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SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

As soon as you are ready to go into a deep hypnotic state, you will close your eyes and begin inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly … (Pause and observe a moment)

Breathing deeply and slowly brings more oxygen into your system, and each time you exhale your body keeps relaxing more and more …

Each time you inhale and exhale you can become more aware of the natural rhythms of your body and the feelings of comfort that develop ...

INSTRUCTIONS TO HYPNOTIST

This induction (or deepening) technique requires that the hypnotist gauge the pace of the suggestions to the response of the subject.

SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

I’m going to count from one up to twenty. As I do, a light, easy, pleasant feeling moves into your right hand and into your right arm. As I continue counting, that feeling grows stronger and stronger. Soon you’ll feel the first slight movement of your fingers, a twitching of the muscles. (At this point, ...

INSTRUCTIONS TO HYPNOTIST

The subject is asked to raise an arm so that the hand is slightly above the head and given suggestions. There are a number of aspects of this induction which are worthy of special notice. First, the arm is placed in such a position that fatigue will eventually bring it down. The downward movement is tied into going “down” into a “deep state of relaxation.” The harder the individual keeps fighting to hold it up, the more he ...

SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

Raise and stiffen you arm. Make a fist. (Help subject achieve this position, then let go) That’s good. Just like a steel bar, stiff and powerful. So stiff and rigid and so powerful that the more you try to lower or bend your arm, the stiffer and tighter it becomes. Try to lower or bend your arm and find it locking stiff; stiff and rigid. The harder you try, the stiffer it becomes.

That’s fine. When I touch ...

SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

In a moment I’m going to relax you more completely. In a moment I’m going to begin counting backwards from 10 to 1.

The moment I say the number 10 you will allow your eyelids to remain closed. The moment I say the number 10, you will, in your minds eye, see yourself at the top of a small set of stairs.

The moment I say the number 9, and each additional number, you will simply move down those ...

SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

Your arms are loose and limp, just like a rag doll.  As I raise your hand, just  let all of the weight hang limply in my fingers.  An when I drop it, send a  wave of relaxation all across your body.  As you feel you hand touch your body,  send that wave of relaxation from the top of your head all the way down to the  very tips of your toes.

And as you do, you find that ...

SPOKEN TO THE SUBJECT

Turn loose now, relax.  Let a good, pleasant feeling come all across your body.  Let every muscle and every nerve grow so loose and so limp and so relaxed. Arms limp now, just like a rag doll. That’s good.

Now, send a pleasant wave of relaxation over your entire body, from the top of  your head to the tips of your toes.  Just let every muscle and nerve grow loose  and limp and relaxed.  You are feeling more ...

How mental exercise can help athletes.

The mind and body are linked in the same way different parts of a computer are linked. Your mind tells your body what movements to make and your body tells your mind what it is seeing, feeling etc. and most of this is happening subconsciously.

The mind is the most advanced computer in the world and it can help your body achieve amazing things. It can help show the body how to make a rocket that ...