Handshake Induction to Hypnotize Anyone with Erickson Method
The handshake induction is a great way to quickly induce trance, and comes under the category of a rapid induction. Many call it an instant induction, but this is, I believe, inaccurate as after you have interrupted the handshake the person does not stay in trance for more than a few seconds. You have to deepen the trance and then lead the person to your result, be it to heal him (this works better on men) or persuade him to do something.
The handshake inductions are a form of pattern interrupts, where an unconscious pattern is interrupted. In many people, especially male adults, shaking hands is an unconscious action, so interrupting it causes a gap, which you have to be quick an crafty to fill.
The basic method is that you go to shake someone hand, in the middle of the handshake you gently and smoothly release their hand, and take their wrist with your other hand, no lifting, just hold it there and quickly give in your suggestion. it helps to maintain eye contact the whole time so that you can both tell when they enter the trance, and deepen the confusion with the hypnotic gaze (just imagine you are looking through their eyes into their head)
Here is another quick but useful method for you:
1. Shake hands as usual
2. As they try to release firmly but not aggressively hold onto their hand, use your hypnotic gaze induction for a second or two, then give your suggestions and release.
3. This gets a bit harder, but with a little bit of fun and practice you should be fine:
The method is similar to Erickson's covet method: just as they release your hand hold onto theirs with your thumb and forefinger (index) on either side of their palm, maintaining your hypnotic gaze (see lesson one) here you can give a very, very, slight, only just perceptible pull upwards for a moment, Wait, a equally slight pull downwards, all the while maintaining your hypnotic gaze and projecting calmness, but remember this should be quick, and take t most 1-2 seconds, if they do not look entranced enough pull slightly left, then right, as before, and then you have several options.
Because shaking hands is something every adult has done thousands of times this unexpected change of action literally confuses the subject's mind into a trance state. That is what makes it such a great hypnotic induction. It may take a little practice to truly master but once you do you have a great tool to use either as an induction to conversational hypnosis or maybe just as a party piece to get people talking.
The handshake inductions are a form of pattern interrupts, where an unconscious pattern is interrupted. In many people, especially male adults, shaking hands is an unconscious action, so interrupting it causes a gap, which you have to be quick an crafty to fill.
The basic method is that you go to shake someone hand, in the middle of the handshake you gently and smoothly release their hand, and take their wrist with your other hand, no lifting, just hold it there and quickly give in your suggestion. it helps to maintain eye contact the whole time so that you can both tell when they enter the trance, and deepen the confusion with the hypnotic gaze (just imagine you are looking through their eyes into their head)
Here is another quick but useful method for you:
1. Shake hands as usual
2. As they try to release firmly but not aggressively hold onto their hand, use your hypnotic gaze induction for a second or two, then give your suggestions and release.
3. This gets a bit harder, but with a little bit of fun and practice you should be fine:
The method is similar to Erickson's covet method: just as they release your hand hold onto theirs with your thumb and forefinger (index) on either side of their palm, maintaining your hypnotic gaze (see lesson one) here you can give a very, very, slight, only just perceptible pull upwards for a moment, Wait, a equally slight pull downwards, all the while maintaining your hypnotic gaze and projecting calmness, but remember this should be quick, and take t most 1-2 seconds, if they do not look entranced enough pull slightly left, then right, as before, and then you have several options.
Because shaking hands is something every adult has done thousands of times this unexpected change of action literally confuses the subject's mind into a trance state. That is what makes it such a great hypnotic induction. It may take a little practice to truly master but once you do you have a great tool to use either as an induction to conversational hypnosis or maybe just as a party piece to get people talking.
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