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2nd Step of Self-Hypnosis


STEP 2– Practice Induction

Waking/Auto Suggestion and Pre-Sleep Technique

Continue doing Step 1 (Waking/Auto Suggestions and Pre-Sleep Technique) which you learned first. This is an important daily ritual.

Now add the following exercise:

TWICE DAILY – once in the morning or at noon, and once in the early evening – you will

hypnotize yourself, stay in hypnosis for 2-3 minutes, and then easily emerge from hypnosis.

HERE’S HOW:

  •  Sit comfortably in a chair with your back supported. Rest your hands loosely in your lap or drop at your sides.
  •  Focus your attention on a spot opposite you, slightly above eye level. Look at it effortlessly, in a dreamy, unfocused way.
  •  Take three deep breaths – SLOWLY. As you inhale your third breath, hold it for three full seconds as you count backward: 3 … 2 … 1
  •  At the count of 1, gently close your eyes, exhale, RELAX, and allow yourself to go into a deep, sound, hypnotic rest.

You are to remain in hypnosis for approximately 2-3 minutes.

This is done by counting down slowly from (25) down to one (1).

IMPORTANT: It will help you go deeper if you allow yourself to VISUALIZE or IMAGINE each

number appearing in front of you and then slowly fading away. You might imagine the number

written on a blackboard, on a computer, on road signs, in fireworks or shooting stars, or written

in the sand at the beach and washed away by an incoming wave. Just imagine the number in any

way you wish and let each number disappear as you count down.

To Emerge: Just count forward from one (1) to three (3) and you will awaken refreshed and

alert, ready to go about your business in an energetic way!

Talk to yourself as you count:

1 … feeling refreshed and energized,

2 … Stretching my arms and legs and ready to come back now, and

3 … eyes opened, feeling fully alert and ready to go.


You will gain confidence in your own ability to do self-hypnosis with practice. This exercise

gives you a way to gauge your progress and improve. After a week or so of this, you should be

ready to move on to the 3 rd Step of Self-Hypnosis – actually creating your own suggestions and

reprogramming your subconscious mind for your own personal fulfillment.


Remember, in your first session you learned that your brain waves first cycle down from

Beta to Alpha. And Alpha is a powerful state of hypnosis. You can go deeper to Theta but it

isn’t necessary. You will make wonderful shifts and changes in an Alpha state.

But here’s the thing – I also told you that when you are in an Alpha state you are in a state

of focused concentration. Your body may be so relaxed you may not even be aware of

having a body; and your mind is following along with every word. So when you start doing

self-hypnosis, as a beginner, you may doubt if you are deep enough and question whether

you’re doing it “right.” So this practice prepares you for the next step. It gives you that

“clue” that let’s you know exactly how you’re doing.


Here's what will happen: You will be involved in the exercise, counting down from 25 to 1

in your imagination – and suddenly you won’t know exactly where you are. You’ll wonder,

for instance, is it 18? Or 17? Or 19? If you lose count, THAT’S your sign that this is the

moment you tipped into a hypnotic state. You did it!


Now use that information as you continue with practice. You’ll get better and better. You

will notice that perhaps you were going into Alpha between 25 and 21 – and that’s

excellent. You’re already good at this. Maybe you lose count between 20 and 16, which

isn’t bad but you could do better. But if you get to between 15 and 10, you will want to

improve. And if you go all the way to between 5 and 1, you definitely need to practice just

letting yourself go. Before you know it, with practice, you will easily go into hypnosis early

on.

Do this exercise twice a day for seven (7) days and then you will be ready to learn how to give

yourself beneficial suggestions, practicing your own powerful self-hypnosis.

 

WARNING: NEVER attempt Self-Hypnosis while driving or operating machinery.

Remember, you are placing yourself in an altered state of consciousness.