Last updated: 18 December 2015
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
It goes just like this:
“As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.” tweet
Truer words were never spoken.
Principles ALWAYS precede methods.
Methods are an outgrowth of fundamental principles.
Principles are the latticework upon which all methods rest.
You get the point.
Trouble is – in today’s world (and especially online) it can become very difficult to determine the solid principles from the vast array of methods.
Everyone seems to have the latest, greatest method.
And yes, there are some excellent methods out there.
But BEWARE.
There are a lot of methods out there that are NOT built upon the foundations of solid principles.
And those methods – which often sound very “sexy” — are like a house built on quicksand.
My best advice:
When it comes to learning anything (and this is especially true when learning hypnosis) seek out the teachers who base their work and methods on solid principles.
There is no better advice I could give you.
Thanks for this Igor! Might there be a list of Hypnosis Principles that you can provide or link us to?
Hi Savipra
Right now we don’t have all the principles collected in a single place. We usually bring them out to teach a relevant point during one seminar or another. We ARE working on a simple document that can include something like this. When it is ready we’ll be sure to publish it here too!
All the best
i
We couldn’t agree more with you Deborah! Thank you for your writing in! 🙂
(1) Learn from successful hypnotists only. A teacher cannot teach what they do not know. There are some hypnosis teachers in my community who have set themselves up as a light unto the world via teaching hypnosis…teachers who never had a hypnosis client other than practicing what they learned from browsing the internet on their immediate family members or friends , teachers who never took any formal hypnosis training, who now want to learn hypnosis via practicing on people in their club and charging you for membership in this hypnosis club.
(2) Make sure your successful hypnotist teacher follows up with mentoring you as a novice after your hypnosis training unless you already have a mentoring relationship with another successful hypnotist. A successful hypnotist cares about people… so they are not teaching hypnosis merely to make more money for an hour of their time than they could make from actually doing hypnosis….and this means they care about you after the class is over more than giving a novice hypnotist a photocopy of a list of hypnosis books to read before kicking you to the curb to sink or swim on your own.