HYPNOSIS LESSON 19

      Ten Inches Old

      Preparation

      Let your eyes close easily and let your entire body relax, from the top
      of your head to the very tips of your toes, as you go deeper and deeper
      into your altered state of consciousness. Deeper and deeper...very deeply
      now. Count slowly from ten to zero, and tell yourself that when you have
      reached zero, you will be as deeply relaxed, and as deeply in trance, as
      you were during the first Alice exercise.

      (Pause for the count from ten to zero)

      Now that you are in that same deep trance state, remember the key word
      you chose during the earlier exercise-the word "Alice". Whenever you are
      ready, say the word "Alice" to yourself, and at the same time picture the
      letters of the word in your minds eye. As soon as you have done this, you
      will BE Alice again, and as vividly and completely as you were during the
      first exercise.

      The Exercise

      Now that you are Alice, you would like to share some of her adventures.
      Alice sees that lovely garden behind the small door, at the end of the
      small passage, and you decide to walk in that lovely garden. But at your
      present size you cannot squeeze through the narrow opening and, like
      Alice, decide that you must shrink like a telescope. But you do not need
      to drink the contents of the bottle which Alice discovered so
      conveniently; all you need is your mind. Tell yourself that you will once
      again count from ten to zero, and with each number you will grow a little
      smaller. When you reach zero, you will be small enough to get through the
      little door and the passage into the lovely garden. Like Alice, you will
      be ten inches tall.

      (Pause for the count from ten to zero)

      Now you are tiny enough to walk down the little passage into the lovely
      garden. Flowers of every hue are in bloom and create a kaleidoscope of
      colors. The grass is green and springy beneath your feet. The air is
      filled with the murmur of bees and cool water splashes in the fountain.
      The sun is warm on your cheek and the fragrant scents of summer fill your
      nostrils. Give yourself completely to the experience and open all your
      senses to this beauty.

      There is too much to absorb in one visit. You will come here again,
      often. But now it is time to grow again to Alice's real size and then to
      your own real size. Tell yourself that you will count from one to three,
      twice. After you have reached three on the first count you will be
      Alice's original size. At the end of the second count you will be your
      own original size. You will also be back in your everyday state of
      consciousness, feeling relaxed, happy and immeasurably enriched by your
      experience.