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It’s time for us to talk about trance. Erotic and other. Let’s start this off with a little recounting of my activities on Saturday. My usual Saturday activities were on hold for some health shit, all is well, don’t worry! So it left an opening on my Saturday. Wouldn’t you know it, there was going to be a workshop on erotic hypnosis at a local dungeon. I took this as a sign from the universe that I should attend, so I did. This was not like a deep dive into the ultimate tool that I have found hypnosis to be, but rather an introduction, 101 kind of course.

For those of you who don’t know, I love to revisit things. There is something magical about the basics. On occasion, we all get lost in the complexity and more hardcore representations of our kinks, hypnosis is no exception. I would even make an argument that it is easier to lose sight of hypnosis foundations. I will likely touch on this in a later post.

The workshop itself focused mainly on inducing trance. Nothing really beyond the letting go aspect. No suggestions, no fractionation, no NLP, no behaviour mods, nothing like that. After a presentation, we were given the opportunity to induce trance with our partners and other participants. As someone who really does not like having another person near my mind, I consequently and selfishly did not allow others induce trance on me. (I have some issues with control and I have some adverse reactions, stories for another time.) Ever the educator, I really wish I had allowed someone the opportunity. However, I know my current boundaries and am respecting them.

And Now, Where Does Trance Fit In?

Following this workshop, I spent a good amount of time thinking about the activities I perform daily. Looking at which ones are trance adjacent, if not trance themselves. I do a lot of things that can be seen as a form of trance. My morning routine is always the same. My evening routines do vary, regardless there are certain sequences of events that happen repeatedly. I practice martial arts, essentially performing the same series of movements over and over and over and over and over and over…. you get the idea. This is my trance, this is where I let go. Routine.

What aspects of your daily life involve trance? Have you ever stopped to think about it? In this sort of online domain of transactional sexuality we forget that not all experiences need to be sexual or bought. (Not that I am discouraging you from purchasing things, just making a statement of fact!) We have moments of trance regularly, throughout our day, usually completely unaware that we have entered this state of consciousness. Take a few moments and really think about… List the moments where you let go. It can be playing video games, listening to music, anything routine, anything really.

How Can We Harness This Daily Trancing?

I think there are many ways we can use our vanilla trance moments for darker, more nefarious purposes 😉 Using other techniques, we can bring in anything from simple to complex behavioural changes by harnessing these moments. An example, that’s what you really want right?

Let’s say you have a bedtime routine. The same hygiene routine, same procedure every time you prepare for slumber. Add a change to it. Add a new aspect to your routine. Change will happen faster as the process is already established. Every night, I want you stroking for me before bed. You have the loop of me telling you to stroke. Consequently, you play it in your headphones throughout nightly routine. After a while, you will hear the loop, without plaing it. Brushing your teeth will have my thoughts and words dancing in your mind. The power of daily, even vanilla trance provides amazing opportunities for behavioural changes, and modifications of all kinds

Imagine what an experienced Hypnotist could do with such things.