Healing & Safe Place
A Grandmother's Kitchen
An archetypal warm kitchen - bread, wood stove, cat at the window, complete welcome.
You are brought to a kitchen with a wood stove, bread baking in the oven, and a cat resting by the window. The narration settles into the warmth and the quiet safety of the room.
You simply stay there and notice the details of this welcoming place.
You stand in an archetypal warm kitchen where the air smells of bread baking and the stove is keeping the room at a steady temperature.
A cat sits by the window watching the garden and the only movement is the rise of dough or the shift of an animal. There is no work to do here and the welcome does not require anything in return.
What’s in it
An archetypal warm kitchen, bread baking, a wood stove, and a cat at the window.
Why do it
The familiar and safe elements of a grandmother's kitchen provide a comforting focus that the mind can easily engage with.
- Category
- Healing & Safe Place
- Depths
- ShortMediumLongUltra
- Lengths
- about 5m12m22m40m
- Ends
- Calm and present
- Stages
- 4
- Written after
- Original; archetypal-grandmother imagery
Timeline: Start to Finish
The standard-length build, block by block — the real sequence the app assembles, described rather than spoken.
4 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
A Grandmother's Kitchen
An archetypal warm kitchen - bread, wood stove, cat at the window, complete welcome.
After Original; archetypal-grandmother imagery
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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
A sanctuary, a healing temple, a forgiveness garden, a kept-quiet place.
Why going here does anything
A mind settles when it recognises a place that is already safe and does not need to be checked for trouble.
The cat at the window and the wood stove offer simple, steady things to look at, which is what this session spends its time on. Familiar scenery allows attention to stop looking out for problems.
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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