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Katie Waissel turning to Hypnotherapy for Stage Fright

A slew of news, entertainment, and gossip sources are reporting that Katie Waissel, the X-Factor star, is seeking help with hypnotherapy to help her with the stage fright that has been causing her to flub lines and make on-stage mistakes. See http://www.in2town.co.uk/News-Celebrity/X-Factor-singer-to-under-go-Hypnosis-for-stage-fright for one story on the subject. Evidently, she’s turned to her mentor Cheryl…

Journal of Interactive Drama seeking Submissions

JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA A Multi-Discipline Peer-Reviewed Journal of Scenario-Based Theatre-Style Interactive Drama Freeform Live Action Roleplaying Games Call for Papers The Journal of Interactive Drama is an online peer-reviewed journal on scenario-based interactive drama freeform live action roleplaying games which provides a forum for serious discussion of live roleplaying game theory, design, and practice. Two…

Critical Strategies of LARP and Interactive Drama

Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montol present their paper on “Critical Strategies of LARP“ to the Nordic LARP Talks (http://nordiclarptalks.org): About the Presenters: Markus Montola (M.Soc.Sc.) has worked as a researcher both at University of Tampere and at Nokia Research Center, with role-playing and pervasive games as main research interests. Currently he is a doctoral candidate…

Introduction to Nordic Interactive Drama

Johanna Klojonen presents an Introduction to Nordic LARPs as her presentation at the Nordic LARP Talks conference.  See http://nordiclarptalks.org for more.  Honestly, I think the entire conference concept is absolutely inspiring . . . methinks it may even be something worth pursuing here – perhaps as an activity adjunct with the Journal of Interactive Drama at…

Neurotheology Six . . . Practical Neurotheology

Here is the sixth lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . PUTTING NEUROTHEOLOGY INTO PRACTICE USING NEUROSCIENCE FOR SPIRTUAL PRACTICE 25 September 2008, 1 hour and 47 minutes How to choose (or…

Neurotheology Five . . . The Sacred Body

Here is the fifth lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . THE SACRED BODY KUNDALINI AND THE CHAKRAS, SUBTLE BODIES, CHI, and YOGA 4 October 2008, 1 hour and 20 minutes This…

Neurotheology Four . . . Psychic Skills and Miracles

Here is the fourth lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . PSYCHIC SKILLS AND MIRACLE 18 September 2008, 1 hour and 44 minutes This lecture discusses how telepathy and remote viewing and…

Neurotheology Three . . . Enlightenment and the Brain

Here is the third lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . ENLIGHTENMENT, the SELF, and the BRAIN 11 September 2008, 1 hour and 29 minutes What happens in the brain when a…

Neurotheology Two . . . Darwinian Reincarnation

Here is the second lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . REINCARNATION IN HUMAN EVOLUTINDARWINIAN REINCARNATION 4 September 2008, 1 hour and 29 minutes A discussion of "Darwinian Reincarnation", a theory that…

Neurotheology One . . . God and the Brain

Here is the first lecture from the Video Lectures on Neurotheology by Todd Murphy ( http://www.shaktitechnology.com), associate member of Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences program, under the direction of Dr. M.A. Persinger . . . GOD AND THE BRAIN 4 October 2008, 1 hour and 47 minutes This talk, called "God and the Brain", is a…

Leona Lewis turns to Hypnosis to Boost her Confidence

IOL and other news outlets are reporting that Leona Lewis is turning to hypnosis to overcome stage jitters.  See the news piece at http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/lewis-turns-to-hypnotherapy-420255.html but it appears that the bosses of the music promotion company, Simon Cowel included, want to make sure Lewis is at the top of her game for her performances. As regular readers of…

Hypnosis for Actors . . . Hypnosis as Method

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.  For those of you…

Hypnosis for Performance Anxiety or Stage Fright

I received the following query via Facebook and thought I would share the question and the brief answer here for others with similar questions: "Hey Brian – have you worked with performance anxiety clients before? I was wondering what kind of approach you would take when dealing with something like this? Would you regress them?…

Desired Intention Memory Box Improvisational Hypnosis with Navin Prabhakar

Continuing with a bit more in terms of our short series of improvisational hypnosis clips, this time with a changework twist instead of just as a call challenge for the induction proper . . . Navin Prabhakar (yes that Navin Prabhakar [http://www.navinprabhakar.com], the famous Indian comedian, actor, and singer) attended the Speed Hypnosis Techniques workshop…

Fairy Dragon . . .
. . . Raiya Sinha hypnotized 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…

Hypnosis Calms the Ol’ Nerves for Adam Harvey

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” …

Inner Image Technique

On Radio America, G. Gordon Liddy interviewed Amy Hibberd about the Inner Image Technique, a hypnotic technique for weight loss in which the hypnotist guides the trance partner into a state of experiential change where the person’s inner subconscious image is transformed into their ideal self so that once the inner image is changed, the…

American Idol Hypnosis?
. . . trance-acting, peformance enhancement and hypnosis

In yet another round of Beatles song coverage, contestants on American Idol all sang songs from the celebrated Beatles songbook.  This time around Kristy Lee Cook sang You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away in a not very rousing rendition.  While the other judges called Cook’s performance "playing it safe" Simon suggested that Kristy seek…

Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom

On 26 December 2007, I presented a workshop on "Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom" to senior students in an elite English program at Taipei First Girls High School, the top girls high school in Taiwan. The program is an adaptation of one I have presented elsewhere in a number of continuing education and academic conference…

Performance Hypnosis . . .
. . . theatre, dance, music, sports, and more

I was asked about performance hypnosis on my myspace . . . specifically using hypnosis to help actresses and dancers but also general performance issues. As folks know, I have undergraduate and graduate degrees in acting . . . so, performance is one of my great loves . . . I absolutely LOVE being in…

Roles, Power, and Influence . . .
Milgram, Zimbardo, and Derren Brown

Does our inate response to authority shut off our ethical sense or responsible behavior?  There are a lot of studies on this very question and the bulk of them point to a rather disapointing and resounding yes.  It seems people are often pretty much sheep or more aptly lemmings. Once again, crossposting from the Hypnosis…