Hello Hypnosis Club Members, In an old hypnosis cartoon, a man is lying flat on his back and floating above a sofa. He says to the hypnotist, “I don’t think I am hypnotized.” Most people are hypnotized many times before they realize that they have been hypnotized. Enjoy this new article! *Signs of Hypnosis by Vance Romane* A positive sign of hypnosis occurring includes remaining practically motionless, hardly moving at all during the hypnosis session. Over the years, many newspaper reporters sat in on my hypnosis seminars. As they just wanted to write a story and not be hypnotized, it became difficult for them to sit still for so long. The noisiest reporters wore corduroy slacks. Every time they shifted one leg over the other, I could plainly hear a whooshing sound in the quiet, darkened room while many people were experiencing hypnosis. Hypnotised people usually are so focused upon the hypnotist’s words that they do not even think about moving. They may be highly sensitive to all sounds around, but especially the voice of the hypnotist. Another positive sign is when the client is told to exit the hypnosis, “to come back to the room” at the count of 5. People doing well will either start moving during the count or, even better exit hypnosis *exactly *at the count of 5. Some people with good responses remember everything, while others remember only parts or absolutely nothing of what happened. All those responses are fine. Another good indication of hypnosis is not caring either way when eyelids feel very heavy and close. Another positive sign is increased salivation, when suggested or shortly after being suggested by the hypnotist. It is common to have a feeling of not being hypnotized or “feeling conscious”, yet not wanting to get up; wanting to get up but thoroughly enjoying the hypnosis and remaining seated; or simply not being conscious while hypnotized or just feeling so deeply relaxed, almost unable to get up … it just feels too good to bother getting up. The eyeballs may be more red. People doing well with hypnosis often say that their mind never wandered or only occasionally wandered. It is that powerful focus upon the voice of the hypnotist that brings the welcomed changes in mindset, feelings, and actions all for the better. After hypnosis, people are often excitedly anticipating and looking forward to being hypnotized another time. Some people are hypnotized in seconds. Some take longer. It depends largely upon how relaxed the person is; the extent to which they follow instructions; the method of hypnotizing chosen; the skill of the hypnotist; the desire to be hypnotized; a reason to be hypnotized; trust of the hypnotist; a willingness to be hypnotized; imagination ability and more. Another factor is the extent to which a person completely imagines the suggestions of the hypnotist as 100% true, imagining everything as very real. Watch children imagining a tea party, drinking from the empty cups, eating imaginary food. While hypnotized, imagining what you want to happen in your life as already having occurred is much more powerful than simply consciously thinking about being successful. For example, the hypnotist may start by teaching the client to follow instructions while training his imagination and concentration with a simple locking hands together experience. The hypnotist requests the hands to clasped together and the client begins working with the hypnotist as a team. They become one, “en rapport”. The hypnotist tells the client that his hands are stuck, glued, like the jaws of a steel vise. The client imagines the hands are no longer bone, flesh, and blood, but locked with crazy glue; like cold steel with the vise handle turned tighter and tighter. The client does not say to themselves, “this is silly, there is no glue. These are hands, not cold steel.” They do not keep thinking “I wonder if I am hypnotized? Is it working? I hope I am in hypnosis. When will I be hypnotized? This has got to work. This better work. It’s my last resort!” That divides the concentration and would be doomed to failure. The hypnotist teaches the person how to stop the “monkey mind” and to focus upon his voice, becoming involved in imagining what the hypnotist tells him. He is supposed to focus on: his breathing, his body relaxing, certain images, sights, sounds, feelings, etc. Suggested and imagined experiences such as locking eyelids together, falling forwards or backwards, a stiff arm, a floating arm and so on all help to develop hypnotic skills of “letting go” and having fun, *enjoying *the power of their own mind. It is also practice following the hypnotist’s suggestions for whatever problem or challenge is to be overcome. Most anyone can be hypnotized. Some go fast, some go slow, but we go into hypnosis, whether it is daydreaming or following the words of another. In your own life, what people have been your accidental hypnotists that had a great influence upon you? Your parents, an older sibling, a teacher, a counselor, a minister, a physician, a close friend, a celebrity, a certain book, a movie, a spouse, a guru. Gee, you are you. Sometimes their *waking hypnosis* suggestions are beneficial, sometimes not. World recognized hypnosis expert *Dr. Milton Erickson* shares this patient story: “Now after 29 years of terrible anti-social behavior on Joe’s part, and 23-year-old Edie said, ‘You can if you’re a gentleman’-and that was Joe’s psychotherapy. For 29 years of sociopathic behavior and Joe became a farm man, a totally different man. And when you look over society, how many a man is ruined by being rejected by a girl, was reformed by a girl saying, ‘Yes.’ And how many people have some little incident in their life that determines how they will live.” Right words, right time. With powerful and focused concentration created with planned therapeutic hypnosis suggestions, change is faster, and stronger than most *waking suggestion*. The hypnotist motivates and changes thoughts, feeling and behavior for the desired benefits. One method is by *direct suggestions/instructions* from the hypnotist. A second method is a *regression *to the start of the problem years ago, and now as an adult to understand and reframe that event in a new light. A third method occurs when the hypnotherapist guides the client’s subconscious to explore their own past experiences, learning and skills in the file cabinet of their mind. The subconscious often reveals the best solution for the problem. Dr. Milton Erickson is well known for *“Trust your unconscious; it knows more than you do”*. For all time, you are unique. *Love yourself. Believe in yourself. Building* *self-esteem* is all powerful for happiness and success in all areas of life. Best, Vance Romane Copyright 2021 by M.V.P. Ltd.-Romane. 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