How Hypnosis Shifts Life
Bill Engle , 64 , of La Habra has always wanted to help people . Brea , California - It ' ll look a little weird , but the pain will go away , he says . Bill Engle always explains his methods , though they might sound a little wacky . He says so himself .
His clients trust him , for the most part . That ' s why they hold up their fists and let him tap them and hum the first line of " Happy Birthday to You ." They let him make his way into their subconscious and help them dull the pain in their joints or control the itch to light up a cigarette . Gary Silverman , a 43 year old truck driver , arrives to see Engle about several issues , including the persistent pain in his neck and knee . He towers over the hypnotist who does a milder version of The Three Stooges ' " nyuk nyuks " between his eyes and on his temple , upper lip , chest , fist and fingers .
Silverman ' s eyelids flutter when Engle tells him to imagine that helium balloons are lifting his hand and there ' s a magnet on his forehead . Silverman ' s right hand slowly lifts and stays pinned to his head . Stretched out on a leather chair , Silverman falls into slumber faster than Engle can say , " I completely and thoroughly accept myself ."
Silverman says later that his pain is gone .