Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 3 , Issue - 3, September 2018 | Page 15

Your magic balloons
A phenomena I enjoy without claiming to understand or control, and that I am
curious if you have encountered something similar to, are your magic
balloons. 
If you and I go into a trance together, led by one of us or allowed by both then
we are experiencing hypnosis. It can be intentional, which it usually is for me
since my job is to hypnotise you. Remember that only you can hypnotise you,
so basically my job is to invite you to do so, and to allow me to share the
experience. 
Usually you will come to me for this experience because you are looking to
resolve something in your life. A recurring thought, memory, emotion or
behaviour that part of you aren't comfortable with and would like to resolve.
One of the reasons you would like help is that your rational mind, and usually
a very intelligent one at such, is like a stick with which you wish to scratch
your back, and it’s just too short. It’s too short by design.  
As you explain what you wish to resolve part of me listens politely, and
another part of me dissolves into a state where I listen to everything but what
you are saying. I will look at your breathing, micro eye movements, body
language in general and tone of voice. Every change will carry more clues
than your words, because your body doesn’t lie, it’s not part of it’s repertoire.
When your body is tired of sitting in the same position for a long time it will
ache. If you dehydrate it will wrinkle in protest. If you stress your stomach will
tell you. When you try to push away existential matters of life and love it will
grind your teeth until you do something about it. Your body keeps your scores
and your mind tries to fool it. 
Part of your body is in charge of security and attraction. It will alert you to
dangers and pleasures you have no idea about long before they enter your
rational mind in the form of a thought. A cold shiver, butterflies in your
stomach, goosebumps on your arms and vibrations of heat that may erupt
into a change of skin tone around your neck or face. This is a constant
concert of communication that you will do your best to interpret depending on
how well you understand yourself. The security and attraction system has a
mind of it’s own and will control your bladder, your sex drive, your metabolism