Your breathing becomes calmer. Your heartbeat and pulse slow down in a pleasant way. Your facial muscles relax: as your facial muscles relax, your facial expression will become calm, the mouth might open in the process, the jaw muscles will also relax. The entire body becomes deeply relaxed, which can lead to decreased motion or a lack of desire to move. You may notice involuntary muscle movements and twitches. These sensations and muscle twitches might be familiar to you from sleep. They can happen in one part of the body, like the hand or shoulder, but it can happen anywhere in the body. Your perception of your own body and time can change. Sometimes people have the feeling of sitting slouched or misaligned, although nothing has changed in their posture. The sensation of the own body can move more and more into the background - body parts are hardly noticed and may feel lighter or heavier. The sensation of pain is reduced, muscles loosen and relax and can thus also release physical blockages. See also hypnosis for pain. Some people describe the state of trance like dreaming without sleeping, like being away or like being completely connected to themselves. The sensation of getting closer and closer to your goals.