Historically, hypnotherapy has employed primarily spoken language to induce trance and suggest change. We will learn about the nature of trance or hypnosis, and explore some underlying approaches related to the induction and use of trance.

Here, we will be focusing primarily on non-verbal inductions, but also addressing how to enhance sound healing practices with elegant linguistic patterns.

Traditional healers of all cultures have used vibrations – specifically the audible vibrations of sound and music, to induce and enhance states of healing, vision and creativity.

We will be addressing two questions: How can today’s healers and therapists better utilize music and sound healing practices; and how can those who are following the path of sound healing learn to incorporate spoken “hypnotic” language and an understanding of the “structure” of trancing, into their existing practice?

WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN: Singing bowls, tingshas and gongs to create fractal healing immersion field • Tuning fork protocols for entrainment • Hypnotic and NLP language patterns (reframing, the specificity model, embedded suggestions, etc.) • Shamanic journeying w/ drum and rattle • Vowel sounds and energy centers in the body • “Magical” Overtone singing and Sino-cranial vibration • Entrainment (The “Frequency Following Effect”)

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Peter Blum, a multi-instrumentalist, creates a unique meditational environment using large gongs, bells, cymbals, tuning forks, and his collection of over 40 Himalayan singing bowls. He has given workshops and soundhealing concerts at Omega Institute, Abode of the Message, The Intʼl Hypnosis Federation, The Graduate Institute, and yoga studios across America, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Peter is also an award-winning hypnotherapist and hypnosis instructor, who has trained hundreds in the spiritual art of hypnosis. He was inducted into the Hypnosis Hall of Fame in 2021.