Create Your Own Induction

In this exercise I’d like you to use the flash cards I’ve made up to create your own induction. You
don’t have to write a detailed script at this stage, just jot down a rough outline.

The flash cards are arranged in two sections:

1 Hypnotic focus: phrases you can use to initiate trance by creating focus.
2 Deepeners: phrases you can be used to deepen the trance.

Each section contains a selection of phrases you can choose from when creating your induction.
They are designed to help you creatively put together your own induction, from initiating the
trance to deepening the experience. A useful strategy is to mix and match the phrases while
adding in your own variations.

EXERCISE

1 Using the ‘hypnotic focus’ flash cards – and your own creativity - jot down a rough script that you
could use for initiating trance; for reducing the client’s attention from the many down to a single
element of focus.

2 Using the deepeners 1 & 2 flashcards – and your own creativity – jot down some rough notes that
you could use to deepen the trance experience. Feel free to use more than one deepener when
you do this.

3 If you like, create another variation of the outline you just created. The more you practice, the
better you get.

4 Test it: Say your combination out loud. If possible practice it on a partner. Get feedback.

Hypnotic Inductions Mastery

 HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION
“I’d like you to take your full attention and
focus it on a spot on the wall….just above
eye level”
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION
“As you focus on that hand, losing
yourself in it, you can notice the rate that
your eyes are blinking and how heavy they
are becoming on each and every breath”
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION
“The more you hear the sound of my voice,
the more absorbed you can become on
that spot on the wall…the more you can
narrow your vision in and become fully
focused…now”
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION
FIXING ATTENTION
“As you focus on a spot on the wall, you
“I’d like you to look down at your hand
can find your attention turning inwards…
and fix your attention fully on it…and I’m
and the more you focus the more in can
curious what it would be like if you were
continue this process”
to lose yourself in that hand…almost as if
you could just enter that spot completely”
HYPNOTIC FOCUS - HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION FIXING ATTENTION
“And while you sit there becoming more “As you fix your attention, becoming fully
an more absorbed you can allow your and completely absorbed, in the moment,
eyes to close …only as quickly as you feel you can allow the background to become
compelled to do so now…that’s right…very blurry as it leads you to becoming more
good” and more focused on that spot”
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
HYPNOTIC FOCUS -
FIXING ATTENTION
FIXING ATTENTION
“While you fix your attention on losing
“Isn’t it interesting how the more focused
yourself in that hand, you can feel the
you become right now, on what you’re
connection of it against your leg…and the
seeing right in front of you, the more you
more you do so the absorbed and focused
can become fully absorbed in the moment”
you can become…right now…allowing my
voice to guide you as that happens”
Hypnotic Inductions Mastery
 DEEPENER – PROG RELAXATION
“As you turn your attention inwards, I’d
like you to focus your entire attention on
relaxation each and every muscle…all the
way from the top of your head to the tips of
your toes”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“As you continue to turn your attention
to the inside, I’d like you to go back into
a past, pleasant memory…one that makes
you feel good…and you can go back there
honestly and start to play through hat
memory from start to finish”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“As you continue to focus on the inside,
you can start to play, inside your mind a
pleasant piece of music…one that makes
you feel good when you hear it…it’s up to
you what piece you choose and you can
play it as clear as you choose to”
DEEPENER – PROG RELAXATION
“As you turn your attention inwards, you
can start to imagine, as vividly as you
possible can, what you would look like
if you were twice as relaxed as you are
now…”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“And the more you play through that past,
pleasant memory the more vividly you
can remember it…isn’t it interesting how
experiencing this memory once again,
fully, can you make you feel so good…”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“And hearing that piece of music more
and more can allow you to become curious
about the different tones…how they go up
and down or perhaps get louder or softer”
Hypnotic Inductions Mastery
DEEPENER – PROG RELAXATION
“I’m curious which part of your body
feels most relaxed right now…is it your
upper body or your lower body?...and I’m
curious which part wants to deepen that
relaxation first…”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“And perhaps as you become fully
absorbed, right now, in that wonderful
memory, you can pick out what you see,
hear, feel, taste and even smell…so that it
becomes richer and more enjoyable with
each passing moment”
DEEPENER – REVIVIFICATION
“And you can experiment with the volume
of that piece of music…is it more pleasant
when it’s louder…or quieter…you can
adjust the volume until it sounds as
pleasant as you’d like it to be…or you can
just allow it have a mind of it’s own”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“As you listen to the sound of my voice
you can just allow the outer world to fade
off into the distance and the more it does
so the more you can focus on your inner
world…and the sounds of THAT outer
world can be incorporated if you like…into
this inner world…”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“You can go into hypnosis in different
ways…you can do so by focusing your
conscious attention on some aspect of
your internal experience or you can just
allow yourself to unconscious respond…or
you can, if you wish, do a combination of
both…”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“One of the things you can do, as you
go deeper into trance, is to make the
conscious decision to allow yourself to
respond more unconsciously with each
passing moment…or another thing you
can do, is to simply let go of conscious
effort and allow yourself to unconsciously
respond ”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“You can allow the sounds in the outside
world to assist you in focusing completely
on your inner world…making it possible
for your inner mind to make some
powerful adjustments and changes.
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“As you drift down to a place where you
can allow your inner mind to respond and
do things unconsciously, you can become
aware of THAT right hand…and as you do
so allowing THE right hand to feel slightly
numb.
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“You can still hear sounds from the outside
throughout the entire process…that’s
perfectly normal…you can just let those
sounds wash over you and, if you like,
you can incorporate them into your inner
world…allowing it to become more and
more real”
Hypnotic Inductions Mastery
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“Because you have a conscious mind and
an unconscious mind…the conscious mind
is the one that analyses and thinks about
things in the normal conscious waking
state…whereas your unconscious mind
loves to just respond”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“And It’s interesting to know that we can
do things consciously, by striving, trying,
and engages our efforts…and we can also
simply allow ourselves to unconsciously
respond…isn’t it nice sometimes to go on
automatic pilot and let yourself go into the
flow of experience…now”
DEEPENER – DISSOCIATED PROCESS
“And you may find that I and everyone
else in the room fades off into the distance
so far on the outside that they becomes
nothing more than distant observers…but
my voice will go with you in your inner
world, guiding you throughout this entire
process”