I found the really in-depth guide written by Isabella Valentine on achieving a deeper trance, and trance tips/advice etc, while I was looking for tips, I remembered she wrote up this guide years ago but I couldn't find it on the new sites, had to go back to wayback archive, cause I'm trying to learn how I can get hypnosis to work better, and get to trance easier, decided to post it here too if anyone else wants to read it, its pretty gud, tackles common misconceptions and provides practical and honest advice.
This can also be a thread about sharing tips and advice and other guides for achieving trance, deeper trances, and gitting gud at erohypno. I'm gonna try to keep the formatting the same as the original too, buckle in, its quite long
"Experience a Deeper Trance"
The main thing to remember is that hypnosis is mainly just following instructions. As long as you can follow instructions and obey every command, you can be hypnotized.
If you are told, “Close your eyes and relax them. Allow them to become so tight that you are unable to open them. And only try to open them when you are positive they will not. “
Think about those statements for a moment. You were given a command telling you to close your eyes. Simple. Close them. If you are told to allow them to become tight, then allow them to become tight. If you are told to only attempt to open them when you are sure they will not, well you were only instructed to obey commands. Right?
If you say or think, “I wasn’t hypnotized because I opened my eyes,” well all you’re saying is that you chose to disobey simple instructions. If you want to be hypnotized, you simply have to follow instructions. It’s that easy.
>Do you want to be hypnotized?
Then all you have to do to experience a deep trance is follow instructions. I know you want to be hypnotized, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. So do yourself a favor and teach yourself the art of hypnotic obedience. Obeying is easy. It really is. *Read this sentence.* See? I just gave a command and you obeyed it (you read “Read this sentence” and followed through by actually reading it). You didn’t even have to think about it. You just did it. You read it because you wanted to read it. The same thing applies with hypnosis. When you learn the art of obeying commands instantly without questioning the instructions, you’ll experience a deeper, fulfilling trance.
Contrary to what some people may believe, a hypnotist doesn’t DO anything to you. A hypnotist can’t magically open up your brain and make your arm move. Hypnosis doesn’t work that way. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. Ask any certified, qualified hypnotist and they’ll give you the same answer. That basically means that you’re hypnotizing yourself and you’re simply using My voice as a guide to experience the trance more fully.
If you are told, “Relax your arms and notice how extremely light they become as they rest on your lap. And as they become lighter, you may find they begin to float in the air all by themselves. Higher and higher…”
Think about that for a second. You’ve been given a simple command to relax your arms. Right? So allow them to relax. It’s as simple as obeying a Dominatrix who is giving you an instruction. If you are told to notice how light they are becoming, then tell your mind to follow My instruction and imagine your arms extremely feather-like. Once you realize how EASY it is to become hypnotized, then it will become more effortless. But being a great subject takes a lot of practice. Are you willing to practice at being a great subject to experience the deepest trances?
Your time is valuable. If you follow instructions the FIRST time, you’ll notice how easy it becomes to be hypnotized the second and third time. The only time hypnosis becomes less effective is when a client disobeys a command. If you really want to be hypnotized, simply obey. It’s really that simple. If you are told to imagine something, imagine it. If you are told to do something, do it. If you are told to say something, say it. If I tell you to think something, think it. Otherwise, you’re resisting the hypnosis and that defeats the purpose of why you are here. You do want to be hypnotized don’t you? Then tell yourself, “This is working” and let it work. If you have difficulty letting go of your resistance, then simply pretend it works. For many people, the technique of “pretending the hypnosis works” allows them to go deeply into a trance. Perhaps that method may work for you.
Keep in mind that hypnosis takes practice. Many people listen to recordings for years before going into a deeeeep trance. Hypnosis takes practice. Some people can go into a deep trance the very first time. Others it can take longer to learn the art of going into a deep, hypnotic trance.