Trance states during a mind-body intervention monitored by BIS.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mind-body interventions are increasingly used in health care, both for physical and for psychological therapy. With directing the focus to the body and inner experiences they include elements of trance induction and hypnosis. The scope of this experimental study was to test the hypothesis that a non-ordinary state of consciousness may occur during a mind-body intervention with changes in electrical brain activity similar to a hypnotic induction.

Methods

Bispectral Index an EEG-derived parameter used in anesthesia, was monitored during a test of hypnotic susceptibility including a trance induction, and during a mind-body intervention modified from the Feldenkrais method. 54 adult volunteers were tested with a short version of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic S

SUBMITTER: Zech N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12903273 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature