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We slip into trance constantly—scrolling, zoning out in meetings, losing track of time in the feed. These are states engineered to harness our attention for someone else’s profit. But what if we learned to enter trance on purpose, to redirect that same faculty toward our own transformation?
This seminar treats hypnosis as a practice of attentional sovereignty: the deliberate use of focused awareness to create a state change in consciousness. Drawing from Daniel Siegel’s interpersonal neurobiology, Lisa Feldman-Barrett’s work on the brain, and Jonathan Gottschall’s concept of the "storytelling mind," we’ll consider critical perspectives on trance as a bodily, mystical, and relational phenomenon—a mode of perception through which the self becomes porous and new potentials more accessible.
Through guided exercises, demonstrations, and group practice, participants will critically situate hypnosis traditions within a broader cultural context, experience trance phenomena firsthand, and explore their uses for creativity, self-direction. Together we’ll ask: how might reclaiming our attention become an act of resistance—one that brings us closer to a world we choose?
Led by hypnosis educator Désirée Eckert.
Classes on Tuesdays, 6:45 - 9:15pm EST
April 14th-28th
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Please see our Refund Policy HERE.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Photo by Antonie Geiger
We slip into trance constantly—scrolling, zoning out in meetings, losing track of time in the feed. These are states engineered to harness our attention for someone else’s profit. But what if we learned to enter trance on purpose, to redirect that same faculty toward our own transformation?
This seminar treats hypnosis as a practice of attentional sovereignty: the deliberate use of focused awareness to create a state change in consciousness. Drawing from Daniel Siegel’s interpersonal neurobiology, Lisa Feldman-Barrett’s work on the brain, and Jonathan Gottschall’s concept of the "storytelling mind," we’ll consider critical perspectives on trance as a bodily, mystical, and relational phenomenon—a mode of perception through which the self becomes porous and new potentials more accessible.
Through guided exercises, demonstrations, and group practice, participants will critically situate hypnosis traditions within a broader cultural context, experience trance phenomena firsthand, and explore their uses for creativity, self-direction. Together we’ll ask: how might reclaiming our attention become an act of resistance—one that brings us closer to a world we choose?
Led by hypnosis educator Désirée Eckert.
Classes on Tuesdays, 6:45 - 9:15pm EST
April 14th-28th
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Please see our Refund Policy HERE.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Photo by Antonie Geiger