Self-hypnosis deepener and mind-calming media – Bubble time!

“I’m always blowing bubbles” sing to the fans of the West Ham football club and in my time I have written about bubbles on several occasions; they seem to be good metaphorical material for hypnotists and hypnotherapists.

Sometimes they can be the kind of material that is a little fluffy, a little too alternative, and the kinds of things that don’t necessarily suit me. So naturally I was delighted a few years ago when I reread Charles Tebbetts’ book on self-hypnosis, which by the way is a bit fluffy, alternative, and esoteric, but is an important contribution to the library of anyone exploring the field of self-hypnosis. … Anyway, he used a pretty beautiful process that involved bubbles that I have adapted and still use a lot today.

Many people who learn self-hypnosis or practice their own skills often talk to me or ask me about being distracted or explain that their mind wanders and that they feel easily distracted. This, in turn, serves to feed their opinion that they are not making progress.

We get distracted. We all do. There are monks who dedicate their entire lives to achieving stillness and deep peace of mind and rarely even achieve absolute perfection in that regard. My message is to persevere and with practice things get easier, and accept distractions and continue despite them … “Oh no, I left the cutlery drawer open at home when I went to work … I think …? “You can just go on with” … And back to my self-hypnosis practice… “for example. It’s not a big deal.

However, the reason I bring up the topic related to bubbles at the beginning is because you can use a deepening process that I am about to give (involving bubbles) that can be used to improve peace of mind and silence and actually uses distractions or unwanted thoughts. and allows them to be part of your self-hypnosis session.

Here is that process:

6 Steps to Using Bubbles to Deepen Your Hypnosis and Calm Your Mind

Step one: Induce hypnosis. You can do it by any means you want or know about.

Once you have induced hypnosis, proceed to step two

Second stepNow imagine a large body of water of some kind. It can be an ocean, a sea, a lake, a river, or even a large swimming pool of some kind. A lake would be ideal for the first few times you use this process, as it is more still and has less movement within it, which is well suited to the very nature of this type of session.

As you imagine that large body of water, imagine that you are sitting on your bed, on the floor and use your imagination so that you can breathe easily and comfortably.

Just be aware at this stage. Watch yourself, your breathing and don’t try to change anything and don’t try to prevent anything from changing. Sometimes things change just by being watched. Enjoy a little peace of mind. Get comfortable imagining this rather unusual idea that you are breathing comfortably and easily while sitting at the bottom of a large body of water.

When you are comfortable with that notion and are imagining it as clearly and vividly as possible, proceed to step three.

Step threeAfter any period of mindfulness and quiet reflection, a thought is likely to eventually cross your mind. As soon as a thought enters your mind, observe and imagine a bubble rising from the ground to the surface of the water.

So if and when any image, sound, dialogue, or thought comes to your mind, you watch and see a bubble rise out of the water bed, then float up and up and watch it disappear from view when you reach the surface. of the water.

Imagine that the bubble is the thought and that you simply let the thought go as the bubble drifts and floats away. The thought returns to leave your mind calm and at peace.

Keep doing this for a few moments. As you continue to do this, tell yourself that with each bubble that floats upward, with each thought that dissipates, and with each breath that you breathe comfortably at the foot of this body of water, you become more and more immersed in hypnosis.

Could you just say the words “deeper and deeper“(for example) to yourself as a deepening mantra and a means of keeping the mind still while letting go of any other thoughts as bubbles floating up and away.

Once you are comfortable doing this, proceed to step four.

Step four: Let the bubbles that rise and float away reflect on your breathing rate. That is, create the bubble and make it rise as you inhale. Then when you exhale, push it completely out of the water and into the air to dissipate. Some thoughts may linger and continue, in which case, be patient and accept the repetition and keep repeating the process gently and easily while breathing gently and deeply.

Don’t judge or try to interfere with the thoughts you are having. Just look at them, watch them happen, accept them and then let them go imagining the bubble. Allowing every facet of this mindful bubble process to take you deeper into hypnosis.

As you dig deeper and once you’ve done this for a comfortable period of time, move on to the next step.

Step five: Once you feel that your hypnosis is deep enough, continue with your change or autosuggestion work as you normally would before moving on to the final step. Although this can be done simply to reap the benefits of mindfulness and enjoy a calm, relaxed and peaceful mind for the duration of the session.

Step six: Wiggle your fingers and toes, take a few nice, deep, energizing breaths, and open your eyes to end this session.

As with all the techniques and processes that I tend to exhibit and share here, practice and repetition will promote effectiveness and your own responsiveness. You may want to experiment with how long you can continue the process and build up your time by doing this as a standalone technique.

For regular self hypnotists this is another tool for your box, for self hypnosis beginners this is a really valuable way to help you stay on track when getting started.