My First Dose of Hypnosis and How I Cut My Own Strings

By Amber Light

I will never forget that intense level of relaxation that I seemed to instantly drop into without any cares or concerns. I do not remember exactly what the intended purpose was now, approximately 15 years later, but I will never forget how it felt.

It felt so incredibly good, it is almost addicting to go through that type of relaxation, so instantly, yet be completely aware and awake of everything, if not even more so.

15 or so years ago, I remember I had volunteered as an older teenager to participate in a hypnosis demonstration at my home, in front of my sister and her best friend who were watching. The hypnotist was an A.C.H.E. Clinical Hypnotherapist and had many years of experience working with clients in California, and was taught directly by the A.C.H.E. Founder, the late Gil Boyne, the original 'Hypnotist to the Stars'. 

The hypnotist had done several relaxation instructions with me and had achieved a pretty good rapport with me with just the relaxation. It was so cool that whenever he would just snap his fingers and say sleep, I would just immediately drop into the best relaxed state ever.  My chin would dip down to my chest and all of my muscle would just relax and my mind would just become silent. And as soon as he would snap his fingers again, I would open my eyes and straighten out again. I remember he also tested to see if I could imagine a balloon tied to my left wrist and was holding books with my right. It was pretty cool to feel my muscles coordinating with what I was imagining. I did okay with that, but that part was not so fast. It took a few minutes, I think, to have my arms really spread apart.

After that, he brought me out of hypnosis and we all talked about what hypnosis was and what it was not, and all the different kinds of people the hypnotist had helped by using hypnosis to with them. The stories were fascinating, some of them were hard to believe, and yet they all had that ‘wow’ factor behind them. It was so wonderful to hear how the hypnotist had been able to help people from so many different walks of life. He helped people quit smoking, lose weight, recover function and walk again after a severe stroke, past lives, fertility, pain, stage, and so much more. He even described some things that were not typical hypnosis applications that were more spiritual and paranormal based.

Of course, with the open and curious mind that I have, I was soaking up all of the hypnotist’s stories like a sponge. I thought that it was so incredible and wonderful to hear how powerful the mind was and how it could be used to help people accomplish their goals and dreams. After this we took a little break and then reconvened upstairs to continue with the conversation.

I was the last one up to the room and when I had reached the top of the stairs, the hypnotist was standing just a few feet from the landing and my sister and her friend were sitting down already. When I cleared the last of the stairs the hypnotist had me stand directly in front of him. As I was staring at the hypnotist’s face, he snapped his fingers and commanded ‘sleep.’

This is the magic juiciness of the story right here. As soon as he did that, the best way to describe the powerful, instantaneous, and tranquil feeling I had is to describe what it would feel and look like in a metaphor. And know that, I did it all myself, as all hypnosis is self-hypnosis.

Imagine a puppet that is controlled by the puppeteer and the strings attached to different parts of the puppet’s body. That puppeteer controls the motions and actions of that puppet. Well, liken the puppeteer to my brain and central nervous system. If you were to take a large pair of scissors and gather up all the strings attached to that puppet, and in one swift cut, all the strings were cut, what would happen?

Well, it would basically lose all physical tension and stress that the strings were applying to it, and it would collapse into a clutter of itself.

That is the best way to describe what had happened to me, when he snapped his fingers and said ‘sleep’.  My eyes closed and I could feel all my muscles instantly release their strength and tension. It was lightning fast as I began to drop like a wet dish rag to the ground.

And while you would think that no one could willingly ‘fall’ to the ground like that, I did not care. It was good however, that the hypnotist did catch me and did help me relax to the floor. It was very safe and controlled the whole time.

Now, I know that this sounds weird, that someone would say sleep and ‘down’ the other goes. In this instance, I had never seen or experienced hypnosis, ever. I had no idea what I was in for, until I was already in it and feeling it. Therefore, I had zero preconditioning before this day.

Also, even if I were to attempt to replicate what I had done without being hypnotized to do so, it would look much different. Because if I were to try to collapse to the floor on my own I would be unable to let myself do it the same exact way as I would probably drop to a knee or heel and then as quickly as I could but as skillfully as possible. I would lay myself out, controlling each and every muscle that was involved. It would have looked like I was acting at the very best, or slowly and carefully breaking my fall at the very worst.

Back to the story, it was the best feeling I could possibly imagine. In one second, I was standing with my own two legs, the next second, I was so instantly relaxed, I had no strength or ability to remain standing. It was just like the puppet; I just had my strings cut and it felt so spectacular! No conscious person can even imagine how good it feels to relax under hypnosis until they experience it for themselves!

To this day, I wish I could have seen the look on my sister and her friend’s face when they watched me go down like that. It was like magic just happened. It felt like he just snapped his fingers and magic happened to me.

After he let me lie there and relax, listening to his commands as well as listening to him talk, I remember he made a joke for everyone and I laughed at the joke just as if I was wide awake. It felt so good; you really do not want to come out of hypnosis. Eventually he did have me come up out of it and I was able to describe to my friends, how it felt like a puppet whose strings were cut.

And that was my first experience with hypnosis. An honest review of my initiation into the realm of hypnosis. Since then I have been trained under the A.C.H.E. where I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist that can help clients in a variety of applications, and specializing in Smoking Cessation and SoulKey Therapy.

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