Out of curiosity, does anyone have a good script for either their "pre talk" or just for the relaxation portion that yall can leave a link to? Thanks!
hypnosis scripts?
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I don't use scripts. I find that they are too restrictive.
For the "pre talk" I'm assuming you mean when you chat about hypnosis and dispel the myths? Mine usually goes like this:
"Hypnosis is just a focused state of a attention, a cooperative thing where I help guide your subconscious to achieve some really amazing things. Are you ready?"
For relaxation the extent of my scripted piece is, "Ok. Take a deep breath in, and let it out and relax."
What sources are you using to study hypnosis? I have found that they are definitely not all created equal.
For the "pre talk" I'm assuming you mean when you chat about hypnosis and dispel the myths? Mine usually goes like this:
"Hypnosis is just a focused state of a attention, a cooperative thing where I help guide your subconscious to achieve some really amazing things. Are you ready?"
For relaxation the extent of my scripted piece is, "Ok. Take a deep breath in, and let it out and relax."
What sources are you using to study hypnosis? I have found that they are definitely not all created equal.
I also find the scripts too constricting, I am a very bold performer and I present myself very confidently and go straight into it with a rapid induction using the confusion threshold. Maybe you'd like to give it a try.
I've read reality is plastic, Encyclopedia to stage hypnosis, and I watched the Manchurian approach. I have a tough time learning from books, so the Manchurian approach has been the most helpful. Also, how do you approach the idea of hypnotizing a spectator without them being scared or weirded out?
Touching on your question, I feel that it is down to how you introduce yourself and the image you give to your spectators, example, Derren Brown, famous man and everyone knows him, that being said if he walked up to you and said "sleep" chances are, you would whereas if a random person walks up to you and does the same thing, he is most likely to get a "wtf dude?!" type of reaction. Therefor what I do is introduce myself as a image and confidence of a professional hypnotist without actually saying that I am, what this does is that once they think you are a professional, you create trust and they will most likely to comply with the situation as well as the "ooh! ooh! hypnotize me!" situation. In my work I've never experienced anyone who's been afraid, 99% of the time they're fascinated, which can be a big help too.
Reality is Plastic and The Manchurian Approach are excellent starts. I'm really iffy about The Encyclopedia because I feel like some of the information is just too out of date. There are more efficient techniques now, and a better understanding of how to achieve this mental state more quickly.
I keep re-editing this post because I'm just not sure how much to give without flooding you.
The short version is this: You avoid scaring them or weirding them out by not being scary or weird. Like FormlessMars22 said - you need to appear to be confident and professional. The more you can use to leverage that image, the better. People talking you up, small things like set pieces which are more or less guaranteed but are really powerful - stuff like that. Learn to project confidence and immediately gain rapport.
Hypnosis is all about communication so learn how to interact with people. Social skills! You must have them before you can be a good hypnotist.
Alright, so do you have any good recomendations on more recent and up to date sources on hypnosis I should check out?
You've already got two great ones. Reality is Plastic and the Manchurian Approach. The other set I used when learning was The Trilby Connection, also by Anthony Jacquin. I really liked that one because it takes a brand new student who does not know anything about how to hypnotize someone and he teaches her. So you see her learn it all and apply it, and their discussions while she's doing so. Then you see her go out and try to use it, and make some mistakes and have to correct them. To me that was the most important thing - seeing someone who wasn't good at it and that even when they make mistakes, it's not that big a deal. Usually you see these guys who are masters at it just dropping people into a trance left and right - seeing the student make mistakes, not do it perfectly every time, have to correct as she goes -that is what gave me the confidence to do it. If she could, so could I.
After that it's just a matter of doing it. Make sure you know what you're going to try out, but you need to find someone who's good and suggestible and do it. You'll probably be surprised at how easy it can be. Keep a journal of every attempt and if you can, film them all. Review the videos and talk to your subjects to see what they experienced. This will rapidly tell you what your weak points are, and then you can work on them.
There aren't any 'sources' you could use to actually learn these presentations, however you can get the just of it with the two aforementioned sources, Manchurian Approach and Reality is Plastic, I also found that Jay Noblezada's Penguin Live Lecture covered these topics quite well if you wanna check that out.
I can also give you my 'method' that has greatly improved my impromptu street hypnosis, ask yourself, if you have 60 seconds to build the strongest rapport with your participant, what would you say / do?
Try it out man!
