OK, I promised you a few ideas around the concept of building trance states as a form of “glamour” in the early sense of the word, a charm used to influence the perceptions of those around you :-)
We are going to look at three stages of creating such a state. The first is trance induction. [...]
Posted by Adam Sargant on 04.23.2010 at 7:13 pm// Tagged: Hypnosis , Autosuggestion, Metaphor, Self-Hypnosis, Trance
So… come sit for a spell :-)
Those of you who know me know that I have a more than passing interest in story rooted in tradition, the tales passed down, shapeshifting through each retelling to each generation. Some of these yarns weave worlds of magic, faery and glamour. We talk of glamour now in the [...]
Posted by Adam Sargant on 04.21.2010 at 8:51 pm// Tagged: Personal Development , Autosuggestion, Personal Development, Self-Hypnosis, Story, Trance
The following are tips that have been tweeted out via my Twitter account @trance-forms. I find Twitter communication interesting, in that there is a very specific challenge in condensing ones thoughts into 140 characters that focuses the mind in very specific ways and I thought it worth having written the tips to then turn them [...]
Posted by Adam Sargant on 04.20.2010 at 1:54 pm// Tagged: Hypnosis , Autosuggestion, Personal Development, Self-Hypnosis, State Management, Trance
The ideo motor response is exploited in hypnosis as a medium of communication with that aspect of self that lies outside conscious awareness. In this article, I shall explain how you can access this phenomena yourself, outside of formal trance states and in normal waking consciousness
It’s a year since I wrote about the myth that [...]
Posted by Adam Sargant on 10.09.2009 at 8:22 pm// Tagged: Hypnosis , Autosuggestion, Ideomotor Response, Self-Hypnosis
Most of us who have been involved in personal development for any length of time have come across the concept of affirmations at some time or another. I suspect that most of us have experimented with them to some degree or another, with varying degrees of success.
An affirmation is a form of autosuggestion in which [...]
Posted by Adam Sargant on 08.09.2008 at 12:11 pm// Tagged: Personal Development , Affirmation, Autosuggestion, Congruence, Logical levels, NLP