When Zoë Lescaze decided to become an expert sharpshooter, she’d never so much as picked up a handgun before. Three days and a series of visualization exercises and mantras later, the New Yorker was ready for action. But this was far from your typical woo-woo meditation session. Lescaze reached her goal using neuro-linguistic programming, or … Read more
Clinical hypnosis has shown to be effective in the treatment of pain, anxiety, stress, cancer treatment side effects, phobias and habit control problems, such as smoking and weight control, according to past randomized controlled trials. “Hypnosis is the oldest Western form of psychotherapy, but it is underutilized,” Dr. David Spiegel, associate chair of psychiatry at Stanford University … Read more
A hypnotizing drone video is providing a new look at the incredible power of a volcano in Iceland that has erupted six times since the end of last year. Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove captured the video on Aug. 28 after flying his drone above the crater of the volcano as it was spewing thick rivers of molten lava from beneath the Earth’s … Read more
It was a glazy Susan. An adventurer was mesmerized after encountering a giant, perfectly-round frozen disc spinning in water while hiking a mountainous area in Scotland. “To happen across something so serene and perfectly formed, it felt surreal,” Dan Brown, 32, told South West News Service of the lazy Susan-esque spectacle that is marveling viewers … Read more