I've read that the best way for a hypnosis file to work on you, is to concentrate on your breathing so that your conscious mind is occupied, leaving the file to work on your subconscious mind. The thinking is that you shouldn't "try" to do the things explained in the file, like a HFO for example, as these things will happen all by themself.

But then I've also read that you should concentrate on the 'tist's words and what is being said... but wouldn't this be using your conscious mind, when hypnosis is supposed to work on the subconscious mind? So why do most files tell you to focus on what is being said? Isn't this the opposite of how hypnosis is supposed to work?

I'm a little confused as to which is the best method to achieve a real trance..