Rapport is another word for contact or connection. And not just contact with words, but with feeling. When people are in rapport you can also see this in their bodies. They are similar in posture and movement. It is a very interesting phenomenon which is very important in communication and certainly in hypnosis
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When people are in contact and connect, rapport (pronunciation: ra-track) is made. They unconsciously start "imitating" each other with the bodies, voice and movements. It is an interesting phenomenon which may have to do with the mirror neurons in our brain.
When there is rapport, in addition to the feeling of connection, there is also the feeling of understanding, trust and safety. The latter feelings are very important in hypnosis. When there is no trust and safety then the person can allow themselves to go into hypnosis much more difficult.
This even goes so far that people who are very good at going into hypnosis cannot go into hypnosis at all with other hypnotists because of that lack of report.
In the previous course, there was someone who had already been in hypnosis and had been treated by colleagues. Those colleagues couldn't get him into hypnosis. I got him with open eyes to the point where his hand was glued to the kitchen sink. That's a pretty deep state of hypnosis. In addition, phenomena such as amnesia and anesthesia also went fine.
The difference was simply report. He lacked that with colleagues and with me he had it. It is a rather underrated phenomenon while it ensures that you are either an ok hypnotist, a good one or just the best.
In the trainings with us , we work a lot with intention and report, which is why trainees achieve very good results pretty quickly.
One way to train that is the following.
You sit across from someone and you mirror the person in terms of their body. Now you don't do that exactly but it makes sure that you are engaged with that person with your attention. You want that person to feel good.
Then you imagine yourself giving that person something wonderful. You see it all before you. In that moment, you could also (if you can) send your energy to that person.
When you start doing hypnosis that way you get very different results. It takes some training but it can mean the difference between ok, good or the best. Rapport is often the missing link and makes all the difference.
If you can make a good report and you want to get even better at it, an idea is to start working with energy as well. Working with energy and good intention will make that even stronger and give you even better results.
Take advantage of them 🙂
