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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!
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