The confusion induction is a favorite of many famous hypnotists, especially Paul McKenna. The conscious mind is distracted, readying the subconscious into a state ready to receive hypnotic suggestions.

This is a technique used for therapeutic hypnosis rather than covert. As such you want your subject to either sit or lay in a comfortable position with their eyes closed.

You should read this induction in a slow, deliberate manner.

The Induction
(Read to your subject)

Allow your eyes to close and just let your mind wander wherever it desires.

You are aware of absolutely everything happening around you, yet at the same time you are unaware. As you focus with your subconscious mind your conscious mind is drifting far away and focusing on nothing. Your conscious mind is so far away that it cannot hear or sense anything. Your subconscious mind is in complete control.

You can relax, safe in the knowledge that your subconscious mind has taken charge. Your subconscious mind knows everything and your subconscious mind knows this. Know that your conscious mind is calm, peaceful and completely relaxed. It is off duty now.

When training to be a hypnotist it is extremely important to be able to spot the signs of hypnotic trance. These signs indicate when your target has been hypnotized and is ready to absorb your hypnotic suggestions into the subconscious mind.

Look for these Signs of Hypnotic Trance

Blinking rate slows down.

Eyes appear glazed over.

Eyes redden due to increased blood flow.

Eyelids flutter.

Eyes close entirely.

Breathing slows down.

Pulse slows down (check neck for this sign).

Facial muscles become completely relaxed.

Muscles around the face, particularly the eyes, twitch.

Face becomes slightly paler.

Target becomes “immobile”.

Target’s voice becomes slower and deeper.

Instinctive reactions greatly reduced.

No reaction to external noise.

You have their complete attention and focus.

People don’t tend to display every single one of these signs of hypnotic trance, but if you see a handful or more then you can be sure that you have sufficiently hypnotized your target to accept your suggestions.

Covert hypnotism has grown in use and popularity exponentially over the last few years thanks to the amount of information available on the internet, as well as great courses like The Power of Conversational Hypnosis. In fact even most hypnotherapists now use conversational hypnosis within their treatment programs. There are some key differences between covert hypnotism and traditional hypnotism and in this article we going to look at these differences and what they mean.

Covert or Overt?

The biggest difference between covert hypnotism and traditional hypnotism is the fact that one is done covertly (hidden) and the other is done overtly (out in the open). However as I mentioned above, more and more hypnotherapists now incorporate conversational hypnosis techniques into their therapeutic sessions as they can be very effective.

Speed of Induction

Covert hypnosis inductions are generally much quicker than those of traditional hypnosis. In traditional hypnosis where a hypnotherapists is treating a client they often have between thirty minutes to an hour in a single session. This gives them the opportunity to take their time and induce a very deep hypnotic trance in their client. However in covert hypnosis you may only have a few minutes to talk to the person you wish to hypnotize so the inductions tend to be much quicker, although not as deep as in traditional hypnosis.

One of the biggest crazes in the videogame industry right now is the Brain Training franchise. These games are excellent ways to keep your mind active and sharp. However when it comes to the mind, and especially the memory, you can’t merely take a one dimensional approach. If you want to maintain and even improve your memory then you need to harness as many techniques as possible. In recent years it has emerged that hypnosis is one such technique that can greatly improve the power and recollection of the memory.

Just sit and think for a moment about everything that is going on around you. If you’re sat in front of your laptop or computer, in a quiet room, it might seem like there is little going on and nothing to remember. Yet in actuality there are hundreds of items around you in a specific layout, sounds, smells and many other kinds of stimuli. When you think of it that way it is easy to see how the memory can be overloaded much the same way as you could cause your computer to freeze by running many large programs at the same time. Not only is there constantly a high volume of information being entered into your memory but the likelihood is that you often have points of the day where you feel tired or stressed. All of these factors come into play when it comes to the efficiency of your memory. So how can hypnosis help you to not only maintain but improve your memory?