Did you ever pass the exit on the highway
when driving to work? That was because you
were thinking about other things while driving
How about reading a book or watching TV and
some one comes in; you didn't see him because
your mind was concentrating on something
else. All of that is waking hypnosis. Well,
as well as the traditional hypnosis I also
do a non trance hypnosis.
So many hypnotists are worried about trance.
The public thinks that hypnosis is about
sleep. You know, Hypnos meaning sleep in
Greek. In reality hypnosis is about change.
Change through the use of the subconscious
mind while the conscious mind is blocked
or diverted. Do you really think you need
to sleep to occupy the subconscious? Of course
not, that is why we do not really need a
trance to enter hypnosis.
We, the hypnotists have to change our perception
about hypnosis so the public and out clients
can change their perception about reality.
By using a technique to distort or divert
the conscious, we can bring about changes
in the conscious. This is very similar to
a magician that has the audience look to
the left while he is loading a rabbit in
his hat on the right. Not that hypnosis is
prestidigitation or anything which is done
by fooling people. We have to have the client's
mind occupied with thoughts while we change
the subconscious perception.
Non trance hypnosis is the mechanism of producing
a perceptual change in the subconscious while
engaging the conscious mind through verbal
and non verbal communication.
This technique is only done in my office
in individual or group sessions for clients
who would rather not experience the hypnotic
trance but want to conquer a habit or change
a life style.
