What is the "induction" stage of hypnosis?

What is the "induction" stage of hypnosis?

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The induction stage of hypnosios is the process of transitioning from full conscious awareness into hypnotic trance. Induction has some key issues around it, and, of course, in order to enter hypnosis you have to be induced, whether you induce yourself or whether you allow the hypotherapist to induce you. But the prerequisties for induction are pretty simple. You have to have focus, concentration, you have to be relaxed, and your brain has to be given something to ponder over. Usually, the more it's given to ponder over, the faster the induction. Basically, what we do in a very safe and harmless way, is overload the conscious mind with information. So it finally gets tired of listening to the information, it's very often just a monotonous pattern of talking, and the conscious mind after a while says, "You know what, I don't want to listen to all this anymore. I've had enough," and it shuts off, so to speak, and then we enter that wonderful state of hypnosis. So it's a transition process by which we lead our clients from full wakefulness into that delightful state of trance.