Thresholds
The Tide Pool
Give one rock pool your whole attention until it becomes a world, then watch the tide come back for it.
You settle by a rock pool and watch the water inside it until that small space feels like the whole world. The tide comes back in slowly and you watch that too without having to move or speak.
The session asks you to look closely at one thing.
You stand by a single rock pool and give it all your attention until it becomes a world. There is water in a hollow and a tide that is not yet here, and you are not asked to do anything about the sea.
You simply watch the small life inside the pool and notice the water returning very slowly.
What’s in it
A rock pool to focus on, and the tide coming back to reclaim it.
Why do it
By concentrating on something small, you can let go of larger concerns as the natural world continues its cycle.
- Category
- Thresholds
- Depths
- ShortMediumLongUltra
- Lengths
- about 5m12m22m40m
- Ends
- Calm and present
- Stages
- 4
- Written
- For Intropi, originally
Timeline: Start to Finish
The standard-length build, block by block — the real sequence the app assembles, described rather than spoken.
3 of the 4 stages are named techniques with a published origin, credited under each.
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InductionStage 16 min
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
A classic head-to-toe relaxation. Tense and release, or simply soften, each muscle group in sequence.
After Edmund Jacobson PMR (1929); Dave Elman Hypnotherapy · what progressive muscle relaxation is
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DeepenerStage 23 min
Staircase Descent
Visualized stairs descending into a deeper level of trance. Each step takes you down.
After Ledochowski, Deep Trance Training Manual
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JourneyStage 3about 12 min
The Tide Pool
Give one rock pool your whole attention until it becomes a world, then watch the tide come back for it.
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AwakeningStage 42 min
Calm Alert Awakening
Awake and present, but calm rather than energized. Good for evening or pre-meeting use.
After Yapko, Trancework
Where it sits
Liminal places that carry their own rhythm: a night train, the deep ocean, one bell fading, the middle of a crossing.
Why going here does anything
The tide coming back to reclaim the pool is a long slow movement that occupies the mind just by being there. Holding one small thing in view allows the other thoughts to step back for a moment.
This session spends its time on the rock pool and the water, letting the natural cycle keep the rhythm steady.
Before you press play
- 18+. Age floor set in the catalogue, not by us on the day.
Hypnosis is not for everyone. If you have epilepsy, a psychotic illness, or you are under psychiatric care, talk to your clinician before using this — here or anywhere.
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