The procedure most associated with Hypnosis is the induction. An induction is a set of instructions or suggestions that usher in the Hypnotic state.
Hypnotic inductions typically share several common factors:
(a) engaging in a repetitive mindset,
(b) an attempt by the Hypnotist to focus your attention and shape it towards the trance state, and
(c) a recruitment of naturally-occurring, but seldom noticed, physical and mental states, for example, surprise, novelty, fatigue, boredom, and linking them together to capture your attention.
There are 20-25 methods of induction that are typically employed in Hypnosis. Inductions can be classified by the specific process or activity used to direct your attention. They include visual fixation on an object resulting in sensory restriction; eyelid heaviness and eye closure; monotony of voice with suggestions of relaxation, drowsiness, sleep, and depth; imagery of an elaborate, interesting scene; arm levitation in which feelings of lightness and floating are suggested.
If you are well-motivated, virtually any instruction that has you orientate internally, restrict your sensory awareness, and fully let the Hypnotist guide you can function as an induction.
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