If you want to learn hypnotism, there are some concepts that you need to understand. First of all, you need to understand that there is nothing “magical” or “superstitious” in hypnotism.
Discipline has a mysterious reputation because most people don’t understand it, and it seems to give you the power to make people do what you want without them noticing.
Second, you must understand that hypnotism can be practiced anywhere by anyone who learns how to do it. You don’t need to be in a clinical setting or on a stage to powerfully influence someone’s behavior. Hypnotism is a rational science that is applicable to anyone, in any setting.
The first thing to do if you want to learn hypnotism is to understand what hypnotism is and what is not hypnotism. For many people, their only concept and image of hypnotism comes from movies and TV shows. That means a lot of people think hypnotism is when you maliciously brainwash someone into doing something horrible they wouldn’t normally do, like in “The Manchurian Candidate.”
If that is the image of hypnotism that you have in your head, you should forget it completely and start over. Hypnotism is not about brainwashing someone completely, it is about subtly guiding them to act the way you want them to act.
It’s not about rewiring how someone thinks and acts, it’s about planting suggestions in their mind that urge them to act the way you want them to act.
It sounds like a fine line, but ultimately you have to understand that while using it correctly can make people do what you want them to do, hypnosis is not some over-the-top Machiavellian evil science practiced by James Bond villains. It’s a technology of coercion that anyone can take advantage of to get what they want.
If your image of hypnosis comes from the movies, you also need to realize that you don’t need an elaborate setting to hypnotize someone.
No need to tie them to a chair and open their eyelids while you do your job… all you need to mesmerize someone is your words. Hypnotism is a practice that does not need to involve anything other than the body and mind that you take with you everywhere.
Physically, there are certain ways that you can position and move your body to help hypnotize people, but the practice mostly just involves using your voice.
By learning how to correctly use your tone of voice, the cadence of your speech, and different specific types of phrases, you will be able to make anyone do what you want. It’s really that simple.
The fact of the matter is the tone of voice you currently use, the cadence of your words you already use, and the words you select are already conveying a lot of information that tells a person whether or not to listen to you.
The problem is that you subconsciously select all of these factors and therefore have no control over what you are subtly communicating to people, and whether it is drawing them in or turning them away from your position.
Learning hypnosis is really about learning a better way to communicate with people, a more mindful way that puts you in full control of your expression. And once you learn hypnotism, you will be in complete control of more than just all levels of your communication – you will be in complete control of anyone you communicate with.
Of course you want to learn even more about hypnotism, right?
