by Adam Eason | Nov 3, 2026 | Blog |
Picture the familiar scene. You recline in a comfortable chair, close your eyes and listen to someone suggest that your breathing is slowing, your muscles are relaxing and your body is becoming wonderfully heavy. There is a countdown. There may be a staircase. They...
by Adam Eason | Oct 29, 2026 | Blog |
Can hypnosis make you do something against your will—or reveal something you wanted to keep private? After decades working with hypnosis, I understand why people ask. Some demonstrations certainly make it look as though the hypnotist has taken charge. But something...
by Adam Eason | Oct 29, 2026 | Blog |
What happens when you try a hypnotic suggestion—and then deliberately change it? In this short self-hypnosis exercise, I’ll guide you through three steps: choose, change and cancel. You’ll explore an imagined feeling of warmth or coolness, alter the suggestion, then...
by Adam Eason | Oct 29, 2026 | Blog |
Can a hypnotist take control of your mind—or make you unable to refuse a suggestion? A hypnotic response can feel surprisingly automatic. Your hand might seem to move by itself, or an imagined experience might feel remarkably convincing. But does that mean someone...
by Adam Eason | Oct 15, 2026 | Blog |
Just suppose someone considering hypnotherapy were to say: “I would like help with my anxiety, but I do not want you controlling my mind.” It is a reasonable concern. If your understanding of hypnosis comes from films, you might expect the hypnotist to issue a...
by Adam Eason | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog |
“If I’m helping it happen, surely I’m just pretending?” That belief can leave you dismissing a real change in your experience simply because you noticed yourself contributing to it. Hypnosis does not require you to become a passive spectator inside your own head. In...
by Adam Eason | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog |
“If I helped it happen, was I only pretending?” That question trips up plenty of people learning self-hypnosis. We often expect a response to happen entirely by itself—and then dismiss anything we knowingly contributed to. In this short guided exercise, we compare...
by Adam Eason | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog |
“If I knew I was helping it happen, surely it wasn’t real hypnosis?” That conclusion deserves a closer look. Your involvement doesn’t automatically make a hypnotic experience fake. Equally, simply doing what you’re told doesn’t prove hypnosis. In this short episode of...
by Adam Eason | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog |
Posing the question ‘am I hypnotised or just pretending?’ here today with a view to helping understand genuine hypnotic responses….. Imagine you are using self-hypnosis and experimenting with a simple hand-lifting suggestion. You focus on one hand....
by Adam Eason | Sep 9, 2026 | Blog |
Can you still experience hypnosis if thoughts keep entering your mind? Yes—and believing otherwise may be making hypnosis unnecessarily difficult. People are often told to “switch off”, “stop analysing” or “empty the conscious mind”. These phrases may be intended as...
