One principle of hypnosis is that if a person has been hypnotized once, then they can go into the state more readily and "deeper" the next time they are hypnotized, gaining skill at entering into hypnosis more effectively each time. So, a common technique to "deepen" the experience for folks is fractionation – taking a…
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Hypnotic Racetrack
by Brian David Phillips •
Get on your horses and brace for the race . . . we're off for a hypnotic visit to the racetracks in this video. Of course, if you are reading this post via a stream on the likes of Facebook or elsewhere, you need to go to the original blog at https://briandavidphillips.net/ to view the…
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Happy Balloons Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Arm levitation (especially as imagined as balloons attached to the arms) is a common hypnotic suggestibility test or effect. However, I like to associate it to a positive emotional state – Happy Balloons – and convert into the induction proper. This video demonstrates what I mean. Of course, if you are reading this post via…
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Hypnotic Sensations
by Brian David Phillips •
Experiential hypnosis is basically what hypnotists often term as somnambulism, a deep trance state in which a person experiences suggestions intensely as if they are real. In this video, we see a short demonstration of experiential hypnosis and hypnotic sensations as the trance partners are guided through positive affective states, sensations of smell and physical…
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Hypnotic Name Change
by Brian David Phillips •
Time for a bit of hypnotic name change fun. Of course, if you are reading this post via a stream on the likes of Facebook or elsewhere, you need to go to the original blog at https://briandavidphillips.net/ to view the embedded video. This video is clipped from the production footage from an appearance I shot…
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Number Amnesia converted into the Happy Finger
by Brian David Phillips •
Folks who have participated in my hypnosis workshops or who have purchased some of my hypnosis training DVDs and, of course, regular readers of Life of Brian are very familiar with the PHILLIPS HAPPY FINGER (https://briandavidphillips.net/2007/12/happy-fingers-a.html) hypnotic sequence which takes suggested number amnesia and then converts it into a positive affective anchor (the complete sequence…
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Look into My Eyes . . . hypnosis in the news
by Brian David Phillips •
The Times Online has a piece on hypnosis (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6054142.ece) worth the looksee. It begins with a bit about Lily Allen's weightloss via hypnotherapy (down two dress sizes) and then seques into a number of positive benefits of hypnosis: "There were shrieks of disbelief when Lily Allen revealed that her dramatically slimmed-down figure was not the…
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Oprah Winfrey and Hypnosis to Cope with Financial Stress
by Brian David Phillips •
A recent issue of Oprah Winfrey's spirit articles on her webpages has a series of ways to cope with financial stress. One highly recommended approach is hypnosis. "Get hypnotized. For years people have turned to hypnosis for help quitting smoking and losing weight, but the technique is also becoming popular among business types desperate to…
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Whoopi Goldberg’s Fear of Flying Session (Cured in Moments)
by Brian David Phillips •
Whoopi Goldberg has had a fear of flying and had not been on an airplane for well over a decade because of it. However, she had to go to London for work and so the folks at The View had Virgin Atlantic's fear of flying course folks come into the studio and work with her. …
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Hypnotizing Miss India
by Brian David Phillips •
While I was in India during my last hypnotrip, I presented a talk demonstrational lecture on Trance Acting (using hypnosis and trancework to enhance actor training and skillsets) to students, teachers, and guests at Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Institute (one of the premiere actor training institutes in Bollywood). One of the guests at the talk…
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Walkabout Trance Beach Resort Getaway
RAPID IMPROVISATIONAL RECREATIONAL HYPNOSIS
August 15-16, 2009, Los Angeles, USA
by Brian David Phillips •
Walkabout Trance Beach Resort Getaway IIhttp://www.walkabouttrance.com/ Walkabout Trance Beach Resort GetawayRAPID IMPROVISATIONALRECREATIONAL HYPNOSIShttp://www.walkabouttrance.com August 15 – 16, 2009, Redondo Beach, CA, USA A Course inCreative Speed Hypnosis Techniques forRecreation and Light Entertainment Instant and Rapid Hypnosis Inductionsfor Anyplace, Anytime, and Anytrance(Clinic, Classroom, Club, Stage, Street, Walkabout, Anywhere)Secrets of Fast, Faster, Fastest Hypnotic Techniques Brian David…
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The Next Hoorah . . .
. . . party in Tucheng
. . . see me onstage this weekend!
by Brian David Phillips •
This Saturday evening enjoy music and fun. I will be appearing at THE NEXT HOORAH (http://taipeimotion.com) presenting hypnotic comedy fun in the 8:45-9:25pm slot right between a couple great music acts. The Next Hoorah is a musical extravaganza with a few comedy and variety style acts to keep things fresh (that’s me, freshener). It’s going…
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Kreskin . . . Genuine Hypnosis in Horror Movie
by Brian David Phillips •
When the Amazing Kreskin was asked to play an evil hypnotist in Dante Tomaselli’s film Horror, he decided he wanted to honor a conversation he had with Orson Welles years before . . . all the suggestion effects in the film are genuine. BEHIND THE SCENES See clip on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6z6t1ApSz0. SCENE FROM FILM…
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Hypnotic Fun at CTS
by Brian David Phillips •
I was invited to be the special guest for a performance segment in an episode focusing on hypnosis of Michael Cheng’s English language television program. My segment is to be selected clips from a mini-hypnosis show I performed in the studio. The piece was filmed in the CTS studios (中華電視公司) in Taipei on Oct. 17,…
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Fairy Dragon . . .
. . . Raiya Sinha hypnotized by Brian David Phillips
by Brian David Phillips •
Raiya Sinha, actress, attended the Speed Hypnosis Techniques workshop taught by myself (Brian David Phillips (羅狼仁)), hypnotist (催眠), in Mumbai and volunteered to be trance partner for the demonstration of the Fairy Dragon trance technique. Sorry for the poor lighting. This video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv3OspAjsLw – is part of a series of highlights filmed during various…
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Desired Intention Memory Box . . .
. . . Navin Prabhakar hypnotized by Brian David Phillips
by Brian David Phillips •
Navin Prabhakar (yes that Navin Prabhakar [http://www.navinprabhakar.com], the famous comedian, actor, and singer) attended the Speed Hypnosis Techniques workshop I taught in Mumbai, India, and volunteered to be trance partner for the demonstration of the Desired Intention Memory Box creative trance process. Those of you familiar with my improvisational hypnosis approaches know that I like…
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Courtney Love and Hypnosis for Weight Loss
by Brian David Phillips •
When working with folks for weight loss, it is important to work on ideal weight goals within healthy ranges. Courtney Love is certainly known for extremes . . . she has had weight problems for some time with a tendency to balloon up and then purge and diet and then balloon again. Her recent rehab…
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Hypnosis Calms the Ol’ Nerves for Adam Harvey
by Brian David Phillips •
Country music star Adam Harvey recently performed in Melbourne and revealed that he wasn’t always so comfortable in front of an audience. In a recent interview, Harvey said that ten years ago, he underwent a severe case of nerves. According to Harvey, “I ended up having hypnotherapy and ever since then, I’ve never felt nervous” …
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Liz McClarnon loses a stone hypnotically . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
According to Liz McClarnon, she had quite the humiliating experience which led her to hypnosis. McClarnon, of Atomic Kitten fame (web), participated in the reality television series Celebrity Love Island and was completely devastated by the humiliating weigh-ins and the like. See the top photo at right to see McClarnon all covered up next to…
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Derren Brown versus Richard Bandler
by Brian David Phillips •
Derren Brown has had to back down from some of his very critical statements about Neruolinguistic Programming (NLP) and – more specifically – about Richard Bandler, one of the founders of NLP. In his book, Trick of the Mind, Brown called NLP a bit of a pyramid scheme rather than a legitimate approach to the…
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Hypnosis goes to the Olympics
by Brian David Phillips •
Two-time Olympic silver medal winner, U.S. shotputter Adam Nelson has begun using hypnosis as a means to prepare himself for the gold this time around . . . Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times features Nelson’s work with hypnotist Pete Siegel using sports enhancement and peak performance techniques (similar to some of the methods…
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When Artistic Trance Becomes Art . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Sometimes hypnosis helps artists to create art . . . https://briandavidphillips.net/2008/06/coldplay-goes-h.html . . . and sometimes hypnosis is the art, or at least a major part of it. On 22 April 2008, Raimundas Malasauskas once again ventured into the world of the paranormal . . . well, supposed paranormal . . . to date, his…
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Coldplay goes Hypnotic . . .
. . . Viva La Vida and Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Now this is a fun and rewarding and delightful bit of hypnotic news . . . Coldplay’s newest album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends was written in part with the help of hypnosis. Three years ago, front man Chris Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband) made some ripples when he anounced that their…
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Dr. Joyce Brothers endorses Hypnotherapy
by Brian David Phillips •
In a recent response to a question in her column, Dr. Joyce Brothers gave an endorsement for hypnosis for losing weight and other issues: Actually, it is possible that hypnotherapy can help people lose weight. Obviously, it’s not a magic bullet, and it’s not for everyone, but there are cases in which it can be…
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Hypnosis and Major League Baseball
by Brian David Phillips •
Major League Baseball is as much a head game as a physical one and there are now rumors of a number of major league players who will be using hypnosis to help them with the mental focus of the game (web). The MLB rumors goes into more detail . . . Doctors Thomas Newmark and…
