If you want to be a great cook you have to taste the food you make. You can not send a dish out of the kitchen you have not tasted yourself. How would you know if it was any good, if it needed salt or maybe it was burned? Not all hypnotist take the time needed to really enjoy the comforts and powers of trance themselves. My hypnosis mentor always tells me that hypnosis is not something you do to people, it is something you become. How can you know what is possible in trance if you do not regularly put yourself under? So never stop exploring.
It can be hard to find the necessary context that allows you to explore the possibilities of trance if nobody in you area has the same passion for hypnosis. The answer to this is of cause self hypnosis. But a lot of people (even hypnotist) doesn’t think they reach the right level of trance in self hypnosis. Don’t worry. Trance is like riding a bike. You cannot expect to just jump on and go full speed the first time. Listen to trance inductions, get to know trance and find a good technique for doing self hypnosis.
Here is a new one that I just found that I’ll try out tonight, it is called the Light Switch Self hypnosis Technique.
