Hypnosis is focused attention plus vivid imagination, with your critical guard softened—not gone. You stay awake, you stay in control, and you can speak, move, or stop at any time. Think of it as using the part of your mind that already knows how to focus deeply and learn quickly.

Highway drift: On your way to work or the store you drive several miles and can’t recall each turn. Part of you steered; another part wandered. That selective focus is hypnosis.
Book/movie absorption: You tear up at a story you know is fiction. Your body follows imagination. That’s hypnosis.
Child’s pretend play: A kid puts on a cape and becomes brave. Heart rate, posture, voice all shift. Adults do this too—we just call it “mindset.”
Athlete’s pre-shot routine: Same breath, same stance, same cue; the world narrows. That ritual is a doorway to a helpful trance.
Bedside drowsy moments: As you drift, suggestions land more easily. We use a cleaner, safer version of that doorway in session.

Set outcome and safety: We agree on what you want to feel/do instead. I outline the path and your controls (you can signal, pause, or stop).
Induction: I guide your attention with breath, sensation, simple tasks (like focusing your eyes or a point on your hands). Your thinking mind gets something easy to do; your deeper mind opens.
Deepening: Gentle fractionation (opening/closing eyes, counting) and sensory focusing bring you to that “quieter floor.”
Working phase: Depending on your goal, we’ll use a mix of (a) direct suggestion, (b) memory work done safely from your adult perspective, (c) parts dialogue (“the part that wants X vs. the part that wants Y”), and (d) mental rehearsal so your brain and body practice success now.
Future placement: We imagine the next real moment you’ll need the change and direct the response—like a musician running the measure slowly and correctly so it’s there at tempo.
Emergence: You return alert, oriented, clear-headed—often relaxed, focused and feeling fantastic.

Children show us the template: “as-if” becomes “so-it-feels,” which becomes “so-I-do.” Adults can harness the same pathway without pretending. In hypnosis, imagery and words are treated by the nervous system as rehearsal. Practice the right moves in trance and you shorten the distance to doing them in life.

Your part (what makes hypnosis work best)
• Be willing, not perfect. Curiosity beats effort.
• Follow the instructions as if they’ll work and notice what happens (report, don’t judge).
• Use your imagination on purpose—pictures, sounds, sensations, or inner speech all count.
• Tell the truth about what you notice; I’ll adapt in real time.

Before your first session
• Light meal, easy clothes, phone on silent.
• One clear outcome (“When this is working, I will…”) rather than a biography of problems.
• Plan a little quiet time afterward so your mind can consolidate.

After a session
• Don’t “test” compulsively. Live your day and let the new pattern show up.
• Drink water, move your body, sleep well.
• Expect ripple effects—small, steady shifts are normal and valuable.

“What if I can’t be hypnotized?”

If you can focus long enough to worry, daydream, read, or scroll, you can be guided—assuming you want the result.

“What if I fall asleep?”

I’ll notice and adjust; learning still lands, but we aim for relaxed alertness.

“Will I lose control?”

No. Hypnosis gives you more choices, not fewer.

“How fast will it work?”

Many feel changes right away; bigger patterns often shift across a handful of sessions, NordVaka provides support between sessions with customized support recordings and materials to help you achieve the results you want.