Hypnosis1 is a mental technology, which includes self-hypnosis or hypnotizing other people.
Self-hypnosis or auto-hypnosis is a form, process, or result of hypnosis that is self-induced and normally makes use of self-suggestion and hypnotizing other people means the practice of communicating with someone’s subconscious2 through informal language, body language, and suggestion techniques – without them being aware basically using our mind technique on others for several reasons like the relaxation of the other individual.
Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and enhanced mental capacity, and you should be aware of how it works!
During hypnosis, a person is said to have heightened focus and concentration. A “hypnotic induction3” technique normally precedes hypnosis.
Learning Hypnosis is not very easy. A person needs to be a master at it. There are many techniques and skills a person should know for hypnotizing others, but some of them are really important.
The 7 Essential Skills to Master Hypnosis
1) Maintain Eye Contact for Hypnosis
While you hypnotize someone, maintain constant eye contact without blinking. Eye contact gives more concentration and helps the person get into a trance easily. To practice this technique, you can stand in front of the mirror trying to practice the technique of eye contact with yourself.
2) Build a Rapport
Building a rapport is very important. When you hypnotize someone, you need to create a very light, comfortable rapport with the other person. So that the person could easily rely on you and share things with you. When we miss this skill, the individual starts feeling awkward and doesn’t let down their guard that easily.
3) Signal Recognition
Signal recognition is the most useful and important skill a hypnotist should know. Signal recognition is simple; it is basically the ability to understand the things happening in hypnosis. That may be if the person is in a trance state or not? Or is the person comfortable and many more such things? It’s the most useful skill.
4) Hypnotic Language Foundation
Hypnosis is an art; we need to perfect all the skills to be a good hypnotist. Understanding and knowing hypnotic language is fundamental. As a hypnotist, one should use proper words and phrases. No negative sentences should be quoted. One should shape the conversation properly.
5) Authority Strategy
Authority strategy allows the person to understand you and trust you. So that you can enter the subconscious mind of the other and interact with them, the client should also be comfortable with you in a trance.
6) Emotional Triggers
As a hypnotist, you should know how to trigger a person’s emotional core and how to understand it, i.e., learn how to notice and tap into their emotional needs. This skill is essential.
7) Break Down Resistance
Creating a hypnotic trance will allow your subjects to digest new ideas, perceptions, and thoughts. The most important skill of a hypnotist is to know when and how the client will react to different situations. Breakdown resistance is breaking down the old and entering the new.
- Patterson, David R., and Mark P. Jensen. “Hypnosis and clinical pain.” Psychological bulletin 129.4 (2003): 495. ↩︎
- Hart, Bernard. “The conception of the subconscious.” The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 4.6 (1910): 351. ↩︎
- Barber, Theodore X., and Wilfried De Moor. “A theory of hypnotic induction procedures.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 15.2 (1972): 112-135. ↩︎
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