What is Hypnosis

Throughout the ages, Hypnosis has been shrouded in mystery. But the truth is that Hypnosis is not the least bit strange or mysterious. In fact, everyone has been in hypnotic trance thousands of times. The Hypnotic state is a natural state of mind for all humans. Hypnosis is synonymous with a deep state of relaxation and heightened focus that  involves both the mind and the body.   The legendary hypnotherapist Milton Erickson described hypnosis as ‘the loss of the multiplicity of the foci of attention". In the same way that when you watch TV, or are on social media, you are fully absorbed in something, what you look at has your full attention. It is like you are hypnotized by it with exclusion of other things around you. 

The key to identifying trance states is the fixation of attention, either internally or externally.   Even a very sophisticated process can be performed in a trance. Have you ever experienced driving from point A to B and wondered how you made it to point B?  That is an example of you being in a trance state. 

The difference between these natural trances is that people go in and out of them all day long, whereby a hypnotic trance is an intentional induced trance. Created, utilized and commonly found in disciplines such as yoga and meditation.     

Hypnosis is often used to facilitate positive behavior changes.