Shaahin Cheyene provides a simple guide to hot to use hypnotic language in an entry at the Huffington Post but starts off with a a misstatement. The bit starts off fine with an example I use quite a bit: Don’t think of a pink bunny. No, seriously don’t. Whether you like it or not, you…

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Try to get through this video on the science of yawning without yawning This video, by vsauce, explains why yawning is contagious. It also explains the physiology of yawning and so very much more. Great stuff. – Brian

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Michael Ann Dobbs discusses new research that has found that reading novels can make you a better person. The principles found work similarly to vicarious experience but with a twist, a different twist than our recent discussion on using vicarious experience hypnotically to play a zombie game but related nonetheless. We all know that reading…

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Kate Walks explores how hypnosis can change one’s life for the better in amazing ways. You may not know it, but you have already been hypnotised. According to Towradgi hypnotherapist Natalie Armstrong, hypnosis is a natural state we go in and out of several times a day. ‘‘Hypnosis taps into the same brain wave state,…

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A New Zealand psychiatrist says he expects hypnosis will be used more widely in the future as form of analgesia and anaesthesia. Auckland Regional Pain Service pain specialist Dr Bob Large says in some parts of the world, hypnosis has been used prior to major surgery. Dr Large, who is speaking at the Australian and…

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Eric Nelson asks questions . . . Although many of us tend to think of hypnosis in terms of swinging stopwatches and making unsuspecting people act like chickens, it turns out that this age-old practice is now being used for far more practical purposes, including better health and lower hospital bills. However, as progressive as…

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More hypnosis in the news . . . http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=156697. – Brian

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This is important . . . any good hypnotist who understands history and technique can tell you this sort of thing has been around for some time . . . seriously, there are huge books of doctors performing surgery with no anaesthetic on folks as far back as the 18th and 19th centuries . .…

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Amy Norton has been reporting for Reuters on new developments in the world of scientific research into hypnosis, old news for some of us but good to see new work is confirming it. Her story can be found at http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/us-smoking-acupuncture-idINBRE84601X20120507 and provides the nutshell that smoking . . . and other treatment modalities . .…

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Martin Johnston of the New Zealand Herald speaks with Jenni Abdelnoor who was so happy with the hypnosis she used for the birth of her second child that she would happily have it for surgery. Her son Stanley, now 2, was born by emergency caesarean. When she was pregnant with her daughter Sage, now 10…

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Some fascinating research into brain stimulation and problem-solving has found a significant increase in certain types of creative problem-solving when certain areas of the brain are stimulated via an electric circuit thingie. From a nine dot problem with no solutions to stimulation and forty percent solutions is a pretty damned big jump. See the article…

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For those with an interest in eye movement patterns – that includes folks who’ve learned the patterns in their Neurolinguistic Programming training – here’s an abstract for a study on the subject: The saccadic eye movements that people make when thinking have been largely ignored in the eye-movement literature. Nevertheless, there is evidence that such…

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Smokers are more worried about the stigma of their habit than their health, with research showing they are increasingly likely to hide their addiction and feel guilty about it. This finding, after Cancer Council of WA research into the emotional and social aspects of smoking . . . "Smokers who are still at it have…

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Please note, this is NOT hypnosis. Not at all. An Emirati boy was admitted to hospital with fatigue and momentarily memory loss after his friend tried to hypnotize him by using what he dubbed as “magic hand” involving stopping the boy’s breath. Some people see hyperventilation or sleeper methods online and assume they are related…

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The Australian Government has created a Quit Now program (http://quitnow.gov.au/) to encourage folks to quit smoking complete with a worthwhile slogan: “Every cigarette you don’t smoke is doing you good.” The program has embraced hypnotherapy as a means of helping folks give up smoking and their success stories are wonderful. See http://www.thesatellite.com.au/story/2012/03/12/giving-up-ciggies-through-the-power-of-suggestion/ for the story.…

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Giants manager Bruce Bochy has used hypnosis to kick a 36-year addiction to smokeless tobacco. “I never did it during interviews,” Bochy said the other day in the Giants’ dugout. “At least, I don’t think I did, but there could have been times I craved it too much and did it anyway.” He had tried…

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