Wild Landscapes
Totality
Stand in the two minutes when the day stops, the birds go quiet, and the sky shows you something it usually hides.
Totality puts you in a field for the two minutes when daylight stops, the birds fall quiet, and the sky reveals a crown usually hidden from view. You simply stand there and watch the change happen.
No action is required.
A wide open field under a sky that briefly goes dark in the middle of the day. The birds stop singing and the air cools down around you.
You stand still in the grass and watch an event that requires nothing from you other than looking up.
What’s in it
Two minutes of quiet day, still birds, and a sky revealed in its totality.
Why do it
A moment of silence and stillness can offer a fresh perspective, opening your mind to new insights.
- Category
- Wild Landscapes
- Depths
- ShortMediumLongUltra
- Lengths
- about 8m15m27m42m
- Ends
- Calm and present
- Stages
- 4
- Written
- For Intropi, originally
The Totality Route
You find yourself in a grassy field with strangers gathered, all eyes turned upward. The light shifts, the air cools, and the birds stop singing as the sky changes.
- Lightflat, metallic, drained of warmth
- Aircrisp, cool, static charge
- Soundcrickets chirping, profound silence
- Grass underfootsoft, still, anchored
The way through
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The hillside
Strangers gather, eyes upward
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The false twilight
Light shifts, air cools
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The return
Light and sound return
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 15 min
Totality
A wide open field where daylight stops, the birds go quiet, and the sky reveals itself.
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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 this place comes from
The image of standing beneath a celestial event draws on a long tradition of witnessing rare phenomena. Cultures worldwide have marked eclipses as moments of awe and reflection.
The simplicity of the scene—a field, a sky, a moment—lets the mind settle on one vast event. This kind of visual and sensory focus has been a classic tool for shifting perspective.
Questions people ask
What if I fall asleep during the journey?
The app's closing stage gently brings you back to awareness, even if you drift off.
Do I have to believe in hypnosis for this to work?
No belief is required. You simply focus on the imagery and let the experience unfold.
Is the totality I see real or imagined?
The totality is guided imagery, but its impact on your mind and perspective is very real.
Can I stop the journey if I feel uncomfortable?
Yes, you can open your eyes or pause the audio at any point.
Where it sits
Mountains, deserts, glaciers, migrating wings, and the sky opening above them.
Why going here does anything
A vast and rare event overhead gives the mind one big thing to settle on. The silence and the visual shift do the heavy lifting because a mind occupied with the spectacle is not busy with anything else.
It is a very specific, very loud kind of quiet.
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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