Self-Hypnosis: A Practical Workbook

From the guide

You have been in trance many times. Absorbed in a book until the room disappeared. Driving home with no memory of the journey. Lost in music, a film or a daydream. Hypnosis is a way of entering that absorbed state on purpose, and using it.

Hypnosis has a strange reputation. Stage shows suggest it is mind control; films show it as a swinging watch and a vacant stare. The reality is more ordinary and more useful. Hypnosis is one of the best-researched tools in psychology for working with pain, anxiety, habits and the body. It cannot make you do anything against your will. And with practice, you can learn to do it yourself.

This workbook explains what hypnosis is and isn't, where the evidence is strong, and how to practise self-hypnosis step by step. You will learn a complete induction, ways to deepen the state, and a method for writing suggestions that actually work. A 21-day plan helps you build the skill, and space is provided for you to write your own suggestions.

It pairs naturally with The Journey In's guided hypnosis sessions. Guided sessions are an excellent way to learn what trance feels like; this workbook teaches you to enter it on your own, any time. As always, claims are labelled by the strength of the evidence behind them.