Motivate Children to Play with the Practice Your Instrument for Kids Script

Practicing a musical instrument can feel like a chore to kids. Some see it as a burden akin to homework. Others become frustrated by their slow pace of improvement. Either view can lead to associating musical practice with negative feelings.

The Practice Your Instrument for Kids Hypnosis Script from The Script Collection was put together to help young people think about practice in a way that makes it something more fun and meaningful.

A brief pre-talk informs the client that this session will "activate the power" of their minds to help them practice their instrument in a better, more fun, and more productive way.

The induction begins by guiding the client to make fists, take a deep breath, then let go completely. After focusing the client's attention on feelings of physical relaxation, embedded commands instruct the client to only imagine squeezing their hands into fists, then to take another deep breath and relax even more deeply.

Between five-second intervals, the client is guided to imagine a series of feelings, things, and events: playing music, a palm tree, enjoying a snack. Finally, they are led to recall playing a favorite song. An embedded command tells the client to "smile inside" as they enjoy the music and fall into a hypnotic state.

Now, the script relates a story about a young musician named Mia who plays the oboe. Before an upcoming concert, Mia contacted her hypnotherapist, hoping to get help for her performance anxiety. The therapist advised her to think about her instrument in a new way: as a friend.

The client is urged to think about their instrument's needs in the same way they consider what pets or plants need to thrive. The client is guided to think of playing music on the instrument as helping it to thrive. Practicing an instrument can thus deepen their friendship and connection to their instrument.

The client is guided to feel their connection to their instrument in the moment, despite the distance, and to "send thanks" to their instrument with the knowledge that they will make music together soon.

The relationship between player and instrument is further explained while embedded commands instruct the client to build a private, shared trust with their instrument. More commands tell the client that can play and learn the instrument in ways that are enjoyable. They are guided to view musical practice as the way to deepen their friendship until playing music feels like recreational play and they actively look forward to practice.

The client is assured that their brain is "naturally musical" and that their inner mind can strengthen that ability. The client's subconscious is directly told to strengthen the brain's musician ability, and the client is urged to feel "more naturally musical."

Now, time is shifted forward. The client is asked to picture themselves in the future, when they have already practiced for hours and hours. They are asked to ponder how it will feel to be twice as good at their instrument. From this future vantage point, the client is led to notice the deep connection they feel to their instrument, how their hands want to play music at this very moment.

The story about Mia is concluded. By the time the concert arrived, she had practiced so many times that her hands automatically knew what to do. She felt like her instrument was a loyal friend who supported her, and she enjoyed playing in front of people.

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Practice Your Instrument for Kids is also available as an MP3 download.