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When training to be a hypnotist it is extremely important to be able to spot the signs of hypnotic trance. These signs indicate when your target has been hypnotized and is ready to absorb your hypnotic suggestions into the subconscious mind.

Look for these Signs of Hypnotic Trance

Blinking rate slows down.

Eyes appear glazed over.

Eyes redden due to increased blood flow.

Eyelids flutter.

Eyes close entirely.

Breathing slows down.

Pulse slows down (check neck for this sign).

Facial muscles become completely relaxed.

Muscles around the face, particularly the eyes, twitch.

Face becomes slightly paler.

Target becomes “immobile”.

Target’s voice becomes slower and deeper.

Instinctive reactions greatly reduced.

No reaction to external noise.

You have their complete attention and focus.

People don’t tend to display every single one of these signs of hypnotic trance, but if you see a handful or more then you can be sure that you have sufficiently hypnotized your target to accept your suggestions.

One of the biggest crazes in the videogame industry right now is the Brain Training franchise. These games are excellent ways to keep your mind active and sharp. However when it comes to the mind, and especially the memory, you can’t merely take a one dimensional approach. If you want to maintain and even improve your memory then you need to harness as many techniques as possible. In recent years it has emerged that hypnosis is one such technique that can greatly improve the power and recollection of the memory.

Just sit and think for a moment about everything that is going on around you. If you’re sat in front of your laptop or computer, in a quiet room, it might seem like there is little going on and nothing to remember. Yet in actuality there are hundreds of items around you in a specific layout, sounds, smells and many other kinds of stimuli. When you think of it that way it is easy to see how the memory can be overloaded much the same way as you could cause your computer to freeze by running many large programs at the same time. Not only is there constantly a high volume of information being entered into your memory but the likelihood is that you often have points of the day where you feel tired or stressed. All of these factors come into play when it comes to the efficiency of your memory. So how can hypnosis help you to not only maintain but improve your memory?

It is a commonly stated fact that a third of all people will contract cancer at some stage in their life and I’m sure I have no need to tell you just how serious a problem this is. There are many complementary treatments that can help a person cope with cancer and hypnosis has recently come to the forefront as one of the very best. In fact many hospitals and hospices now employ hypnotherapists for this very reason.

When used for therapeutic or medical means hypnosis is commonly referred to as hypnotherapy. I mention this because I will be using both terms throughout the course of this article.

Any well trained and honest hypnotherapist will tell you that hypnosis isn’t a cure for cancer. However hypnotherapy can be used to help a patient in many of the areas of concern that may arise for them. There are four many ways that hypnotherapy may help a cancer patient.

Relaxation

Being diagnosed and treated for cancer is an incredibly stressful time in a persons’ life no matter how well they feel like they are coping. Cancer takes it’s toll both physically and mentally.