Mastering Hypnotic Language - Further Confessions of a Rogue Hypnotist (2 page)

‘Each and both of you can benefit.’

‘You can feel confident in all areas of your life, each and both of you, now…’

‘Each and both of you can listen and learn, really learn.’

G.    
And now:
How much more dramatic could you get!? And now tonight’s star is…
’And now!’
grabs your attention: which is inherently hypnotic.

‘And now as you begin to
enter a state of deep hypnosis.’

‘And now you will notice many amazing changes upon waking, and don’t be too surprised if you feel really good for no particular reason, now…’

H.    
In a moment:
this seemingly innocuous phrase is probably THE most important, most hypnotic thing you can say to ANYONE.
That’s why I saved it for last. So why is it just so hypnotic? Before I tell you let me give you its variants. You nearly always want more than one option, to stave off boredom if nothing else.

‘In a few seconds…’

‘When I say…’

‘Not now but in a moment…’

‘Soon…’

‘Soon, very soon…’

‘In a couple of moments…’

What do they all have in common? Time delay, time lag.
Because nothing is wanted of the person right now the analytical guard is down.
There is no immediate perception of a threat. It also primes the subconscious to
prepare
to respond when you give the cue. I learnt this by studying top stage hypnotists; before they do any sketch or elicit hypnotic phenomena like hands glued together they set it up with this phrase one way or another. It’s perfect to begin deepener’s with. We’ll get to that in a bit. Ok, that’s enough of that for now.

I have no idea why! Sorry. RE is an instruction to do something that you’ve done before.

Let me show you with the word:

Re-lax
– word origin Latin.

Old French - RE = back to original place; again, anew, once more.
A sense of undoing.

Lax = soften, loosen (originally referring to digestion hence – laxatives!)

RE Latin derivation = again, back, anew, against.

This is why
hypnotherapy is re-associative
, (more on this in book 3 ‘Powerful Hypnosis,’) a command to relax in effect says – go back to before you were tense. Hints of age regression in that simple word?

Some examples follow…

Realise
…you know more than you know, you know…

Recognise
…your potential to move past those worries that used to bother you…

Revivify
…a pleasant feeling, now… (Revivification is easy with hypnosis – feelings, resources, memories – you name it.)

Reconnect
to…your ability to relax deeply, very deeply…

Resource
….after resource is already available to you inside…

Re-associate
…to good moods, times and places you felt good…

Re-organise
…already existing subconscious structures.

Research
…research is looking for something that has already been found. If research were involved in originality it would be called ‘search.’

Remember
…probably one of the most hypnotic words available. If you say,

‘Remember a happy time,’

the listener, reader is instantly thrown into a light trance just to remember one.
Remember when you want to hypnotise someone you turn their attention inward.
See my first book, ‘How to hypnotise anyone,’ for a full explanation of this principle.

Interestingly a
‘re-volution’
is going back to something that already was. The so-called ‘sexual revolution’ is a good one: it actually means going back to the pre Christian sexual attitudes – thus: neo-pagan sexuality. Oh words, such misunderstood things! A revolution is in fact a return to a past ‘Golden Age.’ Beginning to see how little of ‘English’ and its real roots we are taught at school?

Lots of NLPers and hypnotists poo-poo poor old PMR, that is ‘Progressive Muscle Relaxation’. This is the technique whereby just getting a client to focus on the body, specifically the major muscle groups and then suggesting that those same muscles relax deeply produces a very deep and profound state of hypnosis. It can often send someone into real sleep especially if they are really tired or stressed! That’s fine. They’ll probably grunt themselves awake at some point.

Yes there are other ways to get someone into trance but avoiding a technique for some arbitrary reason is retarded. It reminds me of my old English teacher who would never let us use the word ‘got.’ He had got some kind of ‘got fixation.’ Apparently he considered it bad English. Often with modern English the Latin words are regarded as ‘proper’ and the Old Saxon words, the short and to the point ones are regarded as crude and uncouth. This was a product of the Norman Conquest of the English. The Normans spoke Old French and Old Norse, although their origins go back to Finland.

I had another teacher, an art teacher who regarded black as not being a colour (good grief!) and so he wouldn’t let us use the black paint and we had to mix it from a special formula that only he knew. So if you wanted to paint a seagull, which is grey and you couldn’t remember the secret formula you were f…fed up! It’s the same with PMR: it is a technique that works! So why not use it?

Remember one of the golden rules of the mind is: where the mind leads the body follows and where the body leads the mind follows.
When you physically relax the body with just your words – you might call it a ‘mind massage’ the mind calms down too.

As a hypnotist/hypnotherapist you will be meeting people who are incredibly tense and NEED to know how to relax: they have forgotten how to relax. They are so habitually tense that they think the tension is relaxation! PMR will also calm down emotional arousal which is essential so that clients can see beyond their old ‘black and white’ (actually ‘locked in’ fight or flight) stressed brain thinking. For example a depressed brain is a stressed brain. Below is a script for inducing hypnosis PMR style. If you haven’t read book 1 – use a command/downward inflexion on the embedded commands which are highlighted. I’ve spiced the script up a bit for you…

PMR script.

‘Ok just close your eyes…

and just pay attention to your breathing…

in and out… (time this on the in and out breath – thereby ‘pacing’ the client’s reality.)

That’s right…

You don’t have to change your breathing at all…

just notice it…

Draw all of your attention to your breathing…

as you
relax deeply…

Now,

just focus your attention on the top of your head…

your scalp…

Imagine you simply
relax

all the muscles in the top of your head…

relax
your forehead…

calming…
yourself…
down…

all the way down…

Good…

And now…

your eyes…

your temples…

relaxing…

Your ears can relax…

the back of your head too,

supported by that pillow/cushion…

so comfortable…

Again
relax
all the tiny
muscles

around your eyelids…

All of them

can just
let go,

relax and unwind,
now…

The muscles between your eye brows

can soften,

smooth out…

take a
rest.

And even the nose can relax,

tension can accumulate around the nose

but it can melt away now too…

and who knows, (phonetic ambiguity: nose/knows.)

how the nose

knows how to relax?

but it does…

And female rabbits are known as
does/doze…
(confusion: non sequitur – ‘doze’ = command - sleep!)

And you can

effortlessly…

allow this feeling of

pure relaxation

to spread down your neck…

That’s right…

so wonderfully relaxed,

peace increasing…

inside…your mind…

because…

as
your body relaxes,

your mind relaxes…

does it not?

Time to just
slow…things…down…
(Anxiety is associated with speed. Suggest the opposite. ‘Down’ also suggestive of going down into hypnosis.)

down to your shoulders…

Just let those shoulders…

relax comfortably.

Don’t have to do anything…

for a while…

The back muscles,

releasing past tension.

That old…

tension just melts away…

so pleasant…

that calming, soothing, restful sensation

spreading…

all the way down

your lower back

increasing
serenity,
(single word command)

relaxing,

smoothing out certain things…

almost as though,

someone you love deeply

is massaging

all that old tightness you had away.

Your chest and tummy muscles…

feeling so soft,

so wonderful.

That feeling can spread

to where it needs to go.

Just getting rid of any

unnecessary tension,

in the past…now.

And down to your

waste/waist area, (phonetic ambiguity)

feeling

tranquillity, now…

And what’s the most wonderful thing

about kindness and love;

for yourself too? (Whispered)

Letting those big thigh muscles

relax so pleasantly,

that chair comfortably supporting…

your hamstrings muscles too.

Your arms can relax:

the deltoids,

biceps,

triceps,

the forearms…

all the way down

to your hands,

your palms relaxing…

each finger and thumb…

so comfort-able…

Aware of the feeling

of your interlaced/touching fingers,

the feeling of your jeans…
(whatever they are wearing)

any textures…

the different feelings,

in both hands.

One hand might feel slightly lighter,

And the other slighter warmer…
(truism – this is often the case.)

And I don’t know which hand is the right hand

And which one is left.
(Phonetic ambiguity/double meaning for left and right.)

Perhaps…

your calves can

relax next…

your shins,

your Achilles tendons…

down to your ankles,

top of your feet,

aware of the feeling of the shoes/socks etc.
(if they are wearing any)
on those feet…

your toes too…

each toe relaxing,

one…

by…

one…
(suggestive of counting down)

and your sole/soul…
(phonetic ambiguity suggestive of ‘deep rooted’ relaxation)

deeply relaxed.

Your entire mind and body

deeply relaxed, now.

Now I just want for a moment…

to speak to…

you’re unconscious
(ambiguity – your/you’re)

I’d like to thank that part…

that was and is protecting you…

looking out for you…

that was making you

too worried,

stressed,

overly tense…

back then.

But now I would like,

the sympathetic part of the nervous system;

that’s the part that takes care

of the arousal phase of the ‘fight or flight’ response

to
calm down, now…

to allow the parasympathetic phase,

of the nervous system;

that is the
calming down
phase…

to begin to predominate,
now…

Only responding to real danger,

when needed.

The old overly tense and stressed pattern,

is unnecessary, now…

That’s right.’

You can continue with therapeutic suggestion or just begin an awakening process. Up to you.
Remember most people want and need relief from stress and tension: PMR can help.