| Would you like to discover how to hypnotize | | | | hanging. It's not very heavy, just enough to notice |
| someone? Is it a bunch of horse manure? Do you | | | | the weight of the bag. |
| believe it is completely fake? Do you think you would | | | | On the other arm, have them imagine a bunch of |
| have to go back to school for years to hypnotize | | | | helium balloons tied to their arm. |
| someone? | | | | Now paint them a vivid picture of the bag of |
| Here are some simple facts. | | | | groceries. Describe the bag to them, what kind of |
| Hypnosis is nothing more than directly contacting the | | | | cans are in the bag. What size they are, what color |
| subconscious mind. | | | | the bag is, etc. |
| Hypnosis and trance occur everyday in our lives | | | | Now paint the picture of the balloons. How many of |
| whether we realize it or not. | | | | them are there. What color they all are. What do |
| There is nothing inherently evil or bad about hypnosis. | | | | some of them say on them, etc. |
| Most religions require it (think prayer). | | | | Now go back and focus on the bag. Begin adding |
| Hypnosis is not hard, it is easy and fun to do. | | | | cans to the bag. Putting in a can of creamed corn, a |
| Following this easy exercise you will know how to | | | | jar of pickles, a bag of frozen peas, or whatever |
| hypnotize people, and remove the mystifying shroud | | | | comes to mind. Use detail; tell them exactly what |
| surrounding hypnosis. Forget what you have seen in | | | | you are adding. Have them notice the weight of the |
| the movies or from a stage hypnotist at the county | | | | bag getting heavier and heavier with each item you |
| fair, this is hypnosis at its most basic level. | | | | ad, getting harder to hold in place. |
| First find a guinea pig and have them be comfortably | | | | Now put your attention to the balloons on the left |
| seated with both feet on the ground. | | | | arm. Begin to add more balloons, describing them in |
| Start with a three very slow deep breaths. Have | | | | detail. Have them notice how light their left arm has |
| them close their eyes and relax. | | | | become as the balloons try to raise their arm. Tell |
| Reassure them that they will completely aware of | | | | them it is getting harder and harder to keep their |
| everything that will happen and that they will be fully | | | | arm in front of them as the balloons pull up on their |
| conscious through the entire exercise. | | | | arm. |
| Next breathe in through the nose filling the lungs | | | | Now focus on the arms. Keep going back and forth |
| completely with air. Hold the breath for a few | | | | from the left getting lighter to the right getting |
| seconds and then slowly exhale through their mouths, | | | | heavier. |
| relaxing their face head and neck as they exhale. | | | | After a couple minutes of description, reminding them |
| Have them take another breath just like the last one, | | | | to stay relaxed, you will notice their arms beginning |
| only as they exhale have them completely relax their | | | | to move. They may move only a couple of inches to |
| arms and torso, all the way down to their hips. | | | | a foot. |
| Have them take a final slow deep breath, in through | | | | Make your descriptions very vivid, describe |
| the mouth, hold it and exhale slowly. This time have | | | | everything in complete detail. Once one or both arms |
| them relax their pelvis, legs and feet. | | | | have moved, have your volunteer open their eyes |
| Ask your subject to put their arms straight out from | | | | and notice the location of their arms. |
| their body. | | | | They will be amazed, and so should you, since you |
| Tell them on their right arm is a bag of groceries | | | | have just hypnotized someone. |