Eye Fixation Hypnosis - Part 2

INDUCTION

With your eyes, I would like you to select a spot on the wall, or the ceiling, or anywhere you like, (permissive suggestion) and focus on that spot, and when you have done so, let me know by nodding your head...that's the way (pacing).

Now, as you're looking at that spot, (subject's name), you may begin to notice a fuzziness or haziness (suggestion covering all possibilities) in that spot out there. Some people find that that spot out there begins to change in shape, or size, or colour, maybe getting bigger, or smaller, or staying just the same (suggestion covering all possibilities), and you will find that your eyes have a tendency to blink, and (linking word) your eyes may gently close (permissive suggestion), all by themselves...or some people find that they are more comfortable continuing to look at that spot (permissive suggestion), which is just fine. Sometimes a kind of tunnel vision can develop when a person looks at any one spot for a length of time, and (linking word) a person can become especially absorbed in that spot way out there.

Perhaps you've already begun to notice your breathing, (subject's name), how your rate of breathing (implication) has started to change, maybe almost imperceptibly, and as you breathe in comfort and relaxation, you can begin (contingent suggestion repetition) to slow down (contingent suggestion repetition) you mind, and slow down (contingent suggestion repetition) you body with each comfortable breath in; and any nervousness or tension, you can blow that out each time you exhale (contingent suggestion repetition). That's the way..., absolutely nothing at all to do or know or change or even think about (not knowing/not doing), and it can be very comforting to know that all you really have to do is just sit there and breathe, always being in the driver's seat (metaphor), ever so gradually beginning to slow down (repetition) both your mind and your body.

Everyone, (subject's name), has experienced relaxation (truism), perhaps the warm sun on your skin on a cold (apposition of opposites) day...or a refreshing breeze blowing against your face on a hot day...or other times like driving a car, or listening to pleasant music, or something else (naturalistic trance experiences) that comes to mind...where you become more and more absorbed in a satisfying experience, where time might seem to speed up, or slow down (apposition of opposites), when a minute can seem like an hour, or an hour like a minute, or maybe it's simply a matter of losing track of time (bind of comparable alternatives).

Now, (subject's name), getting up this morning, coming over here today like you did, (sunny/cloudy, warm) day that it is outside, waiting for a while in the waiting room, then walking down that hall and coming in here, and sitting down there (truism), I know that you can begin to experience a very enjoyable sense of relaxation (suggestion). I can't know if, with the front part of your mind, you wondered about going lightly and swiftly into a moderate state of relaxation, or instead, with the back part of your mind (conscious/unconscious double bind), you imagined going more slowly and profoundly into a deeper state of trance, which can be like an entrance into another state (pun/embedded meaning), but it really doesn't matter because whatever happens is okay, as the experience is yours and yours alone, private and internal, something for you to enjoy and appreciate.

Now (subject's name), while I'm talking to you today, you will hear an occasional pause...or silence (seeding) ...times when there are no words, and those can be times to let your experience deepen...a pause...or a silence (seeding 'activated') ...and you may hear every word I say, or the words might drift in, and drift out. At the same time, you will begin to notice feelings that invariably happen in your body...perhaps a tingling or numbness in one hand, or both hands, or maybe a coolness or warmth, or heaviness or lightness, or some other curious feeling (suggestion covering all possibilities). These feelings or sensations usually happen in a person's extremities, but they may occur somewhere else in your body, effortlessly, all by themselves, without any conscious attempt on your part (involuntariness), or simply as a part of letting go just a bit at a time. One person (metaphor) one time said (s)he could detect a definite heaviness in (her) his feet and (s)he could hardly move those (dissociation) feet, almost like (s)he was wearing very heavy Western boots. Another person (metaphor) commented that (her) his hands felt detached (dissociation) from the rest of (her) him while at the same time (s)he was very aware of (her) his toes as (s)he curled them up inside (her) his shoes. One (wo)men (metaphor) reported that (s)he noticed an interesting prickliness in (her) his scalp, along with dryness in (her) his mouth. I remember one person (metaphor) who was intrigued by an itchiness in (her) his right ear lobe, strange as that might seem. Whatever feelings you begin to notice, they are your experience, and yours alone, all part of becoming more and more deeply and comfortably relaxed (repetition) ...(pause) (seeding 'activated') ...Noticing those feelings, you can begin to appreciate, really appreciate and enjoy, both your body and your mind slowing down, deeper and deeper, into a very comfortable state of relaxation (repeition) ...(pause)(seeding 'activated')...

Many people find it interesting, maybe even curious (hypnotic language), how they can pay attention to what's going on inside - feelings, thoughts, and sensations - and also focus on what's going on outside at the same time. On the outside - the feeling of the chair beneath you, those (dissociation) hands out there, and the word - after all it's your ears I'm speaking to (dissociation) ... at the same time it's also common, to have part of you noticing the process (hidden observer) , noticing you going into trance, just wondering about it all. We call this "the hidden observer," and it's rather interesting how all these things can be going on at the same time, and all the while you can be in the driver's seat (metaphor). One person one time called this controlling letting go, while another called it letting go of control (bind of comparable alternatives), and I still get confused by the two of them.

Everybody's mind has a front part and a back part, the front part that pays attention to your breathing, and the words, and the feelings developing in your body; and the back of the mind, the part that is like the big part of an iceberg (unconscious process) ...you don't see it, but you know it's there, underneath the water, watchful, waiting, cautious, private...deep inside...inside there where you have your imagination, and itutition, the part of your mind that can help you now when you need it the most...

That's the way, (subject's name), breathing comfortably, more and more deeply relaxed, nothing consciously to do or know or think about (not knowing/not doing), letting it happen all by itself.

Now (subject's name), before starting out down the road, it can be very comfortable to open the door, and then sit there behind the wheel, being the one who drives (metaphor)...Once out on the road, a person speeds up, and then slows down (apposition of opposites). Speeding up, and other times slowing down (suggestion). More and more deeply and comfortably relaxed, breathing in, and breathing out.