Week 11
Lesson Week #11 Unveiling Unconscious Symbols Dynamic (Mental Imagery) Induction Light Version (Sanctuary) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Trance BP1 Sanctuary (Visualization) Orient BP2 Emerge
Full Version 7. Trance 8. BP1 9. Sanctuary 10. Gateway - Path, hole in ground, ship, etc. 11. Count 10-1 - Describe journey occurring 12. Orient gestalt – get 3-4 symbols, use the echo effect 13. Count 1-10 - Back to sanctuary, Great Job, Reward. 14. BP2 15. Emerge 16. Hypnotic Blitz
Echo Effect As you bring them through their journey, not only is it important to get their interaction, it is important to echo back their experience, in essence affirming that what they are experiencing is really happening. This is not active listening, this is echoing back what they said exactly as they said it, word for word. Match their word order, cadence, tonality, body language, etc. as much as possible. The goal is to mirror back exactly what they communicated. Gateway A gateway is something that leads somewhere, some mechanism to get you somewhere. It might lead up, down, sideways, the point is not the direction, the point is © 2008 (Under License) Streethypnosis Publishing, All Rights Reserved
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that it moves to you to another place. Let them choose the gateway, only provide suggestions (stairs, elevator, path, etc) if they seem stuck. Let them know that the gateway will lead them to a place to solve a problem or learn something good for you. Examples: • • • •
Look around until you find a comfortable area of relative darkness. Find a place that absorbs your attention more than any other. Find a place that leads somewhere. There is a mechanism here that will take you somewhere, where is it?
Count 10-1 Use echo effect and weave in a few suggestions while you count from 10 to 1. Example: In a moment I am going to count from 10 to 1, and each number will bring you ten times deeper into hypnosis, and when I get to one, you will be exactly where you need to be, a place very important for your unconscious, a place that contains some important message for you, or a place you help solve a problem, or learn something good for you. Orient gestalt As before, you want to gently orient them to the place, and this time you also want to find symbols. To find symbols, you must first imply that something is there. There is something there that they are currently not aware of, and you can imply significance and meaning. Ask for a symbol, and when you get it, treat it with respect. Use implication to tease out the meaning, again, gently nudge them along, don’t drag them along the floor kicking and screaming. Find out what colour it is, shape size, etc. Be sure to echo all their responses, more important symbols will have more repetitions of echoing. Use the 5 Touches for emphasis. If the symbol is a person, ask about their clothes, shoes, if the are male or female. State that the person has a message for them. © 2008 (Under License) Streethypnosis Publishing, All Rights Reserved
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If they are blocking, they don’t give you any symbols, distract their attention, present other things that COULD be symbols, and imply a deeper significance for their being there. You can gently tease the conscious mind about what it is not ware of: You don’t know and I don’t know, but something inside you does know. You can use trance tag to have a back and forth interaction that can increase the involvement in the experience, and imply great importance. As an example: • • • • • • • • •
Hypnotist: What do you see? Client: I see a river. H: You see a river there. C: Yes, the river is there. H: Do you know what that river means? C: I don’t know. H: The river is there, and you have no idea what it means? C: I have no idea. H: The river is there, and you have no idea what it means. And yet it is still there! I wonder what that means?
If you ever get stuck, the “get out of jail free card” is: What is happening now? When you notice a trance signal, you can check in with them: What was that? Here is an example: • • •
Hypnotist: What was that? Client: I didn’t hear anything. H: You really didn’t hear that, did you? Isn’t it great that something happened and you have no idea what it was?
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