RELAXATION AND HEALING SCRIPT

This free hypnosis script is partly spiritual, partly therapeutic. It uses a metaphor for letting go, to visualise your life as something you can put into perspective. The metaphor allows the listener to dissociate from the day to day and focus on what matters.
The basic metaphor continues the 'drifting' 'floating' imagery of the induction by putting the client into a cloud where they get surrounded by healing, and then look down on their life from that position.

 

 

 

Induction Section

	Evoke the Relaxation Response
	S0 settle back now, get comfortable... and close your eyes.....
	Now take a deep breath, and hold it.... and .... just let it all go.... ahhhh...That's good...		Start releasing tension
	When you are ready.... take another deep breath...... and as you do... lift your shoulders up... and as you breath out.... let them slump down and relax.		Let go muscle tension
	Now lift your arms slightly.... and on the next breath out... let them drop back naturally.... and relax your whole body		Let go muscle tension
	And I wonder if you could imagine what it would be like if your arms and legs had become so heavy ... that you just could not move them... that they felt as if they were made of lead...	D	Dissociation
	...and just allow that heaviness to grow
	... and now I would like you to focus on your breathing.... just become aware of the gentle in and out of your breath...	D	Dissociation
	And as you think about your breathing... with each breath out... just allow your body to relax more...	I	Dissociation
	and you could become curious as to exactly how relaxed you can be...
	...and focusing on each breath out will let you relax and settle down a little deeper... each time you breathe out....		Deepening
	...while you think about that....		Ambiguity
	and a little more relaxation after every breath... that's good....	D	Deepening
	and continue breathing gently... relaxing....
	And as an experiment, for the next ten breaths.... you could start counting each breath out... counting down from ten down to one.... as you breathe out... say the next number under your breath... or think of the next number... if you can...	I	Deepening
	allowing each breath to relax you more... and as you relax completely ...as you say each number quietly to yourself... you might find that those numbers are disappearing....you may find it harder and harder to know what number comes next... and you can relax those numbers away... if you want to... those numbers can just disappear completely... with each gentle breath.... as you drift down and down...	I	Make the listener aware that they are in trance now
	And as you become aware of that at some level... that means that things are going exactly the way they should be...		Reassurance
	... and your mind is opening to new possibilities...	D	Seeding

 

CLOUD METAPHOR SECTION

	Healing light --> Power --> capability to change
	And I wonder if you can imagine lying on a large... soft.... fluffy cloud....
	and you are feeling safe... and warm... and supported...		Reassurance
	and in that big fluffy cloud you can feel yourself... gently sinking... sinking into a wonderfully soft... velvety... comfort...		Deepening
	and all around you... are tiny puffs of cloud... glowing in the sunlight... like soft showers of warm rainbow colours...
	and as you go down and down into that cloud there is a wonderful luminous light ... inside that cloud... coming from all directions... a light that fills the air...
	and as you lie there breathing gently.... that light begins to touch your face, your hair, your body... and you can wonder at the different ways you experience that light...
	and that light is gently... softly... gradually... going into your body... like the sun on a warm afternoon... healing and soothing... making you feel so good ... that gentle healing light continues.... gently.... persistently.... gradually... moving.... touching... penetrating through your skin.... and breathing brings it into your body... through your mind...
	gradually filling every part of you... with a wonderful healing cleansing... invigorating.... renewing.... rejuvenating... feeling ... and maybe you can sense something opening... releasing ... unlocking...
Capability	and as that light enters the deepest darkest corners... it releases a feeling... of discontent... a stirring... of power...
Capability	This power is allowing you .... almost as if you were being reborn... to start afresh.... to really think about how you can change... about how this power is being transferred to you... from within that cloud all round you...		Seeding change
	and maybe you can feel that now... from that wonderful gentle soft infusing light... filling you so that you are part of that healing cloud... and that cloud is part of you... and you are safe and warm... cradled and snuggled...
	and that cloud supporting you as you gently drift... down and down... deeper and deeper ... wonderful wonderful feeling of lightness that you can have....
	Metaphor for change
	And in that cloud.... separated from everything... safe and warm... relaxed... you might want to think about your life... your situation... you might find that you can imagine things are further away... and floating above them... and you might already have started seeing things from a different perspective... things can look different, smaller, less important....
	and from a distance... things can lose their colour... get dimmer... fade into the background.... can't they?
	and looking down at things... from inside... a cloud... the whole landscape can be seen.... And you might become aware that old things can bring up new ideas... when you see them at a distance... their shapes might be different... it can be a surprise to find that some things are no longer there... landscapes constantly change, don't they?
	And that change might be so slow that it is only when you can see the whole picture at once, that you notice that what you thought was fixed and immovable, has actually altered, and everything around it has altered too.
	Maybe you haven't noticed yet, but when people begin to question old ideas, old assumptions... even a little, they begin to accept that things do change, slowly perhaps, but everything does change.... and it might take a new perspective to realise that change has already begun happening... is happening now....
	And it can be subtle, or dramatic, that realisation. The conscious mind... might not be aware... of what the unconscious mind already knows.
	And once change happens... it goes on... and everything round about it also moves and flows and finds new ways of being and feeling, and new freedoms can be emerging even if they aren't apparent yet.
	And you may be curious as whether you will find that acceptance happening quickly or emerging slowly... or perhaps some part of you knows that it has already happened...		all alternatives
	And you can choose to experience things differently from now on... to see things in a different light... to stand back and take a different perspective...	D	dissociation
Rule	Because nothing stays the same, does it? And as things change, as people realise things have changed, they change too, don't they?		Truism
	And you can take some time now... to think... to realise... to become aware ... to wonder about... the many ways that you could know by.... of how things are different... and the many ways that things can transform themselves over time...
	And take some time now.... as long as you need... to think about these things and the other things.... and that emerging awareness....
	And enjoy that feeling of warmth and safety and comfort that the cloud can give you... while you do that....

 

REORIENTATION SECTION

	YOU KNOW YOU HAVE CHANGED
	And when you are ready... when you have done everything you need to do... made all the transformations you want to see... felt the difference of being different....
Identity	And knowing that something really has changed....
Identity	that deep down inside there is something.... opening... loosening...
	Then you can begin the process of coming back to the present... but in the meantime... take whatever time you need....
	and then count to yourself from five up to one... and when you get to one, you will be back in the present, fully alert, and ready for the rest of your day....
	So just take as long as you need now...and come back to the present when you know that the process of change is starting and will continue...