"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.
"And as your footsteps follow the curve of the hallway down and around, around and down, you can feel it becoming more and more real to you as your mind fills in the details of what you experience. Perhaps you can picture warm wooden walls that brush against your fingertips as you steady yourself in your descent, or perhaps you can hear the sound of your footfalls against the gently sloping stone floor. However you want to see it in your head, that's the correct way for you. This is your mind, your pathway to the control panel at the center of your mind, and I'm only guiding you along to it.
"But whatever the hallway looks like to you, you're going to find that there are certain way posts that help to let you know just how deep you're going inside your own mind. They may appear to you as brass plaques, or signs hanging from the ceiling on chains, or even as doorways to other parts of yourself that you can explore on other trips inside your head. But each one has a number, counting down from the surface of your thoughts to the very deepest part of your subconscious. And with each one we count, you're going to feel better and sink deeper, beginning with ten.
"And as you pass ten, you're going to begin to feel a happy little tingle washing over you, a quiet and insistent pulse of pleasure that quickens your pace and makes you that much more eager and enthusiastic to follow the curve of the hallway around and down as you descend deeper into your own self. It feels warm and good, and you can enjoy the experience of it growing stronger as you pass by nine and sink even further into that placid, peaceful state of trance. You know that down at the bottom, you'll find the control panel waiting for you, and you can feel that thrill of excitement and anticipation intensifying your enjoyment.
"And now your footsteps are carrying you down past eight and on to seven, down deeper inside your own mind, and the hallway into yourself is beginning to feel more real and solid than the world around you. The pleasure is strengthening too, although perhaps it's feeling less and less like something you're doing and more like something that's happening to you. That's okay. You can let it happen. You can let your awareness of that pleasure become a part of the experience, not a part of your focus but simply a part of the backdrop as you sink down past six and feel it become even stronger, even more potent and erotic. Your mind is on the journey, and the enjoyment you receive is simply a reward for descending into trance with me.
