Welcome to the ESRT builder! I applaud you for being willing to take the creative steps to make this therapeutic technique your own, and embrace the freedom it gives your clients in terms of what they become and where they can go with it. Feel free to use already recorded meditations and scripts as a reference through this building process.
Here is a compiled list, organized by Element or natural placement, for you to sort through with your clients. You can either start by reading off the list of a client’s desired element, or left to right going through all of the options. Many options exist in-between and outside of what is listed, so keep it up with creativity. Make sure the natural feature isn’t too big, or it might create too much dissolution within their sense of self
| Water/Fluid | Earth/Rock | Wood/Plant | Air | Other |
| Mountain Spring | Volcano | Individual Tree | Northern Wind | Star |
| Mountain Lake | Island | Individual Plant | Eastern Wind | Black Hole |
| Prairie Lake | Beach | Flowering Plant | Southern Wind | Nebula |
| Swamp/Marsh | Iceberg/Glacier | Forest | Western Wind | Bacteria |
| River | Seaside Cliff | Rainforest | Tornado | |
| River/Reservoir | Tundra Mountain | Oasis | Hurricane | |
| River/Waterfall | Forested Mountain | Grassland | Atmosphere | |
| Geyser | Desert Steppe | Mycelial Network | Smoke | |
| Sea | Sand Dune | Vapor | ||
| Ocean Reef | Meteor/Asteroid | Cloud | ||
| Bay | Gemstone/Geode | Fog | ||
| Inlet | Layer of Sediment |
As you see from this list, the possibilities of what someone can be are near endless. I’m still awaiting the right session to turn someone into the sun itself and to somatically process through internal chemical reactions such as Solar Flares and Nuclear Fusion!
Once you know what you are turning your client into, it’s now time to organize it all! After bringing the client into hypnosis with an Induction and into the setting where the feature is through an Entryway, you can begin the Ego Dissolution process of turning them into that natural features material, starting from their skin layer, then the muscle layer, the organs, then finally the bones left behind becoming that element. After dissolution is reached, we Build Proprioception, by having them orient where their somatic self is, such as what part of the sand dune they are is their heart, or where their lungs are within them as a rainforest. Using the examples below, you have them undergo Somatic Processing to release presenting issue. After that you can Introduce a Medicine Animal that may be real or mystical. The final step of processing before rebirth is Release of Incongruous Inner Parts, where in a state of stillness they allow an inner part that is no longer them to leave their body as the feature of nature they have become. Finally, bring the client through Rebirth, having their human body reform from the natural material they have become.
Feel free to rearrange the inner experiences as you feel needed. The steps are Induction – Entryway – Ego Dissolution – Build Proprioception – Somatic Processing – Introducing Medicine Animal – Release of Incongruous Inner Parts – Rebirth
Here are the examples of Eco-Somatic Processes to guide your client through. Replace X with their presenting issue or with their desired feeling. Remember, any natural change can be used to simulate a Somatic Process
| Client as Water | Client as Plant | Client as Earth | Client as Air |
| Water Evaporating X away | Photosynthesizing sunlight into X | Erosion by water, removing X | Steam Condensing, adding X |
| Animal drinking water, removing X | Releasing oxygen, removing X | Erosion by wind, removing X | Wind shifting them, changing X |
| Plants removing X | Absorbing water nearby, adding X | Landslide, removing X | Tornado removing/adding X |
| Rain, adding X | Pulling minerals from the ground, adding X | Earthquake, removing/shifting X | Air Pressure creating X |
| Water Infiltration (soaking into surrounding) | Fruit falling, removing X | Wildfire, removing X from surface | Bird’s wings, removing X |
| Spring, leaking/removing X | Branch falling and being regrown, replacing X | Decomposing plant, adding X | Dispersion, releasing X |
| Plant being carved, inspiring X | Pressure building over time, creating X | Rain, releasing X |
If you don’t feel comfy replicating this technique on a whim, I highly recommend preparing this before your session with a client. You are capable of amazing creation, so trust in your own innerstanding of nature and you will create great magic.
