The Trance Workbook: Understanding & Using The Power Of Altered States [Paperback]

Kay Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1999

Transform your state of mind by using trances to reveal your true self! By lowering our guard and accessing our unconscious, we cultivate powers of healing, strengthening, relaxing, and inspiration. This complete workbook gives you the general principles of trance so you can unlock its potential for fostering well-being. Gain insight into exactly what trances are, how they work, and most importantly, how to induce them at will to assist you in coping with pain, building creativity, solving sleep disorders, improving concentration, and solving relationship problems. Access the "three levels of being," dissolve harmful patterns, and recall past experiences that may still have negative effects. Practice age-old rituals--including water, earth, fire, air, and space-and-time--and grasp the connection between trance and religion. It's the path to life-altering self-knowledge! 160 pages, 8 1/4 x 11.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (June 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806917652
• ISBN-13: 978-0806917658
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #862,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on Trance States, May 11, 2003

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This review is from: The Trance Workbook: Understanding & Using The Power Of Altered States (Paperback)

Trance is a way of accessing the subconscious mind for the purposes of relaxation, healing, intuition and inspiration. This book explains what trance stats are and how they work. Trance conditions include all the different states of mind, emotions, moods and daydreams that human beings experience. The transcendental perspective reveals that there is an alternative to being subject to one's own conscious thoughts. This marvellous book deals with the history, principles and benefits of trance, the ways of inducing trance, the types of creative trance, plus traditions and rituals associated with it. The function of trance in religions is discussed and many useful exercises are provided for the practice of creative trance. The exercises include affirmations, visualizations and the use of linguistic metaphors. This excellent book concludes with a glossary, bibliography and index. It is the best book on the subject that I have yet encountered.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, Practical Guide, December 15, 2001

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Kay Hoffman's Trance Workbook is a rarity: It is both profound and clear. As a workbook, it introduces an impressive variety of techniques. As an introduction to trance, it presents thought-provoking ideas. A powerful tool for anyone concerned with deeper levels of spirituality and alternative healing.

4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5. Practical book on trance, August 3, 2011

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I appreciated this collection of trance techniques and exercises along with uses for trances. This is a short introductory book that covers quite a bit of territory. I take the shamanic journey so I know how to use monotonous rhythms, but haven't tried another other techniques. The book starts off explaining what a trance is and the general principles and process of trance. There are practical uses for the trance such as pain reduction, solving sleep disorders, reducing stress, aid decision making, eating disorders, giving up bad habits, etc. and I appreciated the book had practical applications and wasn't just about having a psychedelic experience. There are a variety of induction techniques offered including rhythm, breathing, smell, tasting, seeing, touch, hearing, movement, rituals, and combining forms of trance. The exercises are simple and readers can try a variety or combinations techniques to find a method that works. There is a short section on trance and spirituality. At the back is a glossary which I appreciated.

One of the reviewers criticized the book as not producing deep trance states. Deep trances are achieved by the practioner by finding an approrpiate personal method and practice. I didn't achieve a trance state for the shamanic journey the first few times I tried, but it came with practice. It can also be useful to induce trance states in groups as I believe the intent and energy of the group can assist the effort plus those experienced can offer the benefit of their experiences to help novices. This book is kept simple and that is how it should be. A psychic once said to me "it should be simple. If it is complicated it is probably wrong." I have found this to be true and if a method is too complicated few will try it, remember it, or contiinue to practice it. For me it offered a lot of new ideas to try.