Good First Visit Induction: Sensi-Motor Technique

Make sure hands placed on thighs. Feet flat on floor.

PATTER: I want you to look down at one of your hands (pause). Which hand have you chosen please? Fine, continue to look at your hand in an easy, dreamy sort of way. Easily and effortlessly, as opposed to a hard concentration. Now take a slow deep breath.

As you sit there, perfectly still, motionless, that's not really true, because when you stop to think about it, no matter how still you are, there is always some movement, some motion taking place in your body. For example, your heart is beating. The beating of your heart is motion EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SITTING STILL As a matter of fact, many people can feel their heart beat if they concentrate on it. You're breathing, your lungs function. THIS IS MOTION EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SITTING STILL.

So you see , EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SITTING STILL there is always some motion, some movement taking place within your body. AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, as you look at your hand, you're going to notice some motion of some sort. You may notice it visually or feel it. A finger might twitch a muscle or a nerve. Different people, of course, have different reactions. Occasionally, the hand feels heavy.

But usually, and this is the most interesting thing you probably will be interested in seeing; usually the hand begins to feel light. It's going to feel lighter and lighter. Soon your hand will feel so light, that it will just want to float up, as though my hand is drawing it up. I want you to let your hand do whatever it wants. Don't help it, don't hinder it. As it begins to feel lighter and lighter it will start to lift up. It probably wants to lift up now. If it feels like it does, just let it lift up.

Lighter and lighter, things are moving now. Think as though my hand is actually drawing it up. It gets lighter and lighter. Lighter and lighter, starting to lift up now, higher and higher. Imagine I am tying a string to your hand and it is attached to a large helium filled balloon, floating above your head. As you know, helium is lighter than air so it rises. It makes your hand lighter and lighter. Higher, and higher. Let your hand start to rise higher and higher. Keep going and point out motion until hand off leg.

AFTER HAND OFF LEG

As you watch your hand rise, you begin to feel a sense of relaxation. Higher, and higher. All the muscles of your body, especially your eye muscles, will soon feel so relaxed you'll want to close your eyes. But please do not close your eyes until your hand touches your face. Even though you would like to close your eyes, don't do it until your hand touches your face.

Your hand will rise progressively faster and faster until it touches your face. Then you can close your eyes because I know you would like to do that, but please do not close them until your hand touches your face. Let it go higher and higher. It's approaching your face. You would like to close your eyes now, but don't do that. Don't close your eyes.

Let your hand go up, and soon it will be touching your face. It's touching your face now, close your eyes and sink into deep relaxation. And now you can slowly lower your hand and arm. And as your hand goes down slowly, your relaxation deepens further.

And when your hand touches your leg, you will go twice as deep. As your hand goes down slowly, you relax deeper and deeper. Almost as if you're going to sleep, but of course, you are not going to sleep, you know that. Just let your hand drop and go twice as deep, easing into relaxation.

You're perfectly aware of all your surroundings. You may hear sounds in the background but they will not bother you in any way. The only sound you will be interested in will be the sound of my voice.