The following is an excerpt from the audio book, An Introduction to Hypnosis, by Steve G. Jones.

Chapter One (Inductions)

An Induction is the tool that the hypnotherapist uses to get someone into hypnosis. Inductions always come first in a session. There are all kinds of inductions. This book is designed to be an introduction to hypnosis so I will not elaborate on all of the various forms of inductions. Be aware that there are many of them.

What I want to focus on, to make things very simple, and to get you up and running with hypnosis as soon as possible, is just the basic induction. This is called the relaxation induction.

With this induction, all you are trying to accomplish , to put it in layman's terms, is boring a person to sleep. However, they won't be asleep, they will be in hypnosis.

Imagine talking to someone and trying to bore them. Some people do that naturally. They have no problem with that. Some people start talking, and before you know it, their listener has left or has a glazed over look. People who have this effect on others make excellent hypnotherapists. If you are one of those people, congratulations. If you have been boring people all your life, now you can help people with that same kill. What you're going for is just a monotone voice. When you are doing hypnotherapy with someone, you want to talk in a very very monotone way and drag words out, especially words like and (aaaaannnnddd), as in aaaannnnd now we're going deeper aaaaannnddd deeper into relaxation, relaxing more aaaannnnd more.

There is a noticeable difference between that and a normal conversational voice. When doing a relaxation induction, you speak veeeeeeery sloooooowly and methodically, enunciating clearly at the same time.

You must be very careful with the subconscious mind. In hypnosis, say exactly what you mean because the subconscious mind will take things very literally. You must say precisely what you mean.

So, when you plan your induction, and later on, your script, speak very clearly. Make sure that the client can understand every word. Speak as though they are a foreigner and they do not speak your language properly and you need to speak slowly and clearly so that there is no misunderstanding because if you pronounce a work incorrectly, the subconscious mind may process it as another word. So, practice that, it doesn't take long, in fact, practice with me now:

Just read aloud the following sentence, "Jack and Jill went up a hill", ready? Okay, this may sound silly, but practice "Jaaaaack aaaaaand Jillllll went up the hillllllll". Okay, now let's make that more monotone, eliminating all fluctuation in your voice...ironing out the ups and downs, and let's smoooooth it out. Ready? Same sentence, Jack and Jill, ready? Jaaaack aaannnd Jiiiillll weeent uuuup theeeee hiiiillllllll.

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Steve G. Jones
Clinical Hypnotherapist