"This is so exciting Pru. I've never had a friend so interested in my work that they actually want to experience hypnosis for themselves. So what exactly do you need help with? Nail biting, watching your weight?", Cassandra asked her old friend. She was thrilled with Pru's surprise visit. Pru definitely seemed worked up, but Cassie was just happy to have a chance to show her friend how cool hypnosis could be.

"Cassie, could you hypnotize me to not be able to be hypnotized by anyone else?", Pru asked getting right to business, then thinking about what Cassie had said she added, "why do I look like I need to lose weight?" "No, you look better a little plumper", Cassie consoled. Not what Pru wanted to hear. Then she continued, "Well sure. Why do you want that?" "I just do, I can't really get into it right now. Can we start?", Pru hurried. Usually, she made up complicated

stories to cover for her witch escapades. Today she wasn't in the mood. "Um, ok. We are really going to have to help you unwind first though, you seem really tense." "Whatever", Pru said, "just be sure that at the end no one else can put me under." "Ok, As you sit there comfortably, sinking down into that chair and beginning to relax the body, you can just turn your attention to your breathing. Taking a good,

deep breath in and holding it now… and allowing your eyelids to fall gently shut as you let go of that breath. As you notice your breathing relaxing… finding a more soothing rhythm, you can just allow the rest of the body to relax, all those muscles becoming completely limp and slack, just like a rag doll.", Cassie said. She took a minute to notice Pru's breathing. It had steadied, just as it was supposed to. So Cassie continued.

And as you enjoy the feeling of that relaxation spreading through the body, turning your attention to the eyes. Knowing that for the time being you can relax those eyes so wonderfully deeply that so long as they remain relaxed they won’t want to open. Those eyelids so tired and heavy that they just won’t lift at all… just like they’re becoming tightly glued together, if you can imagine that… in fact, the more you try to see if you can open them, the more tightly glued

together they become…", Cassie said, as the look on Pru's face made it obvious her spell was working. "Now try and see if you can open those heavy eyelids just a bit…" Cassie paused, "That’s good… just relax now you don’t need to struggle anymore to open them…As you let go… just allowing that wonderful sense of deep relaxation to spread from your eyes down through the rest of your body. And as you experience those subtle feelings of deep physical

relaxation, deepening, and deepening… so your mind is relaxing, unwinding, enjoying a pleasant hypnotic trance.", induced Cassie as her eyes lit up. She loved seeing her subjects go under. "In a moment, to begin really deepening that trance, we can gently open and close those eyes… as I count to three you will open your eyes for a moment feeling a wave of deep relaxation enveloping your body and your mind as you do so… beginning now: one, two three, lifting those heavy eyelids…

and three, two, one… letting them fall shut once again, relaxing twice as deeply, ten times as deeply… Now that the body’s so deeply, so profoundly relaxed, you can allow the mind to enjoy an even deeper level of trance… In a moment begin counting down from 100, counting out loud, repeating the words "deeper and deeper" after each number. Each time you say the number, each time you say the words "deeper and deeper" your mind becoming twice as deeply relaxed,

ten times as deeply relaxed, sinking down into a wonderfully deep trance… As you do this you’ll find that voice, those numbers, relaxing so deeply that you quickly lose the numbers… lose the ability and the desire to keep on counting down… Beginning now, "one hundred… deeper and deeper…" that’s it, relaxing that voice, twice as deeply, ten times as deeply, losing those numbers… forgetting… leaving them behind… voice becoming weaker… fainter…"

Pru kept counting down as Cassie interspersed suggestions of deepening until she finally stopped counting. "Letting the numbers fade away… leaving them behind… your mind silent, calm, tranquil… enjoying the deepest level of trance… Losing those numbers… you just don’t need to do anything else for the time being except sit silently, relax, and enjoy that fascinating sensation of deep trance, deep, deep

trance… Can you hear my voice Pru?" "Yes" "Good, you are deeply hypnotized, and it feels so good, doesn't it Pru?" "Yes" "Excellent. Now I am going to give you two commands Pru, and I want you to follow them out very carefully. The first one is that you will find you can not be hypnotized by anyone other than me. If some

tries to put you under, you will get a sick feeling in your tummy. This feeling will distract you to the point that you can't concentrate on what they are saying to you. Do you understand?" "Yes" "Good, now secondly, you will try to get everyone you know to come see one of my shows, do you understand?", Cassie said, laughing. "Yes"

"Good, now when I count to three you will awaken. Feeling wonderful in every way, loving your hypnosis experience. 1 2 3" Pru's eyes began to flutter open. "Wow, that was nice", she said softly. She could kind of see why Piper and Phoebe fell so hard. If this guy was as good as Cassie, it was possible she may never get her sisters back. Pru knew she was in for a battle. "Cassie, do you have any show posters I could hang up at my work?", Pru asked.

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