Demonstration of Hypnotic Inductions 1. Presenter: 2. Presenter: 3 ...

your arm and into your shoulder."
"Now, as the hand with the balloons seems to float up more and more at the right speed
for you, it's interesting and kind of exciting to know that you are doing this so well,
....and that it means that you are even better at learning self-hypnosis than you thought.
And, you can go more and more into the comfort of this self-hypnosis experience the
higher that hand floats, and more comfortable the lower the other hand goes, as it gets
heavier and heavier ... holding up that pail now almost full of sand..."
"It is often very interesting to not only enjoy this good feeling of learning, but also to
learn that you can open your eyes while you are in hypnosis...so in a moment let your
eyes open and enjoy seeing the differences that you feel and have created with your
hands,....and after you do so you can feel very pleased.... and proud.... and let your eyes
gently close again, going even more comfortably into your hypnosis. .........that's
right.....isn't that great? ......Good...."
Ending the trance with positive suggestions:
"For the last part of this wonderful hypnotic experience, when you're ready let the hand
with the pail just gently come toward your lap, let the pail slide off onto the ground, and
when your hand reaches your lap it can return to its usual regular and comfortable
feelings. And, when you are clear that you have learned something very nice and
interesting, then you can imagine cutting the string to the helium balloons, and as your
hand floats gently down back to your lap and the balloons float away, that hand too can
resume it's usual feeling. With both of your hands and arms back to their usual
sensations, the rest of you can come back to your usual state of awareness when you're
ready over the next few moments...and be sure to bring your comfortable good feelings
back with you."
"Very nicely done. Would you tell me about this experience?"
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