Hypnosis explained
Hypnosis is a good deal more ordinary than the stage version suggests. It is a state of focused attention that most people pass through every day without noticing.
These pages explain what it actually is, what a session involves, and what you can do for yourself. Further down there is history and technique for anyone who wants to understand the mechanism rather than just use it.
In this section
- What hypnosis doesThe longer overview of hypnosis and its uses5 min read
- An introduction to hypnosisWhat hypnosis is, and what it is not7 min read
- The signs of tranceHow you can tell someone is in trance1 min read
- Classic hypnotic phenomenaThe classic effects, and what they show1 min read
- A hypnosis session, stage by stageWhat happens in a session, stage by stage3 min read
- Self-hypnosisA technique you can use on your own5 min read
- Hypnosis and the power of imaginationWhy imagination does the real work5 min read
- The power of imaginationHow vividly imagining something changes it2 min read
- Ericksonian hypnosisThe indirect approach, and why it works8 min read
- Brainwave entrainmentEntrainment, and what brainwaves actually tell us8 min read
- Brainwaves and neurofeedbackMeasuring brain activity, and what it shows1 min read
- Zen therapyWhere meditative practice and hypnosis meet2 min read
- Neurypnology: James Braid, 1843James Braid's original account, from 18434 min read