"Before we begin, I'd like to describe the goals we're going to be working to achieve with today's session. If these goals don't interest you, or if you don't feel safe and comfortable with them, you can simply make the choice to stop listening and find a different experience to enjoy. You are always in control of your trance state, and any suggestions you hear will only apply if you feel safe and comfortable accepting them.
"The goal of today's trance is to train you to enjoy play that removes your ability to speak or vocalize, in situations and to degrees that are safe and comfortable for you to do so. There are no specific hypnotic triggers I'm asking you to accept--we're going to teach your mind to recognize situations that are invitations to silence yourself, and to enjoy those experiences when they occur. This is more flexible and open-ended than a trigger, and may result in you losing your ability to make sounds unexpectedly... although, again, only when it is safe and comfortable for you to do so.
"Although there are points in this session where you may be encouraged to pay less conscious attention to the hypnotist, there are no direct amnesia suggestions incorporated into this session, and no suggestions or triggers that are intended to be forgotten after the session is over. Even so, spontaneous amnesia does happen to some people during hypnosis, so you may find yourself experiencing difficulty recalling details of the trance experience. If you enjoy forgetting your trances, your mind is going to work to make that happen. You have permission to remember or to forget as much of this session as you want--again, within the boundaries of what is safe and comfortable for you.
"This session contains permissive language directing you to disrobe and touch yourself. If you believe you will have difficulty resisting these instructions, please wait until you have some privacy to begin. If you do not feel safe or comfortable following any of the described suggestions or instructions, this would be a good place for you to stop. Otherwise, please get comfortable for me so that we can begin.
"And the proper place to begin, when we're seeking to do something as direct and physical as putting your voice on mute, is your mind's control panel. Now, you may not have known before today that your mind had its own control panel, or it may already be a very familiar concept to you. But when you think about it, it only makes sense that your consciousness would have a control center of some sort. Every complex system has a control center, and your brain and body are among the most complex systems of all.
"And if that control panel is controlling your entire conscious mind, then it only makes sense that you'd find it deep within your subconscious. So I'd like you to close your eyes for a moment and come down with me to that deep place in the center of yourself where the control panel is located. Just imagine the two of us standing in front of a door that leads into your deep self, standing in front of it and opening it to reveal a long, gently sloping passage that slowly curves in on itself. It's a spiral ramp, and you know that as you descend it, you're going to go deeper and deeper inside your own mind until you reach the point where everything is controlled from.
"And because we want this to be an enjoyable experience for you, one that you'll want to take with me again and again as you train yourself to become wonderfully silent and still when instructed, you can imagine as you pass through the door and down the spiral hallway that every step becomes more and more pleasurable for you, more and more enjoyable and enticing as you descend. If it helps you to imagine that pleasure, and if you're in a situation where you feel comfortable taking your clothes off and touching your body, you can do so. Just let yourself drift deeper and deeper into peace and pleasure as you imagine yourself following the spiral down and around.