State Control
Automatic activities like taking a shower or driving a car allow daydreaming and favor states of hyper suggestibility. Drifting from an alert state into a different level of consciousness, brain activity shifts as these states change. Everyone goes through altered states of consciousness at least twice a day - when you awaken and when you go to sleep. Being aware of things going on around you doesn't mean you're not hypnotized or subject to hypno politics. Even when in hypnosis, you remain conscious of everything that is going on. Experiencing this light or medium hypnotic state is generally more effective than deep level hypnosis for purposes of behavior and habit control. Becoming more conditioned to the hypnotic state through successive sessions, the subject will continue to go deeper into trance each time.
Particular states of selective hyper suggestibility are brought about by the use of a combination of relaxation and fixation, directing attention to imagined activity, dialogue, or event resulting in literal interpretation of speech and severe reduction of conscious thought.