*2.4.1 Direct suggestion*

*Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis*

*2.3.8 Eye fixation*

*2.3.9 Breathing countdown*

The procedure is as follows:

• Each exhale counts as one interval.

from a higher number [25].

to increase effectiveness [25].

direct and indirect based on schools of thought [25].

**2.4 Hypnotic suggestions**

self-hypnosis.

*2.3.10 Body scan*

*2.3.7 Falling backward/sudden shack*

however, certainly the subject will not be dropped [25].

mind to suggestion and keeps the conscious occupied [25].

• Close your eyes and sit upright in a chair, arms on your lap.

• Breathe deep through the nose and out through the mouth.

• Using slow controlled breaths, countdown from 100.

Shocked subjects can enter into a trance; a woman's foot was once stepped by Erickson, which was followed by suggestion. The sensation of falling backward, "trust fall," a milder version, shocks the system and opens the mind to suggestion;

Take for instance a situation when you find yourself "zoning out" and staring at an interesting item in the room while someone is talking. If you will completely miss what the person talking said, you may have been in a trance. One of the famous objects used in trance induction is "power pendulum" or a "swinging pocket watch" although any object can be used to achieve that. The object opens the subconscious

In meditation, controlled breathing is used, it can as well act as an easy form of

• At the end you may be in a trance. If not continue the exercise counting down

Body scan is a popular method employed in self-hypnosis. Scanning begins from top of the body with your eyes closed, scan down slowly from the head to the feet. Every sensation should be noticed, your breath expanding the ribcage, chair on your back, the feet on the ground, each finger extended and the pain in your elbow. This process should be repeated from the bottom to the top, the scanning up and down should be continued until you enter trance. Other hypnotic induction techniques such as countdown breathing and relaxation can be stacked with body scan

The desired behavior to be performed by the client is referred to as suggestion. After a hypnotized person enters trance (a state in which the subject is more open to influence), post-hypnotic suggestions are delivered. Suggestions are classified into

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An explicit command to perform certain action is known as a direct suggestion in conversational hypnosis. It is a powerful tool though viewed as unethical because of the authority or power a hypnotist has over the client. With this method, the client does not control the decision to change behavior. Some classical direct suggestions include:

