New to hypnosis and confused about where to begin your hypnotist training?
People often call our office and ask,"You've got so many great videos - which one should I start with?"
While we'd like to say, "ALL of them!" our goal is to provide you with quality training at an appropriate level for your experience, and for your performance goals.
Are you just starting out?
If you have little or no experience with hypnosis - clinical or stage or street - we recommend you begin with "Richard Nongard's Learn Hypnosis - How to Hypnotize Anyone." This video will provide you with a solid foundation, and in just 90-minutes, you will learn how to begin hypnotizing people.
Once you have the basics down, you can move up to more specific and advanced training. That way, everything will make more sense, and you won't feel as lost or confused.
Are you interested in street hypnosis - amazing friends and strangers at parties or restaurants?
We recommend "Speed Trance - Instant Hypnotic Inductions for Stage, Street and Clinical Hypnosis" from John Cerbone (who has the funniest red pen you'll ever see) and Richard Nongard (world renown hypnosis instructor), and Richard's "Mastering Hypnotic Power - Hypnotic Phenomena for Stage, Street and Clinical Hypnosis" videos. These two DVD sets will teach you how to really WOW spectators in both spontaneous and planned close-up situations.
"Speed Trance" will have you hypnotizing anyone in a matter of seconds, and "Mastering Hypnotic Power" will teach you how to use hypnotic phenomena to entertain and convince both subjects and spectators - in any hypnosis setting - stage, street or clinical.
Are you interested in performing stage hypnosis shows for comedy clubs, grad nights or corporate parties?
We recommend you get "Stage Hypnosis Exposed" from Michael Johns and Richard Nongard for a solid step-by-step foundation of stage show productions. This video covers stage hypnosis pre-talks, convincers, inductions, skits, post-hypnotic suggestions and awakenings. You'll learn why they are important, how they work, and how to do them successfully.
As you begin to perfect your personal stage presence style, you might want to pick up "The Michael Johns Stage Hypnosis Induction" and the "Terry Stokes Stage Show Induction - How to Hypnotize Anyone" videos.
These two Las Vegas pros do the same thing for a living, but in different ways. Terry (America's Favorite Hypnotist) uses a longer pre-talk and a very short induction, while Michael (the Bad Boy of Comedy Hypnosis) uses a longer, more complicated induction - but both are powerfully effective night after night. You can learn skills and strategies from both of these masters, and help define your own personal stage hypnosis show induction and presentation style.
To complement these videos, we recommend "The Little Black Book of Stage Hypnosis Secrets." This textbook expands upon the "Stage Hypnosis Exposed" video and also includes a verbatim transcript of Michael's and Richard's stage inductions, so you can study what they do and how it works, on paper.
You can also experience LIVE stage hypnosis training classes with Richard Nongard and Michael Johns in Las Vegas, March 6-8, 2008, and with Richard Nongard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 27-29, 2008.
Would you like to help people in a clinical way to improve their life, quit smoking or lose weight?
We highly recommend that all serious stage and street hypnosis performers receive a solid foundation in clinical hypnosis training.
As a professional entertainer, the more you know about how and why hypnosis works and how hypnotic phenomena can be demonstrated and utilized for affecting change, the better equipped you will be to perform effectively and safely, and be able to spontaneously react and adjust to your subjects on stage. Earning Certification can also add to your credibility in some situations.
Richard offers a comprehensive ICBCH approved 20-hour multi-media homestudy Clinical Hypnosis Certification program that will teach you how to help people change their lives in powerful ways.
Whether you are just starting out or have other hypnosis training behind you, this comprehensive Certification program will provide you with amazing new skills and key applications. Learn how to hypnotize people, how to use and create effective hypnotic scripts, how to handle abreaction, how to assess clients to create the most effective therapeutic suggestions, and more!
The homestudy Certification course includes Richard's "Inductions and Deepeners: Styles and Approaches for Effective Hypnosis" textbook, which provides you with explanation and transcripts of numerous induction and deepener hypnosis sessions, so you can study the effectiveness of of the scripts. (This book is also available by itself.)
To see these inductions and deepeners in action with actual clients, we recommend Richard's "Hypnotic Inductions: Methods that Work (Volume 1)" and "Inductions and Deepeners (Volume 2)" videos. Richard explains the hypnosis scripts and methods he uses, and demonstrates them with real people.
To help facilitate deep trance in clinical or self-hypnosis settings, we recommend Richard's "Theta Level Deep Trance" binaural beat technology CD. The serene nature sounds are mixed with a subtle pulsating beat that sends clients down quickly.
Want to improve your own life through self-hypnosis?
Terry Stokes' book, "Understanding Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis, and easy to understand book about hypnotism" is just what the title says. It's packed with scripts for life-improvement, and teaches you how to use them effectively. Great for beginners!
Richard's "Alpha Level Awake and Aware" binaural beat technology CD is a great way to start your day! It gets you going on a positive, productive note.
We hope this listing is helpful to you!
If you have more questions, please feel free to call HypnosisGurus.com at (800) 68-HYPNO --(800) 684-9766.
