You’re Getting Very Sleepy

cent-lit hallway, up a set of narrow wooden stairs, and into a room filled with natural light, leatherbound books, and antique globes. He does not live in this 17th-floor Gold Coast suite, though it looks as if he could, so aptly are the rooms an expression of him: bright, peaceful, calmly enthralling. His certifications hang on the wall: National Guild of Hypnotists, American Board of Hypnotherapy. I have come here as a hopeful skeptic and must admit that the space makes a persuasive argument in favor of the benefits of the kind of internal navigation through which hypnotherapists seek to guide their clients. Crimson, gold, and cream dominate the color scheme, and there’s a veritable forest of gold leaf. Icons and images of haloed saints create a syncretic atmosphere of inner questing and curiosity. A painting of an angel taking flight rests on a music stand.