Depth of Trance

There are many levels and depths of trance, but for simplicity, I will break it down into three sections.

1. Light trance {hypnoidal trance}:

It is a naturally occurring state of trance and it is similar to day dreaming and about 90% of people can reach this stage.

When this level of trance is induced in a session , they close their eyes, have REM, breath more slowly & swallow more frequently.

Other examples of this level of trance are when someone drives are car form point A-B and when they reach the destination you don't really remember the journey because you were on "autopilot". Also you are in this stage of trance when you watch a  movie and you think the time has gone very quickly when you see the end credits come up on the screen.

2. Medium depth:

When a person is in medium depth of trance thing such as the following can happen. The clients head drops down to their chest & their body sinks deeper into the chair, the clients jaw slackens and their facial features flatten and relax and the skins can become pale or flushed.

3. Deep Trance {Somnambulism}

When a client is in a somnambulistic trance they client can have their eyes open and appear to be fully awake, they can take a long time to answer questions due to time distortion but they can respond very quickly to suggestions.