Hypnosis is the distraction of the ego or logical consciousness so that the hypnotist is speaking directly with the emotional child consciousness. There are many, many induction techniques, some that do not even require spoken words.
If a person is experiencing fear, anger, or guilt, they are much easier to hypnotize.
Years ago, I taught my children how to hypnotize chickens by merely moving their hands in opposite directions at the same time. Since a chicken’s eyes are on the side of their head, it confuses their mind and they go right into trance in a few seconds. I’ve done this with turkeys and other animals also.
My Grandpa took me, the 'city boy' to his brother's farm one summer day. While the two men talked, I rounded up some chickens and tried to hypnotize them like I saw on TV. Grandpa saw what I was doing, successfully, for several chickens in laying them on the ground and hypnotizing and laying them out in a row. He ended up winning a bet over my 'skills' of immobilizing chickens.