The Great Hypnosis Secret:

The Great Hypnosis Secret:

How to Use the Hypnotic Gaze

The
Hypnotic Gaze Induction is a powerful piece of language that requires more
thought behind your actions and composure rather than words.

The hypnotic gaze induction can and will be used in many instances to run
through the 4 Stage Protocol with many of your subjects. This is a skill that
once learned will absorb attention, bypass critical factor, provoke an
unconscious response and set the scene for you the direct that response.

It
really takes care of it all when you learn to do it correctly. You must keep an
eye on, no pun intended, the sub-communications you send and go first in the
feeling of good will. You want to transmit through your body language that you
mean for this to be a pleasant experience of mutual cooperation.

Finally you also need to be aware of the direct or indirect approach to take
with each different individual you are working with. For now you should be
concentrating on the more direct method of the hypnotic gaze but as time goes
on you will be able to be less direct in this skill.

Keep
in mind to have your confidence up and your insecurities checked at the door.
All of this will help insure the best hypnotic gaze environment for both you
and the person you are working with.

Now
you have heard and read in depth all about what the hypnotic gaze is and what
it will do for you as a hypnotist. Next, in this article, you will really dive
into what this will technique can do for you. You will travel along the lines
of what the hypnotic gaze induction procedure is; how it starts, where it goes
and where it ends.

Step
1: The Set Up

You
should not be surprised when the first step of this induction as with any
induction is 'going first'. The things you will want to go first in are the
projection of feelings like comfort, ease and good will. You will use instant
rapport techniques to project these feelings and states of being to your
listener through your sub-communications.

Of
course you want to do this because these are the feelings and attitudes that
are necessary for your subject to feel upon entering hypnosis. You also want to
go first in these matters because you also need to enter a sort of trance. You
will want to access an outside trance where as your subject will be going into
an inside trance. These are both very different and necessary in an induction.

The
outside trance that you will be entering into will not be a picture of you
slumped in your chair feeling all glossy and glazy. The way you go into an
outside trance or a 'hypnotists trance' is to expand yourself into the room.

Open
up your senses. Expand your vision, hearing, and feelings into the room and
really have a sense of open awareness.Your attention should be focused outward
and you will have no trouble functioning in your environment.

In
doing all this you really have just set up the environment for your subject,
yourself and the art of hypnosis. You have instilled a sense of comfort, ease
and good will between you and your subject and projected it into your
environment as well using your instant rapport skills.

Step
2: How to Focus the Hypnotic Gaze

The
next step in the hypnotic gaze induction is to focus your hypnotic gaze. You
will do this by first making eye contact. As you maintain that eye contact make
sure you are aware to keep the sense of good will and comfort flowing from your
eyes.

You
can do this by making them 'soft' or through 'smiling eyes'. No cold hard
forced stares just a soft focus with gently upturned corners of the eyes. This
is a comfortable non intimidating feeling. It may be helpful to remember this
is a gaze not a staring contest.

As
you start your induction you need to start on the outside and slowly move
inside and then beyond. This means you will start with the eye contact, and
then slowly shift your gaze to looking within them. It will seem as though you
are looking 3-4 inched inside their head. This will sub-communicate that you
are going deeper within them and they should do the same.

After
that you will again want to shift your gaze to looking at the back of their
head and finally completely through their head as if you are focused on an
object 3-4 feet directly behind them; as though you are staring right through
their entire head.

What
you are doing in all this shifting, focusing and re-shifting of your gaze is
telling them with your unconscious communications that it is time to go within.
The deeper they see you go within them the deeper they will unconsciously
recognize they need to go.

This
is a very important part of the induction and you must practice it and learn it
well.

You can practice this with different objects or with people you are conversing
with on a regular basis. Practice the focus and shifting of your gaze, see how
it changes and changes within you. Get comfortable with it.

Step
3: Create a Slow, Soft, Calming Mental State

The
third step in this induction is to use a hypnotic tonality. This should be an
easy step to put into action as you have probably been practicing this from the
beginning of your hypnosis study. To use your tonality you will use your voice
to slow everything down and create space in your language.

Tonality
in the hypnotic gaze induction should be soft, calm and soothing. Think of how
you would consol an injured child or animal. You want to project yourself as
trustworthy and exhibit kind calming sounds in your voice. You will use these
as you speak to your subject and as you gaze at them.

Step 4: Bring Your Subject Into Trance

The
fourth and final step is to describe the trance experience. This is where you
begin to really verbally let your subject know they are entering a trance. You
will want to remember all the signal recognition signs so you can describe in
detail to the person what is happening or what should be happening to them.

As you describe these signals it will let the person you are working with know
that they are entering a trance. The types of subjects to focus on here are the
relaxation of the face, muscles and eyes, as well as changes in their breathing
and the way they perceive their environment. Any of the trance signals in
signal recognition are acceptable topics in this phase of induction.

Be
sure to keep a good focus on your subject as you do this. If they actually
begin to do any of the things you are describing or other trance signals you
will want to take advantage of describing those exact things back to them in order
to reinforce the trance induction.

This
creates a strong double feedback loop; you tell them what they should be doing,
they do it, you describe it back to them, so on and so forth. This is a strong
sign that they are going into a trance.

Entailing
all of these steps and recognizing all the responses in the hypnotic gaze
induction is the recipe for a very strong, powerful induction into a hypnotic
trance.