Shivering and goose bumps

A few days ago I was doing a hypnosis session for smoking cessation with a friend of mine. After bringing her out of the hypnotic state, she started shivering and came out in goose bumps. She mentioned that the same kind of thing happened when she tried Reiki therapy. It's the first time I'd seen that happen, and I don't remember ever hearing about it anywhere either. A quick hunt around on Google only seems to show up reports of people inducing shivering and goose bumps with hypnosis, not anything about it happening spontaneously. At least I wont be as surprised if it happens again though :)

Another positive thing to come out of those hypnosis sessions is that she seems much more relaxed and calm now. She has a pretty high-stress life, so anything that helps there is a definite plus. I didn't specifically include anything to help with that side of things though, aside from some ego-strengthening (based on stuff in Hartland's) that I usually add in for everyone. Even after the first session she was much more relaxed and seemed to stay that way (although I expect it will probably wear off after a bit more time). So as well as giving up smoking, she's also more relaxed now - which is a big difference from the times when she's tried to give up smoking without the help of hypnosis.