The Waterfall Technique

The Waterfall Technique is popular to release negative emotions and also to release pain. There are many versions, and this one is by Chaplain Paul G. Durbin, Ph.D. I sometimes use it alone as a rapid release of unnecessary tension, trapped emotion, or discomfort of any kind. It can be inserted into a fuller hypnosis session, and can be a very positive method to wrap up a healing session.

NOTE: This version is written to release trapped negative emotion, however, the language can be modified to release pain ... any discomfort or uncomfortable sensations.

WATERFALL FOR CLEANSING AND RELEASING

Imagine that you are taking a walk in the woods. You are walking along a beautiful path through the woods. As you walk, you may be experiencing a number of things. Possibly you are aware of tall pine trees; some large, some small. It is a warm but comfortable summer day. Perhaps you feel a comfortable breeze... Gently cooling your face and arms... Maybe you can hear the rustling of the leaves and the crunch of the leaves, twigs, and grass beneath your feet. As you look up through the leaves of the trees, you see a sparkling of sunlight, dwelling in time with the breeze. You come to an open area with a small pond. At one end of the pond is a beautiful waterfall. At the other end is a stream which runs as far as the eye can see.

You look up and see a beautiful blue sky, with a few white fluffy clouds lazily drifting by. You sit down by the pond and enjoy the sounds of water... such as the birds singing, the frogs croaking and the waterfall. As you sit there, you sense that there is something special about this waterfall. It seems to be inviting you to come over to it and indeed you do...You reach out and touch the water and the temperature is just right so you walk under the falls... You feel its cleansing flow and you realize that it is not only cleansing your body, but it also is cleansing you. You feel that any anger, bitterness, feeling of rejection, grief, guilt, abuse and all other negative emotions are being cleansed out of your system. You look down toward your feet and you notice that the water coming from your body is a murky brown and it is flowing across the pond and down the stream at the other end. The more negativity that you release the murkier the water appears to be.

As you feel these negative emotions being cleansed from your system, the water around your feet begins to clear, but you can see the murky brown water flowing further and further down the stream. As the murky water flows down the stream, further and further away, you feel more and more comfortable, more at peace with yourself... Your feelings of calmness increases... You feel more at ease... It gives you a strange feeling of relaxation. You are feeling yourself being cleansed of all those negative feelings. The anger, bitterness, feeling of rejection, grief, guilt, abuse, and all other negative emotions are being cleansed from your system... Notice the feeling of comfort and peace increase as the murky water flows down the stream further and further away. As the murky brown plots further and further away, you feel your problems dissolving.

You feel a sense of release and relief.. You are getting rid of those problems. The murky brown is following further and further away. It is now beyond your eyesight, and you can breathe deeper and exhale slowly a few times and really enjoy the freedom, the relief and powerfulness of being free of those problems... The relief, the calmness, the peacefulness are flowing through you and have replaced the negative feelings. ONLY feelings of comfort, serenity, and well-being remain with you even after you come out of this relaxed state.

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