3 clever ways to use subtle shock to create more effective hypnosis inductions

I once wanted to win a toy on the rifle range at the fair. To win, I had to fire wet sponge pellets at a cuckoo clock bird. If I fired when the doors were shut, the pellet just bounced off. To ‘hit home’ I had to wait until the doors were open, and fire before they closed again.

People’s minds need to be open before new ideas can properly ‘hit home’.

Read full article: How to use surprise in hypnosis inductions

Unexpected hypnosis – would you expect it?

People live their lives, on the whole, according to a set of expectations they construct over time about what life is about, and how life works. These expectations are often unexamined, and quite rigid. This is not anybody’s ‘fault’ – it’s the default state for all of us.

When life fails to conform to your expectations, do you blame ‘life’ and get all worked up about it, or do you change your expectations? This is not a trick question.

Our online hypnosis course aims to teach a deep understanding of the role of expectation in shaping our experiences – good and bad. And of how this can be used to help people overcome all kinds of psychological and emotional difficulties that they struggle with.

The next course launches on 10 February 2010 and you can save 25% off the course fee if you book your place before 20 January 2010. An unexpected benefit? You can always expect the best from us!

See you in a fortnight.

Mark Tyrrell
Co-Founder
Uncommon Knowledge
Psychology trainers since 1995

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