Induction
Induction
Hypnosis
A hypnotic metaphor induction
Butterfly Hypnosis Induction
This relaxation visualization uses an image of a butterfly going to rest and repeated images of going down and letting go to create a gentle relaxation hypnotic induction.
The Butterfly Hypnosis Induction is an example of how to use visualization to do simple hypnotic induction. The Butterfly hypnosis induction uses the technique of linking relaxation to some physical movement.
Metaphor visualization inductions take advantage of the mind's built-in ability to see connections between two quite different things. This is the essence of metaphor. Visualize something, imagine it changing and imagine yourself changing at the same time. Many hypnotic inductions depend on metaphor, leaves falling, lights going dim, walking down steps, and suggesting that as these things are going down, the listener can relax too. And the more it goes down, the deeper the listener can relax.
VISUALIZATION RELAXATION INDUCTION SCRIPT |
|||
| Take a moment now... and prepare yourself to relax... shrug your shoulders ... lift and drop your arms... tense the muscles of your legs and then relax them.... | Muscular relaxation | ||
| Now close your eyes... imagine that all the muscles of your face are relaxing... imagine that your eyes are totally relaxed... | Close the eyes | ||
| now breath out and really relax... and become aware of how heavy your arms and legs are... feel the weight of your body pressing down... allow that feeling to grow... feeling heavier and heavier... totally relaxed... | relaxation | ||
| Now imagine a place far away from here... | Dissociation | ||
| a place somewhere outdoors.... a forest clearing... or somewhere in the country... imagine a day in summer... exactly the kind of day you like... | V | set the scene | |
| Memory | a day when you just feel like lying back and relaxing... imagine somewhere where you can relax... lying or sitting comfortably... at ease | V | |
| bring to mind a place of peace and calm... scents of outdoors... the air clear and still.. | |||
| and in that air... things moving... fluttering... dancing about in the sunlight ...bright points of color... and as you watch more and more are there... | V | ||
| all around... clouds of butterflies... rising and falling... flying this way and that... happy to be there in the sunlight... | V | ||
| and then... as if there was some silent signal... | |||
| those clouds of butterflies begin to rotate... to swirl this way and that... changing direction... moving all together... first rising up.. and then spiraling downwards... down and down... | |||
| and the image fades... and everything goes quiet... | |||
| And as you watch... one butterfly ... tired and wanting to rest... slowly spirals down... dropping gently like a leaf softly floating on the air | M | ||
| and as it floats gently down... you feel yourself drifting... gently... down with it... getting more relaxed.. more at ease... settling down | M | ||
| And that one butterfly.... resting quietly now... and as you watch... that butterfly moves its wings... slowly... and as it lowers those wings slowly down... letting those wings relax and droop and flatten.... you feel yourself breathing out.. exhaling... relaxing.... letting go... feeling heavier and heavier... more relaxed... | Fractionation 1 | ||
| and again that butterfly tries to raise its wings and then gently feels them sink down... as if too tired to hold them up.... and as those wings drop down again... you can relax deeper.... deeper and deeper.... just like those wings.... loose and soft... | Fractionation 2 | ||
| and once more those wings rise a little and this time they droop all the way down... lying loose and relaxed.... completely limp and soft and comfortable... | Fractionation 3 | ||
| and the light is getting soft and diffuse.... everything going out of focus... | V | ||
| and you feel yourself... drifting away now... | |||
| tired and loose and limp like that butterfly... relaxing now... down and down... | M | ||
| allow your mind to drift away... to a place where there is nothing to think about... nothing to worry you... relaxed and peaceful and calm.... | V | Dissociation | |
| and take a few moments now and allow that lovely feeling of relaxation to spread.... as you go deeper and deeper..... | I | bind 'as you...' inevitability | |
| [either do a deepener, or a convincer and then carry on with the therapy] | |||