Share on Tumblr This Veline competition from 2008 really takes contestant challenge to the next level by adding in hypnotic responses to the talent list! Some of the contestants are hypnotized to do some classic bits from stage hypnosis. Claudia Amante Damn those invisible ants! Carmen Chiru Uh, that's not fruit.  Maybe she just...
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Share on Tumblr Barak the Hypnotist has a bit of hypnofun on television with Paloma Fiuza. If you are reading the blog via a stream, then go to my blog entry at http://briandavidphillips.net/2010/01/barak.html to see the video. Sorry, I can't translate but hypnotists will get the gist of it from watching the method and...
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Share on Tumblr Evidently actor Keanu Reeves is not only an accomplished hypnotist, he's an unethical one at that . . . evidently . . . at least if the woman accusing him of fathering and abandoning her adult children is to be believed. Karen Sala sued Reeves for paternity of her adult children....
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Share on Tumblr Dr. Herbert Spiegel has passed.  According to this New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/health/10spiegel.html he passed away on Dec. 15 in his sleep at the age of 95.  He saw patients up until the end, just a few days before his death. Spiegel was an extremely influential hypnotist in the twentieth century, a...
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Share on Tumblr So, even naked lizard alien invaders need a good guided visualization . . . Morena Baccarin in character during an episode of V provides an inspirational hypnotic guided meditation on living fluidly that puts most video motivational pieces to shame . . . see the video at http://io9.com/5412498/do-some-naked-yoga-and-let-the-lizard-queen-soothe-your-worries and rejoice that...
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Share on Tumblr Sometimes folks see part of what's happening in one thing and make assumptions about the whole thing, including judgments about an entire field without proper understanding. Recently, a Korean television program invited some controversy as it appeared that a pop star was hypnotized against his will . . . at least that's the...
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Share on Tumblr From this video, one gets a very strong impression of just how powerfully skilled a hypnotist Keith Barry is . . . he merely waves his hand and sucks the strength right out of these big strong guys . . . . . . or, not. While this effect can be...
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Share on Tumblr Evidently Ryan Reynolds has been bugging Scarlett Johansson to stop smoking by their one year anniversary . . . http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Ryan-Reynolds-Begs-Scarlett-to-Quit-Smoking/10240.html . . . so, she is considering hypnosis to help her stop. Well, I've got good news and bad news.  Smoking has indeed been shown to be the single most effective method to...
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Share on Tumblr On 29 July 2009, my very good friend Pradeep Aggarwal (http://www.pradeepaggarwal.com) appeared on ESPN in reference to his work with Gaganjeet Bhullar, the youngest Indian golfer ever to win a nation tour title and now on his way to the British Open. This is not Pradeep's first exposure regarding his work...
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Share on Tumblr As most regular readers of the Life of Brian blog (http://briandavidphillips.net/) know, I have an intense interest in experiential hypnosis and positive emotional flood states, particularly guiding a trance partner into such wonderfully positive emotional states as ecstasy, bliss, erotic response, and love (see my Engineering eXperiential Ecstasy DVD set - http://www.briandavidphillips.net/store -...
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Share on Tumblr The Fairy Dragon or Magick Egg hypnosis process is one of my favorite original processes.  I really get a kick out of running it with folks, particularly those who've never experienced experiential hypnosis before.  It's a nice way to gauge a person's responsiveness and to delight their sensibilities.  It's become quite an...
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Share on Tumblr Ryan Omega writes an interesting profile of Toni Attell (http://www.attell.com) and her acting/hypnosis courses for the Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-12989-LA-Occult–Paranormal-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Hypnosis-as-a-method-for-actors).  Toni's program covers some of the same general concepts that I cover in my own Trance-Acting courses as well as the improvisational comedy that I incorporate in my creativity for the classroom/boardroom programs. ...
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Share on Tumblr With the death of pop sensation Michael Jackson, a lot of folks are coming out of the woodwork to say their final farewells (excellent memorial pieces have been posted by Lisa-Marie Presley and Deepak Chopra ) and others to capitalize on the media frenzy for their own publicity. Naturally, the...
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Share on Tumblr This isn't really a news story about hypnosis, Cynthia Gorney has an excellent feature discussing tennis sensation Rafael Nadal in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/magazine/21nadal-t.html) which I found to be an excellent read. Her vivid and entertaining description of Nadal's character and playing style made me think of ways one uses...
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Share on Tumblr Edit:  Since originally posting this, I have since added the Haircut Redux video to this post as per special request-slash-suggestion-slash-command from Lorraine who feels the longer video will have fewer folks reading the end credits with the pointers to the music source page which she seems to think is more important...
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