Hypnosis has been around for centuries. The earliest references to hypnosis date back to ancient Egypt and Greece. In Greek, the word “Hypnos” refers to the god of sleep. As time went on and into the ...

If you’ve ever attended a stage hypnotism show, chances are good that the show included some racy, sexy content. I once watched a show where two women seated at my table participated in an on-stage ...

The lights dimmed and with no sounds other than her slow, unimposing voice, Rena Greenberg addressed close to 50 listeners. "At the count of three I'm going to ask you to close your eyes,'' she told ...

Skeptics view hypnosis as a little-understood parlor trick, but a new study reveals real changes occur in the brain when a person enters an hypnotic state. Some parts of the brain relax during the ...

When my anxiety and insomnia returned, my therapist suggested a new form of treatment. The results challenged my inner skeptic. By Ilana Kaplan Ms. Kaplan is a writer. It had been nearly a week, and I ...