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From: ganetauk
Date: Sun Feb 24, 2002 3:55pm
Subject: t heart trick
Control your heartbeat!
Have someone
find the pulse in your wrist. If you want to get
really dramatic, have two different people, one on each
wrist. Tell them to feel your pulse with one hand and to
tap out it's rhythm with the other. Tell them that
you will slow and eventually stop your heartbeat all
together. As they begin tapping, they are soon out of
rhythm with one another, then they gradually get slower
until there is no pulse felt at all. You can really
make a big production out of this by acting like
you're in a "trance" etc.
The secret: Hide a
tennis ball under your arm, inside your shirt before
attempting this. when it's time to slow your heart rate,
simply press your arm against your body so that no one
notices and the ball will press against the artery that
feeds your wrist. They will feel no pulse!
You
can really slow or speed up your heart rate with just
a little practice.
Imagine you are in a very
peaceful setting. Floating on a pond or in a pool on a
tube or raft, just about to fall asleep. Once you can
really imagine this (even feel the sun on your face),
Take your pulse. It will be lower than it was before
you started. To speed it up, simply do the opposite.
Imagine that your are in some terrible situation, wolves
are chasing you and about to catch
you.
You are breathing hard and about to be caught. You
run faster but it's no use, they are upon you,
ripping and snarling! Now check your heart rate, It
should be considerably faster than it was when you were
imagining the peaceful scene.
With just a little
practice and imagination, you can get pretty dramatic with
this. It makes a great lead - in to the tennis ball
trick!
