Covert Trance Teacher Videos

Essential elements for the covert trance.

Almost everyone who undergoes hypnosis develops an interest in learning how to induce trance quickly and covertly. Why would you want to put someone into a trance covertly? Because being able to put someone into a trance quickly and easily is fun, it shows critics that hypnosis / trance exists, and is a great way to improve your skills as a theatrical or therapeutic hypnotist.

The most powerful point I can start with after teaching this skill for the better part of a decade is this: learning to induce trance covertly or instantly is a skill. There is a method to learn, specific strengths and skills to develop, and principles to follow.

If you remember that covert trance induction is not a gimmick or trick, and that you can learn the basics quickly and hone them over decades, you’ll have a lot more fun and get much more consistent and powerful results.

Here are 7 ways to quickly and dramatically improve your instant trance skills.

Step 1: Become more capable of trance yourself. Increase your trance capacity. Work on yourself first. Learn to plunge into a deeper trance than ever. Learn to get into a trance faster and out of it faster than before. Think about this, in hypnosis and in life, you can’t get people where you can’t go, and you can only get them into a trance state as fast as you can get yourself.

Step 2: In the field, think less and notice more. Most people don’t practice the basic steps of handshake induction to induce a covert trance long enough before going out into the real world. If you don’t practice handshake break induction at home, until you can do it without thinking, you won’t be able to calibrate your subject and get the results you want in the field.

Step 3: Give your trance subject guidance and feedback. When your trance subject goes in the direction you want him to go, tell him that he is doing well. For regular hypnosis, one of my favorite phrases is, “Yes, that’s right! Now keep digging.” People crave feedback, and people unfamiliar with trance need feedback and guidance. For more covert work, explore the possibility of giving positive feedback non-verbally with a slight smile, nod, relaxed breathing, etc.

Step 4: Calm, less serious, and more playful. Being too serious actually prevents people from going into a trance. Being curious and funny can be very conducive to mastering the instant trance. How much fun can you have while taking them into a trance? How much could you help them have fun?

Step 5: Focus on learning. If you get stuck on getting it perfect “this time,” you will miss out on opportunities to learn. Sometimes covert trance inductions just don’t work because their environment is too noisy or they are too alert. Use each experience to learn and improve your skills and abilities.

Step 6: learn from a professional. You can waste hundreds of hours trying to figure it out yourself, or you can watch or work with a professional. Grandpa used to say that you can always get more money, but in the end everyone is running out of time. Learn from an expert. Then you will have more time to play with your skills.

Step 7: And most importantly, remember to train with a partner. Training with a partner on a regular basis helps you hone the necessary motor skills. The number one reason most people struggle with covert trance inductions is that they don’t continue to hone their skills.

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