Instant hypnosis induction is a method of hypnosis that allows a trained hypnotist to hypnotize a person in a matter of seconds
. The type of hypnosis instant induction creates is a hypnotic trance that is caused by one or two powerful triggers.
When most people first witness a performance of instant hypnosis induction, they often think that the person undergoing instant hypnosis is simply playing along with the hypnotist's instructions. Instead, the unusual hypnosis instant induction causes is caused by simply taking advantage of how the human mind perceives patterns.
Unlike traditional hypnosis, there is no preparation necessary for a person to undergo instant hypnosis. Well-trained hypnotists use certain instant hypnosis induction techniques like the handshake induction interrupts and pulls to cause participants to immediately enter a state of hypnosis.
The hypnosis instant induction triggers is caused by what hypnotists and mentalists refer to as a pattern break. When a very common everyday pattern like a handshake is broken, it causes a kind of momentary mental blankness that a hypnotist can use to cause instant hypnosis induction.
These pattern breaks cause the mind to slip down a track to a sudden unconcisous state in which the body and mind behave automatically. However, the window of opportunity is very short when using a handshake interrupt or pull, so it is important to know how to take advantage of a stunned participant with perfect timing to induce rapid hypnosis.
Think of the common schoolyard trick where one child offers to shake another child's hand and then pulls his hand back at the last moment to embarrass his schoolmate. For a very brief period, the victim of the prank is left stunned and at a loss for what to do or say next. This is the state that hypnotists and mentalists use for instant hypnosis and other mental manipulations.
A hypnotist takes advantage of that moment of mental blankness by introducing a simple but powerful command that the body and mind of the participant follow automatically. The most common command used in this state is "Sleep," which introduces the participant to deep hypnosis trance that the hypnotist can begin to work from.