The Best Hypnotic Subject: The Somnambulist

Are you right-brained or left-brained?  Do you know the difference?  Well, how right- or left-brained you are can affect how open you may be to hypnosis and the way in which a hypnotherapist may approach hypnotising you.

The Somnambulist (literal meaning: ‘sleep walker’) is someone who can use both sides of the brain in equal parts and because of this, is the type of person who responds well to hypnosis, sometimes without the need for a formal induction.  Here is a great article that describes the theory behind this phenomenon.