Mon 25 Oct 2004
The Hypnotic Handshake method is based on ‘brief hypnosis’. Brief hypnosis is a less known format of hypnotizing, first initiated by Dr. Milton H. Erickson. Erickson also taught the Hypnotic Handshake method based on the principles of brief hypnosis.
Brief hypnosis claims that most people enter trance (the hypnotic state of mind) and exit trance many times during the day.
One good example would be driving on the free way, white you’re figuring out what to say to your boss about you being late again (for the 29th time this month). Not being aware completely to the road and to the driving activity, you still make it in one piece to the office. That’s hypnosis.
Brief hypnosis starts with a rapid induction to get a person into trance. Rapid induction is based on two key principles:
Rapid Induction Principle No. 1: Interrupt the auto-pilot
We are predictable creatures. Lift your right hand toward someone, say Hi, smile, and he will automatically lift his right hand to shake yours. Odd. He didn’t even think about it, it happened automatically. It’s the auto-pilot. One of many automatic behaviors we’re known of doing without conscious decision.
If you interrupt an automatic behavior like this, you create an empty space, a query in the other person’s mind, a brief window to the subconscious mind. It takes less than a second for that window to close, so you’d better act fast.
Rapid Induction Principle No.2: Fill the blank
Now that the automatic pattern is missing, fill the blank quickly. The other person will follow if it’s done immediately after the interruption, because our minds don’t like voids. They want completion.
Do something that will restore the missing link. Use hypnotic language and fast pacing induction script while talking in your regular voice.
Now that you know the key principles of rapid induction in brief hypnosis, let’s move on to show you the Hypnotic Handshake method:
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April 24th, 2005 at 7:01 am
I think it would be a great idea to include an image or maybe even a short avi showing the technique. Otherwise, great site, I`m enjoying reading it.
May 7th, 2005 at 12:17 am
very good
June 1st, 2005 at 1:06 pm
Yes! A brief video’d be essential. Are we talkin’ 2 dimensional cup or 3 D? What’s it look like?
Also, can such a technique be done that is not so obviously weird? Something totally innocuous but just different enough to open the trance? And how about a casual script rather than something that seems to be used on stage? Just trying to be helpful.
June 3rd, 2005 at 6:13 am
Nice instructions, only one thing to add - remember, the reason this works is it is interrupting something we are doing unconsciously, that’s why it’s called an interrupt!
We practiced this alot on my NLP Prac. & Master Prac. courses, and of course people began to expect it, so I started to interrupt this new pattern (with great success) - the main thing is to ensure you are interrupting the “Auto Pilot”.
You can interrupt almost anything we do unconsciously to get people into trance - go on, use your imagination, just be considerate of the client’s safety, but have fun doing it!
June 10th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
Heeya
Thanks for creating this step by step guide.. so far all the websites about this has just been ‘advertising’ how ‘good’ it is or advertising a video or a course and you took the initiative to post it open to everyone.. thanks:P
June 14th, 2005 at 12:11 am
Great…It’s so hard to find techniques, all this digging for information. You made it very easy. I would like to know more…thx so much
July 21st, 2005 at 1:46 am
Thanks for your rich bank of resources. It is such a pleasure to be able to log on any time day or night and have an extremely interesting and challenging read!! You have taken the time to share not just your ideas, but also techniques which other sites, well, simply decide that they would rather charge you for the same read! Thanks!!!!
August 18th, 2005 at 4:41 pm
Tank you very much, perfect site
August 28th, 2005 at 5:51 am
[…] Now, I already taught you how to do so. There’s The Hypnotic Handshake article, and of course the The Hypnotic Handshake Illustrated By Richard Bandler and The PowerPoint Presentation… […]
March 9th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
it would make the site perfect if you had a picture of the method.
March 9th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Hi Bob,
Take a look at the second page of this article. There’s a link to an illustrated step by step handshake induction.
May 8th, 2006 at 2:09 am
hi i was wondering if any1 had a video on the handskae inductionasi have studyed and try it on so many people and i cant do it still i look at th epics and read it over and over again can any1 help me thankyou