Remember hypnosis is not mind control , and as a conversational hypnotist you can influence people , but you don ’ t have magical or mysterious powers over them .
The first thing to realise is that conversational hypnosis is happening all the time ! Just telling someone about your vacation , or talking about your childhood will cause hypnotic trance to develop and fade , like waves on a beach . That ’ s because trance is a completely normal part of life . We go in and out of hypnotic states all the time , we just don ’ t typically realise it .
So is it possible for someone to be in hypnosis without being relaxed , and without having their eyes closed ? Yes . That ’ s because hypnosis , especially conversational hypnosis , is a normal part of life . In fact , we often slip in and out of trance while we are driving , daydreaming , watching television , or a host of other activities . Netflix is Your Hypnotist !
Think of the last movie or series you watched . Remember in detail the characters , and everything that happened in the storyline . Notice that , when you think about it now , everything you saw on the screen has expanded to fill your awareness . You don ’ t think of the screen itself , or the carpet , or the wallpaper , or the dog lying on the floor .
That ’ s because your experience watching video was hypnotic . Remember hypnosis is not mind control , and as a conversational hypnotist you can influence people , but you don ’ t have magical or mysterious powers over them . When we go into trance we narrow our awareness . In neuro-linguistic programming ( NLP ), we call this “ downtime ”. We become less aware of our surroundings , and we become much more aware of our own internal thoughts and feelings . Just daydreaming can be a naturally occurring trance . So you ’ re probably thinking : Okay , watching a movie is a kind of hypnosis , but what ’ s that got to do with conversational hypnosis ? The answer is , it has everything to do with it . One of the ways our brains operate is to respond to a good story . A well-crafted story sweeps us along , as we experience a variety of thoughts and feelings , based on things we ’ ve already learned .
A Trancy Story …