Step #3 Teach Relaxation Response ( teach the induction and practice it with them)

OK, let's begin. Ready? You know, the national Institute of Health recently recommended Meditation, Bio-feedback ad Hypnosis for stress relief and pain reduction. We've found that a similar method of mental conditioning and relaxation will reduce your stress and allow you to be calm and relaxed, thus reducing you need for drugs and will speed your recovery time.

NOW, its a very simple and straight forward method that we use here because we've eliminated any extraneous bells and whistles and streamlined the process for maximum effectiveness and ease of use. That way you'll remember to do it for yourself and enjoy positive results. Sound good? Great. So what we'll do is learn the technique first, practice it a bit so you feel comfortable with it, and then see how you can use it. This is how it goes: I'm going to count to 3. On 1, close your eyes... At 2, with your eyes closed, look up as if you're trying to see the inside of your head... And as you keep looking up there, take a deep breath in and hold it for a count of three...1 - 2 - 3. and at three, just let go... exhale, let your eyes relax and let your body go all limp, like a rag doll, loose and lazy-like, your limbs heavy - that's right. O.K.? Any questions? Great lets try it again for practice.............................(Repeat above process)

OK, one more time for good luck................(Repeat again)

Step #4 Utilization of the Trance ( future pace use of relaxation response, ego strengthening suggestions, direct and indirect, metaphors for endpoints)

And now you can just stay relaxed this time, and I'll tell you a few things that are important. You'll hear everything you need to hear, and remember everything you need to remember. In your mind's eye, I'd like you to go to a comfortable place that you find relaxing. A place where you can goof off, cool out and regroup. For some people, this could be a body of water like a lake or the ocean, it could be a garden, or your favorite room; it could be real or totally imaginary. So when I say your "comfort place," I mean a safe, peaceful place, enjoying yourself, totally free from responsibility, just goofing off, relaxing. Doing nothing or whatever it is you like. Be there now, and with every breath, get more and more in touch with that place. See all the beauty that's there through your own eyes as you are there now, the sky if you are outside, what ever setting is there if you are inside. Hear all the sounds that you would hear there, the sounds of the water, or the birds singing, or whatever is true for you at your particular place. Touch your surroundings. What does it feel like? Use all your senses, are there any fragrances there that you enjoy? Feel the good feelings of being there now fully, and thoroughly enjoy how good that makes you feel.

And as you continue to relax, you don't even have to pay attention consciously to my words, you can just listen to the sound of my voice, and rest assured that part of your mind will continue to listen, to record and utilize any and every positive suggestion, ...thought, ...idea, that I offer you. And you can forget about anything for a time. You can forget what feels bad, when you think about something else. And its reassuring to recognize that that is what your imagination is for, and you've been doing that your whole life. Like daydreaming in school. The teacher teaching 2+2=4, 4+4=8, etc. and your mind is thinking about being outside playing baseball or something. Your body can be here, but you can be somewhere else. And that can be useful. If you're waiting to be seen, you can be quietly off enjoying whatever you want, until you're needed. The staff all know what this is about and will help you to be as comfortable as you need to be. In fact, every time you see a nurse or doctor, that will deepen your experience of sailing comfortably through this - easily trans-porting yourself through. And when you hear the different machines, noises and voices around you, those sounds will also serve to deepen and expand all the internal experiences you can have. And you can be curious about just what will happen next in there, and wonder about it all, so easily, lazily - just goofing off.

Sometimes sights or sounds that are unusual at first can become routine and normal, even expected and comforting. As an example, I have a friend who lives next to a highway, and for him the traffic sounds have become like the sounds of waves at the beach. In the same way, when you hear the beeps and motors of the monitor, you can drift ever more comfortably, ever more deeply into your healing, stress-free state. And when you see a nurse, you can go even more thoroughly to a place of peace and calm, away form any distractions. Everything in the recovery room will remind you that you are being well cared for and caring for yourself from head to toe. You can even have these responses when you are awake. That will be nice, won't it? What a nice surprise, to discover that you can relax any time you want and know that all is as it should be.

You know that's a good thing for the rest of your life too, to change negatives on the outside to positives on the inside. And go to your deepest resource, to Internal peace and quiet - the people and things that are important to you. Now... you enjoy this experience.

You'll have all the time you need - you know, a moment of pleasure can last for hours - and time stands still, when you need it to. Next thing you know, you're walking out of here under your own steam.

During the surgery, you can relay on your abilities, your natural biological abilities, that everyone has, and you have too, to keep the bleeding to a minimum... just enough to keep the incisions and the area that the doctor works in, clean and fresh, bringing just the right amount of oxygen. Your body knows how to do this. And your body knows how to bleed and how to stop bleeding - you've done it hundreds of times in the past. You've maybe cut yourself shaving [(skinned your knee, paper cut, cut while cooking, etc.)] and that bleeding stopped. You can ask yourself to provide just the right amount to help the doctor's work and then just the right amount for healing, recovery and your everyday need. Your body knows how to do this, it does it all the time - Like everything else, it is nice to be asked, so ask your body to provide this help.