Great post fingerlaker. This thread seems to drift and then get back on track, so appreciate your comments.
I agree with everything you said and your experiences with the heavy breathing and tossing seems to track with my experience and comments on the thread. Strangely, some nights she is a breathing machine and seems to respond and other nights very light sleeper and I just don't seem to feel I am making headway.
So, I went out to the web and looked up hypnosis techniques. There is alot of crap out there and much of it for sale. However, there is some good stuff on Hubbard, as in DL Hubbard and a few others about hypnosis while sleeping. It seems to be a serious and quick way to the subconscious. Interestingly, what we are doing is almost there but seems to lack some additional steps. Okay, so we are all doing pretty close to the same thing but the "experts on several sites consistently say this. Taken from the website.
On entering the room where your sleeping subject is, you will need to establish a rapport with them. You can do this by sitting quietly by their bedside and watching their breathing. By matching your own breathing to that of your subject for a few minutes they will become receptive to you on an unconscious level.
Gradually, change your own breathing by deliberately slowing it down - your subject should soon follow suit - don't worry if it doesn't happen instantly - they will eventually follow.
The next stage is to gently stroke one of your subject's fingers - keeping this in time with your breathing. Avoid any abrupt movements as this will disturb your subject - after a few minutes you can commence by saying (softly) the person's name, followed by:
This is your mother/father (or whatever your relationship to the subject is) here - you can hear me - but you won't wake up - you can hear me but you won't wake up.
Repeat this sentence several times. Your subject may move but even if they verbally respond at this stage it is unlikely that they are awake.
Follow this through with:
When the very deepest part of your mind is listening to me - you can let me know by moving this (index or whichever) finger - and you can still hear me - but you won't wake up.
Again, you may need to do this several times. Milton Erickson used this method with his son after he was involved in a road crash and I believe it took him several nights to achieve bringing him out of sleep and into hypnosis so do persevere.
When you get the response you're looking for, you can continue with suggestions such as:
You can talk, but you won't wake up. The very deepest part of your mind knows what your problem is and can help us to find the solution.
Or - you can give direct suggestions for whatever you're trying to achieve.
Hope this helps guys. Just adding to Heps comments and would welcome his input on the above.
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