Hypnosis ‘Induction’ Ritual – Classic Hand Drop

If you like this, please ‘like’ and share! I have here another video on hypnosis ‘induction’, this time looking at the classic Hand Drop. The Hand Drop is a popular rapid ‘induction’ that is quite simple in structure, but has some subtlety required in the handling in order for it to run smoothly. Here I…

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Handshake ‘Induction’ – Bandler, Erickson and Elman Versions

The legendary ‘handshake interrupt’ induction… There seems to be much interest in this in the worlds of Hypnosis and NLP, but what many people don’t realise is that what is most often shown as Milton Erickson’s handshake interrupt, is actually NLP co-founder Richard Bandler’s version (Derren Brown often uses a variation on the Bandler version…

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Hypnotic ‘Induction’ and Spatial Anchoring – The Bubble Induction Video

OK, so you all know that I am no great believer in ‘trance’ as a basis for hypnosis, but I have gone ahead and called this the ‘Bubble Induction’ anyway 🙂 just for the sheer convenience of having a label for the process. This is by no means the most flashy piece of hypnosis, but…

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Rapport and Beyond – The Relational Aspects of Hypnotic Communication

Hi All A  couple of weeks back (following the ‘Rapid Induction Rituals’ teleseminar) I got a question from one of the listeners regarding Rapport: Must you be in good rapport at the start for good results? Rapport is a pretty big concept in many NLP circles, so I thought it might be good to record…

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Influences on Hypnosis Without Trance

I have recently received an email asking me about the influences on HWT… “Could you… would you, please, make available the names of the books, and or people, who have influence your thoughts on the topic. I have already read Influence, by R. Cialdini, and I’m in the process of reading Changing for Good (both…

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Handshake Interrupt & Arm Catalepsy – The Right Touch!

If you like this, please ‘like’ and share! When people learn hypnosis they often place a lot focus on scripts and hypnotic language, but there are other (and perhaps more subtle) skills that a good, well-rounded hypnotist needs to develop. One such skill is quality of touch. This video looks at the use of touch…

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Rapid ‘Induction’ Rituals

OK, so you think I’ve gone nuts!? Or been seduced by the ‘dark side’!? No, it’s OK… this is still Hypnosis Without Trance! So why, then, am I here demonstrating and talking about rapid inductions? Well, it certainly isn’t because they have anything to do with ‘trance’! I’m talking about rapid inductions because, trance or no…

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The Haunted Key Returns – Happening in Someone Else’s Hand!

Hi All It is about a week and a half since I posted The Haunted Key – Self Hypnosis and the Ideomotor Response. The post got a lot of interest, both from people who enjoyed it and tried it out as well as a few who were claiming that I was not really doing what…

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Making Clean Language Work in the Real World!

***LIVE TELESEMINAR with JUDY REES*** Hi All! As many of you may know, I am a big fan of a ‘hypnotic language’ model called Clean Language. Clean Language (CL) is not only a key element to the professional changework and coaching that I do, but also one of the major influences on my personal approach…

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Live Hypnosis Conversation… James Tripp, Jorgen Rasmussen and Judy Rees!!

Hello Hypno-heads! On Tuesday 31st January 2012, at 8pm GMT (World Time), I was joined by ‘Provocative Hypnotist’ Jorgen Rasmussen and ‘X-Ray Listener’ Judy Rees for an in-depth live conversation about Hypnosis and Changework. Ultimately we covered much ground and covered a lot about the subtleties of getting effective Hypnosis and change happening. You can…

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