If someone has a previous experience of hypnosis, we can simply ask them to recall their previous experience, and encourage focus and absorption and comment as always on the expected physiological changes [ratifying them].

The very first day I met Erickson, there was a psychologist there also who had visited the previous day. Erickson simply asked him to show me what had happened that previous day, and to my amazement, he drifted into a delightful trance without any additional input from Erickson. By recalling his experience, he also recalled it in totality and re-experienced it naturally and easily.

This make perfect sense to me now, but at the time, when I was expecting a traditional "induction" I was perplexed.

If someone is a meditator, we can invite them to begin to meditate and allow our voice to become part of there meditation.

If someone has some previous experience of guided imagery or relaxation, we can simply invite them to recall whatever that experience was ... and ... off we go!

In this video, we can see how easily the client re-experiences her meditation and relaxation and readily becomes focused and absorbed in her experience ... easy hypnosis happens respectfully to everyone's benefit and satisfaction.

As you are watching, what can you notice as the earliest sign of hypnosis developing? 

If you're listening [make sure not while driving!!!] what do you notice in yourself?