When people think of hypnosis, they usually picture a doctor dangling a swinging watch in front of a patient or a comedian on stage 'hypnotizing' people to do funny things. In those cases, the people know that they will be hypnotized ahead of time, but did you know that there is another type of hypnosis that can influence people without them even realizing it? It's called conversational hypnosis, and even you can use it to convince people of anything you want!

This type of hypnosis is actually used quite often by those who know how, you may have even had it happen to you and were unaware because it is so subtle. That's because you won't have someone asking you to count backwards or swinging a watch in your face, it simply uses different words, voice tones and other techniques that are normal during conversation.

Conversational hypnosis isn't magic or trickery, it's actually just simply using the art of persuasion, along with some key techniques, to bypass your subjects critical mind and get them to agree with your ideas. We do this every day when we try to get someone to 'see things our way' or ask them for a favor. The difference is that if you knew the techniques of conversational hypnosis you would get them to agree a lot more often!

This type of hypnosis can be used on 1 on 1 conversations, and is also used frequently by public speakers addressing a whole audience of people. It uses intonations, language patterns and vocal timing to influence others. It can be used in most situations and learned by most anyone. People that use it are able to engross their subjects in what they have to say, hypnotizing them into empathy and respect and changing their minds easily and readily into agreement.

In fact, perhaps the most interesting use was by Dr. Milton Erikson who used conversational hypnosis to help his patients in the 1940's and 1950's because hypnosis itself was banned. When he was called to the American Medical Association for disciplinary hearing because of his use of hypnosis, he used those same techniques on the board itself and instead of having his license revoked, they dropped the charges and even dropped the entire ban on hypnosis the following year!

Since no one can every be forced to do something that will harm them, conversational hypnosis is perfectly safe, although some may try to use it for bad intent. However, it can be effective in allowing you to get the things you want - whether it is getting someone to buy a product from you, swaying your spouse to see your point of view on a matter or getting your boss to agree with your ideas. This very powerful hypnotic tool can be learned and used to make your life, and perhaps even the life of those around you better!