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Don
04-29-2010, 03:21 PM
This forum always gets posts from people who either wants to solve their problems by downloading a free MP3, or want essentially free training. I can honestly say that as a basic rule, you get what you pay for.

Recently I signed up for free emails training people in street hypnosis. For those of you reading this not familiar with the subject, street hypnosis is a relatively new development of stage hypnosis. The basis idea is to go out on the street and do an instant or rapid induction and a stunt or two. Most often the skits are at best insipid, consisting of things like sticking a hand to a trash can.

Since signing up for these free trainings, I've learned that the trainer received his first basic training less than one year ago. So far, I've received two items from this "trainer." The first says that to be a good hypnotist you have to be arrogant. I disagree. You have to be confident, true, but not arrogant. He's claimed there's not much difference between arrogance and confidence. I completely disagree.

His second tip really takes the cake. It's (so help me!), well, I guess you'd have to call it a rapid crotch induction.

He says to have the person you're going to hypnotize stare at your crotch while you repeatedly do pelvic thrusts toward them. Then you yell "sleep" at them and they supposedly go into trance. He even gives instructions on how to hold and move your hands as you do your "Time Warp" imitation from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

He now claims it was a joke. The second post of his "training."

You get what you pay for.

Poodle
04-29-2010, 06:12 PM
I'm on a freebie too -- one if Igor's previous students. It's quite funny but it seems to be much better than what you got for free.

It's my belief that this is where all the instant inductions not working are coming from. It works on the video so why doesn't it work when "I" do it. Well, "you" don't have years of experience behind you to figure out EXACTLY what's going on.

The crotch bit does work extremely well in trainings as it makes certain people shut up....just looking at it constantly....no touch!! Very uncomfortable, very uneasy sooo he/she shuts up and interrupts no more. It's called: The Look.

Last night's videos with instructions were of an oriental man doing street hypnosis on the 'street' in England and then disappearing. To me it seems terribly dangerous to do this and leave. Poor people obviously have purses, billfolds, jewelry and they are left pretty much catalyptic on the street in somnambulism all by their little lonesome. We KNOW they will emerge when they want to but to leave someone totally vulnerable on the street. NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY! Bad for business. Bad for hypnosis and Worse for Hypnotherapy.

Hugs~Pood

Connie
04-29-2010, 07:47 PM
Ok, I have to tell MY staring story. Well, it's not about me, it's my hubby, Michael. Bandler was explaining the technique Poodle describes above (to shut up someone in the audience who is too vocal) and chose my hubby as his demo. So he, Bandler, was standing onstage, staring at Michael's lap area. We were in the front row, as I recall. Staring. Intensely!!

Anyway, Michael's amusement at the whole thing superceded any discomfort. Laughing and laughing. But, NOW....

Michael's put a new spin on the story. He says: "Richard Bandler himself has admired my NLP-ness."

(Now, if you don't "get" the word play here, I'm not going to explain it to you!)

Vin
04-30-2010, 01:37 AM
In had some students of mine looking intensetely at my crotch. It happened a few times, actually. So, while teaching, I began multi-tasking (talking, writing and checkin if my zip was open). It was not. Never discovered why.

Vin

Poodle
04-30-2010, 08:55 PM
I had read the NLP-ness before. Did Skip write it here? It's priceless and now I'm wondering exactly what did Richard do when the whole exercise didn't work? Bandler can't fail so he had to teach something there that he was not planning on teaching. Right? or was it...this usually works, but ,,, :confused:

OMG!! I now know I will really laugh when I meet you two in person. :D

Hugs~Pood

skip
05-01-2010, 04:43 AM
NLP-ness envy?

Poodle
05-02-2010, 11:17 AM
by whom?

Pood :D

skip
05-02-2010, 03:24 PM
Donno but it is out there!!!!!!

skip