subject: The Basics of Hypnosis [print this page] The Basics of Hypnosis The Basics of Hypnosis
When used in the hands of a good practitioner, hypnosis can be used to help the patient replace fear, trauma and addiction by confidence and freedom. Hypnosis can also be used to create comic situations as I'm sure you all have witnessed in your favorite TV shows. For it work, the person being hypnotized needs to be whiling to do be so, as it does not work without the patient authorization. Using simple suggestions, the hypnotherapist can reprogram the subject unconscious and positively impact his/her life.
Hypnosis can be very complicated, and that's why if you're trying to learn it, you should stick to the basics until you master them. Trying to hypnotize someone using complicated hypnosis approaches can be very frustrating when you do not have the simple understanding of the different stages of hypnotism. If you're just starting out, two great techniques for you to start with are self hypnosis and conversational hypnotism.
Self Hypnotism
A great technique to get you started is self hypnotism. By learning how to hypnotize yourself you'll have a full understanding of the different stages of a successful hypnotic trance, making it easier for you to later hypnotize one of your friends or family members. All you have to do is to put yourself in a very relaxed state and then make constructive suggestions to your subconscious mind.
The first thing that you must do once you are completely relaxed is to find the thoughts, behaviors or beliefs that you are trying to alter. Once you find them, you can use hypnosis to build confidence and to rid yourself of fears and phobias; you can even convince yourself that you are capable of anything. Although it is very basic, it is also an extremely effective hypnosis technique.
Conversational Hypnotism
Although a little bit more sophisticated than self hypnotism, conversational hypnosis is also a very basic form of suggesting ideas into your mind and the mind of others. In this type of hypnotism, you'll be communicating with the unconscious mind without the person even knowing it. You're basically using normal daily conversations to penetrate your hypnotic suggestions into the patient's mind. It is usually used to get information from people that otherwise would not be whiling to share it while conscious.
To be become a good hypnotist you first need to develop a strong understanding of the simple hypnotism methods. Start by practicing self and conversational hypnotism and then and only then go into more advanced methods.
