Introspective Hypnosis Class - 052017 - Antonio Sangio (2745)
Introspective Hypnosis Class - 052017 - Antonio Sangio (2745)
Introspective Hypnosis Class - 052017 - Antonio Sangio (2745)
Hypnosis
Class by
Antonio Sangio
Table of Contents
History of hypnosis 4
Franz Anton Mesmer 4
Armand de Chestenet – Marquis of Puységur 6
James Braid 7
Milton Erickson 8
About hypnosis 10
Myths about hypnosis 10
What is hypnosis then?10
Brain Hemispheres 11
States of the mind 11
Introspective Hypnosis 12
What is it? 12
Structure of the session 13
Step 1: The Interview 15
The form 16
Step 2: The induction 18
Suggestion techniques 18
Analogue tests 18
Digital tests 19
Hypnotic language 19
Types of inductions 19
Dave Elman induction 21
Monitoring the body 21
Levels of hypnotic trance 22
Lecron-Bordeaux scoring system 23
Step 3: The memories 25
Ego, the conscious and subconscious mind 25
According to Sigmund Freud 26
HISTORY OF HYPNOSIS
The first notable healing of Mesmer that could have been accomplished by
suggestion was in 1773 on a 29-year-old girl with convulsions, by applying
magnets in her stomach during one of her attacks; two on each thigh. Symptoms
consisted of a bloodletting to the head and a tremendous pain in the ears and
head. This condition was followed by delirium, fury, vomiting, and fainting.
The news of Mesmer’s treatment was widely spread, which made his reputation
grow.
In his home in Vienna, which had been converted into a clinic, he made Miss
Paradies, a 17-year-old daughter of the private secretary of the emperor who
became blind at the age of 4, recover her sight. When the girl was healed, her
parents went looking for her, but she did not want to leave. Her mother slapped
her and Mesmer interposed. The father drew his sword and Mesmer did the
same to make him leave. The mother fainted and the daughter was again blinded
by the emotional shock.
This scandal was exploited by Mesmer's enemies to attack him. The doctors
were hostile to this colleague who moved away from the teachings of the
Faculty of Medicine. The religious authorities were alarmed. Leaving his wife
in the care of the clinic, which closed six months later, Mesmer left for Paris
and settled in an opulent neighborhood.
As Mesmer progressed through the group, some patients began to cough, spit
and scream. If someone began to convulse, it was considered the crisis that
foreshadowed the cure, and was "contagious." As one witness described, the
room turned into something out of control. Limbs shaking, tears, hiccups and
uncontrolled laughter. Some were coughing blood, others were vomiting, and
many were fading away.
The Mesmer’s assistants would take those who suffered more violent symptoms
to another room. Once the crisis ended, everyone would recover and most said
they were feeling better. Any similar evangelical event is mere coincidence.
To the question - Rasse, do you really know what disease you have? He
answered: Wait a moment ... I'm seeing it ... the stomach is very swollen. Later
the peasant described his illness with all details, which motivated Puységur to
ask if he could also indicate an adequate remedy, to which he replied positively.
Upon waking he did not remember anything, but he was cured of the disease
when the doctor applied the suggested treatment in the trance.
the sustained eye fixation, paralyzing the nervous centers of the eyes and their
dependencies, disorienting the balance of the nervous system." Although the
explanation is debatable, Braid demonstrated, in effect, that somnambulism is a
state that does not necessarily require the personal intervention of an operator,
or the action of a fluid.
He published his observations in 1843 and called it hypnotism to sleep.
ABOUT HYPNOSIS
BRAIN HEMISPHERES
INTROSPECTIVE HYPNOSIS
WHAT IS IT?
I think it would be important to point out that even though Aurelio Mejía, my
teacher and mentor, does not list the steps to follow in an Introspective
Hypnosis session, while he was teaching me his technique I was able to identify
the steps listed above. Later, as we practiced more I started asking questions
about each step and the reasoning behind it.
With the idea of providing new practitioners a clear picture of what the structure
of the session looks like, I came up with the list of steps and the sort of
flowchart you see above.
My recommendation for those learning hypnosis is not to take these steps as a
formula; as something rigid that cannot change and that needs to be followed
with no changes. This technique was created with the concept of flexibility,
creativity and innovation. Even though there are some steps that you really
cannot change the order they are in like the interview, the induction and the
return; the remaining three can change as the session develops.
Many times while working on step 3 (the memories), my clients started
describing events from a previous life. In some occasions, it was the actual
client’s past life so I stated navigating the session according to step 4 (the
origins – past life regression) as you will later learn. In some other occasions it
was the attachment’s past life, so I started navigation the session according to
step 5 (the scan) in order to help the spirit go to the light.
The beauty of this method is its flexibility and how easy it is to adapt it to any
client’s reality no matter what their belief system is. The same concept applies
to the induction; I really want to encourage people to stay away from scripts,
from reading a script as part of your induction, since it would make that
induction something rigid when the truth is that each client reacts differently to
the induction and those reactions (body language, expressions, body movement)
are the ones that we should use to put them under and to deepen the trance.
Don’t get overwhelmed with all the instructions I will provide in the next few
pages as I continue to explain each step of this method, which has several
techniques in it. I decided to provide a lot of information and detail but this was
done with the idea that as you get more experience and get more comfortable
with your sessions, you can come back and pick some more details for each
technique and put them in practice.
Remember that we are guided. Many times I got confirmation from clients in a
trance, spirit guides and spirits attached to clients that we do not work by
ourselves. We have our guides working with us at all times and the client’s
guides too. Just open your mind, relax and you will see how without even
noticing it, you will start channeling information from them, asking questions to
clients that you did not know why you asked them in the first place. Little by
little you will start to develop your perception and will be able to understand
what is happening to the client before he or she even starts explaining what they
are seeing.
One last comment before we continue explaining the steps; keep in mind that
we are volunteers, that even though we do not remember, we volunteered to
reincarnate in this life to help, awaken, and guide others. We are not only
helping the incarnated spirits (our clients) but also the disembodied spirits, the
ones attached to our clients. Treat them with love, respect and affection. They
are waiting to be helped and most of the time you will learn they have been
waiting for you for that. We all come with the same spark of light, we are all
one, and we are all connected. There are no good or bad spirits, it is that some
are more evolved than others. Never address an attached spirit as a demon since
they do not exist. Address them as spiritual brothers that is what we really are.
Keep in mind…
Take notes
Avoid asking closed ended questions
The Form
Client’s Information
Name and last name Personal issues
Age Health issues
Occupation Questions
Favorite landscape Mother’s Name / Dead
Abortions? or Alive?
Organ transplant? Father’s name
Blood transfusion? Brothers
Accident? Husband
Deceased relatives? Children
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Suggestion Techniques
Arm levitation
Digital Tests (metaphor): These are tests that can either work
or fail
Sticky hands
Arm Catalepsy
Closed eyelids
Hypnotic Language
Yes Set
Be sure they understand us (not
assume)
Temporary language
Say when it will happen
“In a moment”, “when I count to 3”
“From this moment on”
Cause and effect
The magic words
“That’s it, very good”
“Imagine”
The language of the imagination (VAK)
Type of Inductions
1. Yes Set
2. Eye fixation
3. Physical relaxation (10-1)
4. Relax eye muscles
5. Challenge when they are 100% sure
6. Transfer the relaxation to the rest of the body
7. Countdown from 100. The numbers will disappear
when at 96
8. Deepening (fractionation)
9. 1 to 3 open your eyes
10. 3 to 1 close your eyes
11. Go down the stairway (from 10 to 1)
12. Favorite place (landscape) (VAK)
Monitoring the body will not only allow us to determine the level of trance the
person is in, but also get a better idea of what the client is feeling or
experiencing.
As you become exposed to more sessions, you will sometimes able to tell if the
client has a spirit attachment by noticing involuntary movement of the body,
and red spots/marks appearing from one moment to another.
We should also pay special attention to any discomfort the client might be
feeling while remembering a past event or viewing a past life. There are some
clients that might need to experience that discomfort again in order to get
healing; however, in most cases we should disconnect the client from feelings
and emotions by having them describe what they are seeing as an observer.
Clients are our responsibility; we should protect them at all times.
There is no rule or formula to know for sure how deep in a trance a person is,
but there are some common signs like the ones mentioned above. Keep in mind
that the level of the trance is not important for this type of session. It is the
subconscious mind that regulates how deep a person goes and what they need to
experience.
As you start practicing hypnosis, there will be times when you might think your
clients are not going into a deep enough trance for the simple fact that they
remember everything after the session. This is normal as most clients will
remember everything, some will only remember parts of it, and some will not
remember anything.
Does it mean that only the ones that do not remember can experience some
degree of healing?
Not at all! I have facilitated sessions in which I believed the client was not in
trance, and just by doing forgiveness therapy, which we will explain ahead, it
allowed them to alleviate pain in different parts of their body, allergies, and
much more.
Do not measure the success of the session based of the level of the trance
obtained by the client. For example, to show how we can change the internal
1. Forgiveness therapy
2. Ericksonian hypnosis (metaphors)
3. Role change
4. Clinical hypnosis
Before explaining how each of these techniques are used, I think it would be
important to explain how the conscious and the subconscious mind work in
order to better understand the process of each of the techniques mentioned
above.
Ego seeks survival, validating its view and invalidating that of others
Ego denies responsibility for itself
Trauma is caused by bad perception which leads to misinterpretation
The subconscious lives in the past, looks for similar situations, and reacts
irrationally
Language, focus, and physiology are the factors that affect the mood.
Examples:
Focus: I am focusing in a sad event, this is how my mood will be; sad.
Language: If I am using words by singing a song with motivational lyrics, I
will feel motivated.
Physiology: If I watch TV while sitting on my recliner, I will feel relaxed.
In other words, every time I need to change my mood I need to pay attention to
my language, my physiology (posture), and what I am focusing on.
The Filters
Meta Programs are mental processes which manage, guide, and direct other
mental processes. In other words, they are processes at or near a higher level
than the mental processes they affect. You could compare them to a
switchboard that controls which two telephones will be connected to each other
for the process of having a conversation, or a thermostat which controls whether
your air conditioning system is turned on or off. These are both metaphors for
one system that controls another system.
We might think of Meta Programs as "habits of thought" or "programs of
attention" -- the processes we use reflexively to sort what we pay attention to,
from what we filter out in various contexts
For example, in making a decision, one person might picture several options
and say to himself, “I like these two”; then pick the one that feels best. (This
would be a visual-constructed -> auditory-internal -> kinesthetic strategy.)
Another person might prefer to first get a feeling for each of the options, picture
how each might work out, then say to himself, "I like this one." (A kinesthetic
-> visual-constructed -> auditory-internal strategy.)
Changing filters would be more difficult since that would mean changing
beliefs, and if filters are changed, it would only be temporary and for that
moment only.
Changing the mood would mean finding out what we are focusing on, our
language, and our physiology (posture).
The most effective way of changing the perception of an event is by changing
the internal representation.
Our Goal
Now that we understand how our conscious and subconscious mind work, our
goal must be to change the perception of our client’s traumatic event by
changing the internal representation.
Since we start our sessions asking the client to look for a sad memory, it allows
me to make a connection with an emotion which will make them lower their
guard and open up to start describing the event. It is not uncommon that they go
back to a memory from childhood where something happened with their
parents, brother or sisters. Or simply back to a memory from school where
something happened with a teacher or classmate. Remember that such event
was recorded by their subconscious, a sort of video camera recorder- kind from
that age, which is now consider obsolete.
In other words, most of the time what was recorded by the subconscious is not
what actually happened. We can now have that kid (a grown up person now)
review the event and analyze what really happened back then.
We can use what we have learned about the spiritual world to let them know
that this plane is a school where we all come to learn lessons and evolve as
spirits. We can also make them understand that we reincarnate in groups just
like a real classroom, and that we take different roles in each life. What seems
as a painful event is actually an opportunity for learning. What is the hidden
lesson in that event?
We can use stories with embedded messages as we’ll see later just like Milton
Erickson. We can also use forgiveness therapy to help them understand that not
forgiving is like taking a venom that is only killing us, when we think it is
killing our enemy.
Be creative! There are many ways to do this. If you are using role change, then
be an intermediary between the client and the other person in the event. Guide
them to reach to an agreement and forgiveness.
If they are back to memory of a painful event when they were kids, disassociate
them from that kid, making them realize that they no longer exist and that he or
she is carrying an emotion that does not belong to them.
In other words, the idea is to minimize what happened. I will explain how this is
done in details ahead.
1) Count from 5 to 1
a) Count slowly
b) Monitor the body
c) Monitor the expressions
2) Look for a sad memory
3) Touch the forehead (he will be there)
4) Ask if what he is seeing is during the daytime or nighttime
5) Ask questions in present tense. Repeat what they say
6) Locate the client in that event
a) How old are you?
b) How are you dressed?
c) Where are you?
d) Who is with you?
e) How do you feel?
f) What are you doing?
g) What are they saying?
Forgiveness Therapy
Ericksonian Hypnosis
Role Change
Ask the client to use their mind to communicate with the other person
A dialogue is established with the absent person
Allows us to get the other person’s point of view
The two sides of the story are obtained
Allows a better understanding of the fact
Client can reach an agreement and elaborate forgiveness
1) Count from 3 to 1 ask the client to lend their mind and lips
2) Imagine you are talking like the other person
3) When you reach 1, touch the forehead and greet the other person
4) Ask two or three questions that you know the answer to is yes. Example:
a) Are you Jose’s father?
b) Do you live with him?
c) Are you in the house in this moment?
5) Continue the dialogue naturally
Variation…
1) Understand that we are all spirits
2) Imagine you are standing in front of the other person
3) Imagine you leave your body and you get into them
4) Now read their thoughts
5) Now look through their eyes
6) Now connect with the emotions
7) Take the client by surprise and ask two or three questions
8) Start the dialogue
past event in this life; however, don’t get surprised if they start describing an
event that is not from this life.
Unlike what other hypnosis techniques may suggest, when a client comes to you
to only explore past lives, Introspective Hypnosis only works to visit a past life
when looking for the origin (root cause) of a symptom or condition. This is also
true when the client goes to that past life by themselves.
There will be times when a client will start describing a past life event where it
is actually the attachment that is talking to us (we will learn how to detect that
in the next step). That is completely valid since the attachment is the cause of
such symptom or condition, because they might be transmitting pain, feelings,
thoughts, or other things to the client which will be considered a host at this
time.
This is like doing detective work, or trying to put together all the pieces of the
puzzle. Pieces what we have in the form we created during the interview.
What is it?
Taking the client to a past life where there is
something they must see to understand their current
life.
We visit the three most important events, and then
the death scene.
Will help understand relationships with others.
Ailments that have been somaticized in the present life probably related
to their death
Past life will be evaluated to determine lessons that needed to be learned.
If possible, will visit the spiritual world for the planning of the next life.
Additional Notes
Important:
Disconnect emotions and sensation from past lives
Disconnect client from all past lives characters
Thank entities and disconnect them
Reiterate that we only visited past lives to obtain information
Ask to forget whatever can affect them
Locate them in time and space
Implant positive suggestions
ANNEX 1
Inductions Steps
ANNEX 2
1. Yes Set
a. Can you put your two please on the floor please?
b. Can you put your hands on you lap?
c. Can you sit down straight?
2. Have them breathe for a few seconds looking at a fixed point.
3. Can you extend your arms?
4. Put your hands together as if you were going to pray
5. Put your to index fingers like this (demonstrate)
6. I want you to pay attention to the space in between those two fingers.
In a moment those two fingers will start getting closer to each other AS
IF THEY WERE TWO MAGNETS and when they touch you will take a
deep breath and close your eyes.
7. REMEMBER when you were a kid and played with magnets… feel
how they pull together… pulling more and more… the closer they get…
the more you relax… they more you look at them…the more you relax…
and the more you relax.. The deeper you go into that state of relaxation…
that’s it, very good…
8. Feel those fingers pulling and getting closer and closer and when they
touch you will take a deep breath and close your eyes. (wait until the
fingers touch) now!...
9. Continue feeling those fingers pulling and getting closer and closer,
that’s it very good.
10.In a moment I will count from 1 to 3 and you will be able to open
your eyes and look at your hands.
11.Great job! That is the power of your mind, your visualization.
ANNEX 3
1. Eye fixation
a. I want you to look at that point and pay attention to it without
closing your eyes. As you look at it and want you to breathe in and
breathe out. Little by little your eyelids will get heavier and heavier
and you will start feeling tired and relaxed.
b. When it is convenient for you, take a deep breath and close your
eyes… now… that’s it very good.
2. Counting from 10-1 body relaxation
a. We are going to relax your body… In a moment... I will going to
count from 10 to 1 and with each number I count we are going to
relax your body even more. The more you relax, the deeper you go
into that beautiful state of relaxation.
b. Ten… relax your neck, shoulders…. That’s it, very good
Nine… relax your face, jaw and back…
Eight… the more we count the more you relax… now relax your
abdomen, your hips…
Seven… relax your legs... your knees… that’s it, very good…
Six… relax your ankles, feet and toes…
Five… body totally relaxed…
Four… The more we count, the more you relax.
Three… Your whole body is relaxed now… enjoy this beautiful
feeling of relaxation.
Two… When I get to one you will be totally relaxed.
One... Deeper, deeper relax… that’s it, very good
3. Eyes relaxation
a. In a moment I want you to relax the muscles around your eyes…
the upper muscles, lower muscles, the ones on the right and the
ones on the left... and I want you to relax them so, so much that
they will no longer respond.
b. The more you relax your eyelids will get really heaving like two
iron curtains… that’s it very good…
5. Opening and closing the eyes (this will take them deeper)
a. In a moment I will count from 1 to 3 and you will be able to open
your eyes.
b. When I count down from 3 to 1 your eyes will close again
c. Every time you open and close your eyes you will go twice deeper,
double sleep, double relaxation.
d. One… two… three… open your eyes…
e. Three… two… one… eyes closed again… double sleep, double
relaxation
f. One… two… three… eyes open…
g. Three… two… one… eyes closed again, double sleep… that’s it…
very good
h. One… two… three… eyes open….
i. Three… two… one… close your eyes again, go deeper, deeper
still… that’s it, very good.
ANNEX 4
ANNEX 5
Stories
A process that requires learning new habits and forces us to rule out others
unblock something, unlock it ... And apply the magic healing balm where
necessary ... In each cell ... In each nerve ... In each muscle ... That balm is a
powerful healing anesthetic, cellular revitalizer and energy harmonizer ... Apply
it to where the pain was (I was to deprogram the idea, instead of reaffirming it
by saying where it is).
Even the God from whom we heard at school and at church was wrong, and I'll
show you: When I was in nothingness, because was nothing, nothing existed,
God decided to make a creation. In order to help him in the different tasks, he
made Lucifer, an angel of light, beauty and wisdom, whom they also call
Luzbel. For not being satisfied with all that his boss gave him in Paradise, he
rebelled and resolved to damage everything good that God created. As it turns
out that God did not foresee that that could happen, he did not dispose a way to
disintegrate him and it will have stand him until the end of the times.
Now here we go with the second error: God made all forms of plant and animal
life, and as the culmination of his work he created Adam ... But he forgot to
create a mate for him like the other animals. And since he had used all the
special mud he had for it, he had to make her mate using one of Adam’s ribs.
What I do not understand yet is why she was called Eve and not Rib?
Something has been hidden from us.
Third error: When everything was created, he looked from above and felt
dissatisfied with his work. He resolved to destroy it with a universal flood and
to rebuild it, but he asked Noah to save a pair of animals of each species so that
he did not have to recreate them, since it had been difficult to paint the zebra’s
stripes, to make the tail of the whale, the horns of the bulls, the tentacles of the
octopus, etc. He let the rest of the animals drown in so much water.
Fourth error: He could not perfectly recreate everything he had done before, so
now he corrects every mistake he finds in the species with an evolutionary
process.
Fifth error: He made a hell of fire and brimstone to burn the children who
misbehave, which not even the worst parents would do. What I do not
understand is why God put Lucifer to administer this place, now disguised as
black and dubbed Satan, knowing that he rebelled.
If you were thinking that you can be more perfect than God, and not make
mistakes, get off that cloud; you climbed because you may fall down.
We all make mistakes. We come to this planet to learn many subjects, such as
not to lie, to practice charity and compassion, not to steal, not to kill, not rape,
to practice justice, to learn patience and tolerance correctly and to control our
instincts, money and power, acceptance, humility, control of pride and
conservation of natural resources.
Do you forgive yourself for such a thing? (Mentions what is affecting the
patient).
The poor cat complained of the pain emitting a strong meow that woke me up.
And my anger was such that I threw a shoe at the cat to beat him and make him
stop mewling.
I ask: Was I doing the correct thing? ... No! ... Of course not! The cat was not to
blame. I should have thrown the shoe at my dad ... But he was very angry ... I
preferred to release my anger with the poor cat.
Many people make the same mistake. They do not look at who is the one to
blame and make judgments without reason ... They throw the shoe at the cat...
Do you forgive so-and-so for mistaking yourself with the cat?
you, and does not justify being forced to be with someone; that does not make
anyone happy. If it does not leave, or returns, it is because it loves you, and in
that case the cage is no longer needed, it is not justified. Can you give me that
cage of jealousy? If you respond affirmatively, you pass the hand in order to
remove or withdraw, to give more force to the suggestion. And you say: Let's
go! ... Get out!
Let's go away! ... Let's go! ... Go away! ... (As I say this, I pass the patient's
hand slightly, to give imaginative force to the suggestion.) I touch them in the
chest, at the Height of neck, arm and forehead).