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Comment by Justin James on July 2, 2011 at 6:44am

Tracie, a hand stick is where you tell someone their hand is stuck to something....

If you are hypnotizing your kid try these little bits on for size and giggles...

 

Stick out your tongue... It's stuck.... Whats your name?

 

All the muscles in your face are going to go nuts when I snap my fingers... The harder you try to control them the the crazier they will get... 

 

Every time I say (  xxxxx )  your face will freak out...

 

Stick your finger on your nose... (its stuck) try to pull it off "the Harder you try" the more it sticks...!

 

Ok now stick your other finger in your ear..! now this one is stuck but your finger on your nose is free...

 

Rinse repeat and have fun..!

 

This one will have you laughing yourself silly.

Comment by Tracie Cobian on July 2, 2011 at 6:28am

@ Cory what is a hand stick? I hypnotised my first person yesterday.... my child...lol it was fun to see her so happY!

Comment by Cory O on June 23, 2011 at 7:27am

I think you misunderstood the thrust of my post.  I'm not talking about stage hypnosis. I'm not talking about clinical work. I'm not talking about any of that stuff.

 

When I asked some questions about this, I was given advice that the best way to learn to put people in hypnosis is to practice. So, when I get together with some people, I practice inductions, give them a positive suggestion, wake them up, and send them on their way.  I don't feel qualified to do more than that, so I don't.

 

I use the hand stick or whatever phenomena as a convincer.  Most of these people see me as "friend" Cory or "family" Cory, and not as "hypnotist" Cory, so early on I had some feedback that they didn't know they were really hypnotized, even though I knew they were.

 

I'd never even envision attempting to build an entertainment show or even a simple clinical practice out of Youtube videos and forum posts.  I'm furthering my hypnosis education right now, in fact, and I won't do anything other than what I've stated until I've got a good foundation.

Comment by Justin James on June 23, 2011 at 7:16am

Cory go to www.safeonstage.com and take the course obviously you want to do more entertainment style work however you really are going to hurt someone if you are not careful.
Zapping away has caused a lot of problems for us stage hypnotists and then us pros get blown out of a job because someone like you had an epic failure or had someone collapse and hit their head.... You need to get into a class and get some basic clinical training.... As a pro who does over 300 shows a year it is very worthwhile.. It will also prepare you for those strange things that happen that you are not prepared for such as abreactions... They are not fun.....
Jqustin James

Comment by Justin James on June 23, 2011 at 7:08am

Kallie, basic clinical training is what you need do not worry about NLP because it does not make as much sence if you do not know why it works.... Watching You Tube videos and hypnotizing people at parties with no other training is very, very dangerous and stupid... The problem is hypnosis is very real no matter people arguing it's state and it is easy enough to pick up a script and hypnotize someone with no experience and not understand the mechanics..... It is also easy to watch someone collapse and hurt themselves when you do not know what the range of reaction may be.
Get a solid 300 plus hours of clinical training and you will find you will have learned quite a bit of hypnosis and NLP which is just a more technical form.
That will give you the ability to hypnotize someone safely and the comfort of knowing you can do basic habit control and modification work with little difficulty... Trust me when I say you will be learning for a long time however the better your base the better you will be long term.

Justin James
Www.thehypnosiscompany.com

Comment by Cory O on June 23, 2011 at 6:37am

Kallie,

 

Can I give you some advice from another newbie? Do it, do it, do it! I'm in a similar situation as you, and I've found nothing better for learning the basics of hypnosis than just hypnotizing people.

 

Now, the therapeutic part of hypnosis is completely different, and I wouldn't be able to give you any advice about what to do there, but actually hypnotizing somebody is much, much easier than you think it is. It shocked me the first time I tried it!

 

I wavered for a couple of months after I'd learned the basics. Between hundreds of Youtube videos, a couple of well-researched library trips and reading these forums for a while, I was convinced I could hypnotize somebody.  So...I went to a family gathering, announced I was studying hypnosis, and asked if anybody would like to be hypnotized. I got two volunteers and zapped them on the spot! I was shocked that the whole thing worked!

 

Now, not knowing what else to do, I gave them some simple deepeners, made their hands stick together, and then brought them out with the suggestion that they were going to feel amazing, energized, and refreshed and that when they went to bed that night, they were going to have a peaceful, restful sleep and wake up in the morning ready to face the new day.

 

I've learned quite a bit in the couple of months since then, but I still have a long way to go. But...these friends rave about hypnosis to everyone around now, so I have no shortage of volunteers to practice on!

 

So my advice to you, from another new hypnotist is just to try it! Zap away! And don't let a failure slow you down. One of the guys I follow, Jeffrey Stephens, says to never waste a good hypnotic state. So make your subjects feel good about themselves and their experience and you'll never have a shortage of volunteers.

 

The clinical and therapeutic aspects of hypnosis will come with time and study, but that doesn't mean you can't start practicing the basics now.

 

Yours,

 

Cory

Comment by C F Kriel on June 23, 2011 at 6:14am

Hi John

 

Thank you for your feedback. It is good to know that a beginner like me can get advice and support.

 

I will definately take your advice. Any recomendations on which "aspect" of hypnosis might give me the best foundation for understanding the hypnotic process? 

 

I'm thinking some NLP to help build rapport, and a few basic techniques to put people into a relaxed state and then bring them out again  -  Confidence building for the next step.

 

Kallie

Comment by John Cleesattel on June 22, 2011 at 12:44pm

Kallie,

It might be better to focus on one aspect of hypnosis until you have a working understanding and then expand into the others as your knowledge grows.

 

John

Comment by C F Kriel on June 22, 2011 at 12:08pm

Hi Everyone.

 

I'm quite new to hypnosis, and have yet to hypnotise anyone. I'm working in the technical field, but hypnosis has facinated me to no end. I want to do hypnosis in my spare time and have been gathering any information I could get on the internet.

 

Starting out I feel quite overwhelmed since there is so much information and so much overlap between stage hypnosis, NLP and even mentalism.

 

For example NLP can be used in both the pre-talk, as well as hypnotic process itself, and even the deepener. Even mentalism can be used to some extent to increase the effectiveness of a hypnosis session.

 

The idea of becoming a "generalist" hypnotist to combine various techniques to greater effect has a lot of appeal to me, since I can always "specialise" once I have a better general understanding of how this all works, but I'm unsure if this is the best way foward.

 

Any thoughts on the subject would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

Kallie

Comment by Pete & Lorraine on July 4, 2010 at 2:29am

Hi Robert
Our inner child is alive and kicking, just all the baggage we aquire covers it up most of the time, It's the bit that has fun and sometimes an inapropriate behaviour that benefitted the child but can hinder an adult.
As you look round the site you will find our subconscious stores a lot of info as we go through our lives, not always correctly, hence the work we do.

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