resistance.Draws your attention to the
question and gets agreement.
“Can you not?”
You can see the value in this, can’t you?
We’re all interested in profits, don’t you think?
We’re all looking to agree here, aren’t we?
And you do want the best, don’t you?
You’ll add more to the list now won’t you?
11.Lack
of Referential Index
A phrase which does not pick out a specific portion of the
listener’s experience.Misses out the
who.
“One can, you know...”
We put people though a wonderful process
That’s the way to do business
Folk do, you know
It’s often said that…
Statistics prove…
Please help them - they couldn’t
think of any more of these.
12.Comparative
Deletion(Unspecified
Comparison)
Where the comparison is made and it is not specified as to
what or whom it was made.
“And it’s more or less the right thing.”
Sooner or later you’re going to employ some expert assistance
At one time or another you’ve loved a training you’ve done
It’s probably better to start now, sooner rather than later
Before or after this chapter?
That are more or less better than the ones above, as they occur to you
from time to time.
13.Pace
Current Experience
Where client’s experience (verifiable, external) is
described in a way which is undeniable.Makes the person go internal.
“You are sitting here, listening to me, looking at me, (etc.)...”
We’re all sitting here, discussing these ideas
Just thinking about stuff like this
Just after you blink, you’ll notice your breathing
As your eyescontinue reading the
words on this pagewhile you’re looking
at it and from time to time you may become aware of the thoughts in your mind
or thosesensations in yourhand or downthere on the soles ofyour feet
you couldalso begin towonder if you couldthink of how artfullyyou canpace aperson’s ongoingexperience and you might even like to make a
note or two right here now about pacing.
14.Double
Bind
Where it appears like there’s a choice but actually there
isn’t
“And that means that your unconscious mind is also here, and can hear (phonological
ambiguity) what I say.And since that’s the case, you are probably
learning about this and already know more at an unconscious level than you
think you do, and it’s not right for me to tell him, learn this or learn that,
let him learn in any way he wants, in any order.”
Take all the time you need to take the next step
Will you book this training, or the one later this year?
Is this valuable to you, or just vital?
Light trance, medium trance, deep trance – either will do
If you don’twrite at leastone more doublebind in thespace below now, you will either think of one automatically very soon,
or elsewonder when the nextone will come tomind, so you can write it down then.
15.Conversational
Postulate
The communication has the form of a question, a question to
which the response is either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’.If I want you to do something, what else must be present so that you
will do it, and out of your awareness?It allows you to choose to respond or not and avoids authoritarianism.
“Do you feel this... (punctuation ambiguity) is something you understand?”
Does this sound like just what you want?
Do you feel ready to become a master communicator?
Can you picture yourself doing this?
Will you remember to congratulate yourself on your decision?
Would you mind writing down a couple more conversational postulates here?
16.Extended
Quote
“Last week I was with Richard who told me about his training in 1983 at
Denver when he talked to someone who said...”
Last month we ran a course in which the team leader talked about his
bosses favourite expression which was “Always seize an opportunity”
Did I tell you that Eleanor watched Newsnight last night, when Jeremy
Paxman asked his guest “How badly do you need this?”
The other day, a participant in the training was telling me that her
husband said Jonathan had told him to ask you to write a couple of extended
quotes down right here.
17.Selectional
Restriction Violation
A sentence that is not well formed in that only humans and
animals can have feelings. In this sentence structure you attribute feelings to
an inanimate object.
“A chair can have feelings...”
I was driving the car with trainers
How does your toilet feel getting flushed?
How stressed does your email get?
If you’re not sure, ask the executive chair
Your accounts speak volumes
Do sales cry out when they fall?
How does a mirror feel being stared at all day?
Who does a ladder lean on for support?
Your pen knows how to write selectional restriction violations very
easily, if you will just lead it to the paper below now.
18.Ambiguity
a.Phonological:
“Hear”, “Here”
You can trust you’re unconscious mind
now.
So you think you can’t deal with your lover? Love her; can’t you?
b.Syntactic:
Where
the function (syntactic) of a word cannot be immediately determined from the
immediate context.
“They are visiting relatives”
Your increasing options
Hypnotizing hypnotists can be tricky.
This is a training in trance
c.Scope:
Where
it cannot be determined by linguistic context how much is applied to that
sentence by some other portion of the sentence.
“Speaking to you as a child...”
“The old men & women...”
“The disturbing noises
& thoughts...”
“The weight of your hands &
feet...”
Your deep breathing and trance. . . .
Speaking to you as a master hypnotist
d.Punctuation:
“I want you to notice your hand me the glass.”
My boss resigned himself to constant learning
If you hear any ambiguities, it’s all right to write them right here.
19.Utilization
Utilize
all that happens or is said.
Client
says: “I am not sold.”
Response:
“That’s right you are not sold, yet,
because you haven’t asked the one
question that will have you totally and completely sold.”
Client: "I don’t think I know."
Practitioner: "That’s right, you don’t you know."
Client: "I can’t be hypnotized."
Practitioner: "That’s right. You can’t be hypnotized yet, because you haven’t asked the one
question yet that will let you relax completely"
Client: “We can’t afford you”
Practitioner: “That’s right, you can’t afford me yet, because you haven’t
realised the alternative”
Client: "This meeting’s dragging on a bit."
Practitioner: "That’s right, so it must be time to agree"
Client: "HGE is all about mind control, isn’t it?"
Practitioner: "That’s right, we do teach people how to control their
own minds"
Putting it all
together:
Perhaps you don’t know… yet… how powerful HGE is, and it’s good to be
sceptical about powerful information.In
fact, our discussion will probably increase your curiousity, and your internal
questions mean you already want assistance.Now, the problems you’re facing are fixable, and everything will become
clear once you’ve completed this paragraph.You have to understand your position in all of this - your input to this
relationship is really important, and the more you continue reading, the more
you’ll get out of it…. and you do want the best, don’t you?You see, we put people though a wonderful
process, because at one time or another you’ve loved a training you’ve
done.And as your eyes continue reading
the words on this page, while you’re looking at it …from time to time you may
become aware of the thoughts in your mind or those sensations in your hand or
down there on the soles of your feet, you could also begin to wonder if you
could take all the time you need to take the next step.
Does this sound like just what
you want?Did I tell you that Eleanor
watched Newsnight last night, when Jeremy Paxman asked his guest “How badly do
you need this?”I mean, your accounts
speak volumes, but they’re conscious, aren’t they?You can also trust you’re unconscious mind now, becausethis is a training in trance.And speaking to you as a master hypnotist,
are you wearing anything that restricts you can loosen off now…
HOW DO I USE THESE?
The next step is to figure out how to use all of this.How do you make someone go inside their head
to make sense out of what you’re saying?It shifts the listeners attention from outside, to inside……….As you use fluffy language they go inside and
try to make sense out of it from their model of the world.
The Milton Circle
– a favourite exercise that we conduct in our 7 day HGE Practitioner and
Hypnosis weekend trainings.Simply sit
in a circle with a few other willing participants, and simply say aloud a Milton
pattern example in your best “hypnotic voice”.The next person then picks up and links a sentence onto yours.Then the next person, and so on.Keep going until all your eyes are closed….
Write emails using hypnotic language patterns.
In your speech – talk slightly slower than normal, and
softly.As for Tonality – pull your chin
down a bit and bring your voice out from the back of your mouth.You will sound deeper and more gravely.Try saying this sentence with your mouth
& jaw in that position…
WHAT IF YOU MASTERED THIS?
You’re probably wondering where…….and how……you will apply
this model in your life, are you not?
What happens if you just dry up?My strategy is to just pick one, say it
aloud, and then keep doing that.
You’ll probably find some that are your favourites, or that
some are easier to remember than others.That’s because you probably talk like that anyway.Practice and train up your least preferred
patterns.
What happens if someone calls you on it?They might say “You’re talking weird!You’re not making any sense!”.You just utilise it and keep going:“That’s right, I’m not making any sense…..yet,
and that’s because……”
Practice – get a sheet of paper for each category and write
out ten examples of each
Come up with five business or career applications for this
Model.Where could you use this?Imagine business meetings and you start
talking hyp…….ah….
What if you did presentations and talks where you were able
to control the audiences state moment to moment…
What would Customer Services be
like getting agreement in trance, or in person, over the counter, over the
phone?!!
Now you’re ready for your first formal trance
induction….
In the next instalment of this 6
part Hypnosis E-Course, you’ll receive a word for word script that you can
record your own voice reading, and create your very own trancey Self-Hypnosis
session…
