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.

Now on the count of five I would like you to begin counting down in your mind from three hundred and sixty all the way down to the number one.

1…
2…
3…
4…
5…

360…
359…
358…
357…
356…
355…

That’s right. Keep counting down in your mind. If you lose track of where you are then start off from where you roughly were before. It doesn’t matter if your mind keeps completely drifting away. Allow yourself to just go with the flow.

As you countdown from three hundred and sixty to one, continue to listen to the sound of my voice.

(Move onto a deepener)

If you want a great selection of hypnosis scripts, inductions and deepeners then I recommend:

The Ultimate Book of Self Hypnosis Scripts.

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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.

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Inflection

Controlling your inflection is important because it defines what you say as being either a question, command or statement. A question ends in an upward inflection, a command ends in a downward inflection and a statement is flat.

Try saying the sentence below as a question, then a command and finally as a statement.

“Feel yourself becoming more and more relaxed.”

Keep cycling through each inflection until it becomes instinctive and natural. Know that your choice of inflection has a profound affect on the person you are hypnotizing. Rarely will you be asking questions and most of the time you should be using a commanding inflection.

Emotion

One problem many hypnotists have in their early stages of development is a lack of emotion in their voice. Because they are consciously focusing on talking slowly in a “hypnotic” manner they end up sounding more robotic than hypnotic.

Certain words bring about emotional responses, and when you say them in your everyday life you will unconsciously say them in an emotional manner. For example, if you were telling a friend about a shot you hit on the golf course you might say “I hit the most amazing shot the other day!”. Try saying that sentence out loud and you will hear that you actually say amazing in an excited manner.

The same holds true for many other words. Below are a few for you to practice.

Fantastic Imagine Fast
Whisper Powerful Driven
Smooth Careful Soothing
Relax Hectic Crazy
Down Incredible Rocket

Now try adding some of these words (or ones of your own into a hypnotic sentence) and speak it out loud, adding these emotional inflections.

“Imagine yourself floating on a soft, comfortable cloud.”

Pausing

Pausing is one of the most powerful tools in communication. It can build suspense and anticipation, and it can also allow your words to really resonate before you carry on with your message.

Many people have a tendency to talk to quickly, as if they are trying to fit in as much information in a small gap as possible. However this often makes them sound anxious and unsure of themselves.

When you tend to talk in a hypnotic manner you want to leave clear pauses between sentences. It may be helpful to imagine that at the end of every sentence you speak there is an ellipses…Allow a couple of seconds to pass before starting the next sentence. You may also want to leave a short pause after a certain word which you want to put added emphasis on.

The best way to practice this is with a dictaphone or microphone hooked up to your computer so you can record yourself. You can ready literally anything out loud whether it’s a hypnosis script, a novel, a magazine…anything. Record yourself for a minute or two and then listen back to it. Are you leaving adequate gaps between commas, sentences and paragraphs or does everything just run together into one big block?

Keep practicing until you get it just right.

I hope these tonality exercises will help raise your hypnotic abilities to a new level.

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Some people naturally seem to have great control over the tonality of their voice, however most need to perform exercises and practice to get it just right. There are a number of exercises you can perform which is why this article is part one of a two part series. In this part we will look at some of the basic tonality exercises including posture, posture stretches and breathing.

Posture

Your posture has a direct affect on the tonality of your voice. You can hear this for yourself right now. Stand up in a slumped position, head down and say “Hello, my name is ___” out loud. Now remain standing but straighten up your back, stick your chest out and lift your head up. Repeat the same sentence you said earlier. Notice how much more authoritative you sound.

With a few exceptions (such as when you wish to play on a weakness) you want to both look and sound like you are in command. This will make people listen to what you have to say.

Posture Stretches

If you find it hard to maintain good posture as a result of bad habits then there are a few exercises you can perform to remedy this.

Stand up with your legs slightly bent at the knee, about shoulder width apart. Allow your arms to go limp and twist your hips to the left so that your hands gently slap on your lower back. Keep doing this from left to right about fifty times. What this does is realign your spine, making proper posture more natural.

You may also have tension in you shoulders that causes you to hold them higher than you should. To alleviate this shrug your shoulders as high up as you can towards your ears and hold them there for five seconds. Then roll your shoulders right back and squeeze them together for another five seconds. Now allow your shoulders to drop, you should find that your shoulders drop back to where they should be.

Breathing

To have that commanding voice you need you must also breath properly as well as having the correct posture. This means breathing in a slow, deep and calm manner. This will give your voice more power and resonance. It is also necessary to breath from the diaphragm rather than the chest like most people do.

Stand up and place your hand over your stomach. Breathe in slowly and deeply, allow your stomach rather than your chest to expand. As you breathe out let out a soft sigh “ahhhh” and repeat this process over and over. This is an exercise you may have to do each day for a few weeks until breathing from your diaphragm becomes natural and instinctive.

I hope you have enjoyed these tonality exercises. I hope to have part two up some time next week.

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