Exploring Trance | Adventures in hypnosis

Well, it’s been a while since my last video. Amongst other things, I’ve been visiting Estonia, where my surname, “Kao” comes from. It’s quite an experience to finally visit one’s roots!

This week, I’d like to share with you a simple, effective technique to give you more willpower. If you want to stop smoking, slim down, or to firmly say “no” to certain people in your life, this is one way to instantly be stronger and more self-disciplined.

Beneath the video is a free hypnosis download, to help you start using this technique instinctively.

Here’s the free hypnosis MP3. For this session, you need to be sitting relatively upright. When you’re ready, just click on the play button, and relax…

You can also download this mp3 to your computer by right-clicking on this link and choosing “save link as”.

For more research on how posture influences mood, take a look at this article from Psychology Today.

For a thorough, practical training in how posture affects our values and attitudes, I highly recommend James Tsakalos’s trainings in Spiral Somatics. (He’s based in Australia, but occasional comes to the UK).

Is hypnosis real, or is it simply the placebo effect? That’s the topic for this week’s video, which concludes this initial series about what hypnosis really is.

Beneath the video there’s a free hypnosis download, which is about using hypnosis to feel great, and make your life better. Not by fixing problems, but by amplifying what’s already good in your life.

Here’s the free hypnosis mp3 for generating good feelings and focusing on your strengths.

Just click on the play button, sit or lie back comfortably, and relax…

You can also download this mp3 to your computer by right-clicking on this link and choosing “save link as”.

If you want to learn more about the research I mentioned in this video, take a look at these links:

Hallucinating colours in hypnosis and how it affects the brain.

New Scientist article about daydreaming and the default network.

This week I’ll be explaining why hypnosis makes people more suggestible, and how you can use a particular principle from hypnosis to be more persuasive in your communication.

As usual, there’s also a free hypnosis download, which will teach you how to use self-hypnosis to relax and make inner changes whenever and wherever you need to. I hope you enjoy it!

Here’s the free hypnosis mp3 to teach you how to do self-hypnosis.

This is based on a very reliable technique developed by Betty Erickson (wife of the famous hypnotist Milton Erickson), and it’s a technique I regularly use myself.

Just click on the play button, sit or lie back comfortably, and relax…

You can also download this mp3 to your computer by right-clicking on this link and choosing “save link as”.

This week I’ll be discussing hypnotic phenomena – the “unusual abilities” that people often develop in hypnosis.

There’s also a free hypnosis download, so that you can experience hypnotic phenomena for yourself. I hope you enjoy it!

Here’s the free hypnosis mp3 to give you a direct experience of hypnotic phenomena like time distortion and arm catalepsy.

Just click on the play button, sit or lie back comfortably, and relax…

You can also download this mp3 to your computer by right-clicking on this link and choosing “save link as”.

Hello and welcome to Exploring Trance! My name’s Joseph Kao and I’m a professional hypnotherapist.

This website is about exploring the many benefits of hypnotic trance, and how you can use hypnosis to create lasting inner changes.

So I thought I’d start off with a series of videos and free hypnosis downloads about what hypnosis really is:

Here’s the recording for you to have an experience of what hypnosis is like – just click on the play button, sit or lie back comfortably, and relax…

You can also download this recording to your computer by right-clicking on this link and choosing “save link as”.