Classical hypnosis is one in which a person guides another person to achieve that particular mental state for several purposes:
- simple relaxation
- achieve goals
- Therapeutic
Induction can take place using numerous techniques and, in particular, those that exploit the voice and a so-called skillfully vague language Francesca Sipma.
In classical hypnosis, therefore, only the person driving speaks while the hypnotized subject listens and relaxes.
Ericksonian hypnosis
It is different in so-called Ericksonian hypnosis because it was the typical style of induction adopted by the great master, Milton Erickson. In practice, it is apparently a normal conversation during which the person driving interacts with the subject using language to generate useful and pleasant situations in his mind. That’s kind of what happens when you hear a skilled speaker enchant you with words. This technique is particularly useful for stimulating reflections, generating pleasant sensations and moods.
What is hypnosis for
Hypnosis, I want to reiterate it, is a natural and spontaneous condition that we also experience unconsciously every day and therefore totally free of side effects . Becoming aware of this can be of great use to you because it will allow you to exploit a mode of functioning of the mind in a conscious way, finalizing it for specific purposes such as, for example:
- relax
- stimulate your creativity
- sleep better
- change habits, for example
- lose weight
- stop smoking, taking drugs, or drinking excess alcohol
- control pain
The scientific literature documents in this regard an application of hypnosis in the field of surgical therapy, replacing anesthesia when the latter generates severe allergies and much more.
Hypnosis techniques
With regard to hypnosis techniques it is necessary to distinguish them between those of:
- trance induction
- suggestion
The techniques for inducing the hypnotic state are numerous and involve the use, single or in combination, of gaze , fixed in the eyes of the subject, as if looking for something deep inside
- voice , volume, tones and modulation
- words , using cleverly vague language
- breathing , favoring the diaphragmatic one
- posture , which must follow that of the subject
Whatever the technique adopted, the essential condition is that the person who induces the hypnotic trance is able to enter that state himself first, involving the subject in an empathic and natural way.
In this circumstance I want to suggest you a very simple one that you can apply immediately too.
- Hypnosis: 3-step technique
- It is a very easy and effective method that involves three steps:
- Go first! You go first
- Tracing
- Guide
- Go first! You go first
As with any other state of mind, even to induce the hypnotic one, it is necessary, as I said, that the hypnosist should immerse himself in it first, the so-called principle of go first! that is, you are the first to enter the state in which you want to lead the other, which I have also told you about in other articles. It will all be simpler.
