If you're recently undergone an Introductory Hypnosis, NLP or Energy Course, I'm 
willing to lay money down that you haven't hypnotized ONE SINGLE PERSON outside
of that practice session you had  in class. 

I'm even more willing to bet, some of you are VERY CONFUSED!

If you are one of the  more motivated students, you might have tied a bag of catnip around your neck
in an attempt to get your  family CAT to sit there so you could practice.

If you are in NYC, you're in luck. We're forming such a group.

Go to the below page to sign in to our e-mail list:

 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomnambulisticSleepwalkers

Click on register, MAKE up and log in name (and remember it), make up a password (AND REMEMBER
IT) and you will be led to our group. It says something about adult content. I have no clue as to why they
consider hypnosis ADULT CONTENT, but there WILL NOT be any pics of Claudia Schiffer there. Unless of course, Claudia wants to join our group. :)

This group is ONLY open to students SERIOUSLY interested in doing the exercises, practicing the skills,
and making the material yours, therefore you have to have taken a basic hypnosis course - in person or video -
or an NLP Intro, or an energy course  and ...of course,.. can back it up. 

This is a hands-on group. You're just going to get lost here if you don't have the basic foundations.
I'll list on the bottom of this page, several PHENOMENAL Instructors in the NY area (and a few by mail) who are highly recommended by our participants (and some who will offer you a discount if you mention you're a member of our group - Cross training with different instructors is highly recommended).

Here's a brief idea of some of our upcoming group practice sessions:

1) The ELMAN INDUCTION - hypnotize at least 10 people in an evening.
One of the fastest and efficient induct ions out there. We will practice the steps, pair up with
partners, go through sample motions and then proceed to hypnotize one another and get experience
with many different partners in one evening.

2) Practice giving pre-talks! - after all, you DO know what you're talking about!
The most important part of a hypnosis session is the pre-talk with the client. How to do it
successfully, alleviate their fears. We will use examples from some of the most successful
hypnotists and then practice giving our own pre-talk to  practice partners.

Other Hypnosis Practice sessions we are working on:
Covert, Direct and Indirect Inductions - Practice
Formulating and creating suggestions
Deepening Techinques
Parts Therapy
Regression Techniques
Emotional Versus Physical Suggestibility
Practicing Pain removal
Stage Techniques
Hypnotic Languaging Patterns
Confidence Building Exercises
Hypnosis techniques for Weight and Smoking Control

Building the NEW YOU !!!! - Design the person you WOULD like to BE!
Who is going to buy the belief that you have the skills necessary to help them if you don't
have them within yourself?
This is a program which will  instill those traits - confidence, self esteem, health - within yourself --
a systematic program of self improvement,

NLP Exercises
Rapport Exercises (Matching, Pacing, Leading)
Practicing using matching predicates on the phone
Sensory Acuity Exercises  - noticing eyes, skin color, minute muscular changes,
breathing rates
Reframing
Phobia Removal
Persuasion techniques

ENERGY TECHNIQUES
Practicing muscle testing
Chakras
Meridian
Releasing

EFT

Silva Method Techniques

And more .... and more .... and more .......!!!

ARE YOU SERIOUS enough to join !!!!
Do you have skills to contribute. Remember, the BEST WAY TO LEARN SOMETHING is to
teach it!

Join up for the updates to this form. We will be announcing our first meetings/get-togethers
shortly.

John
http://www.seakayaker.com
sorry@sorry.com

Note: Your moderator has spent his life screwing .... er ... working with people's minds.
A former Silva Method lecturer in NYC (under Paul Grivas), JP has lectured from 3 to 300 people 
on the Silva Method monthly for the 5 years he was involved with the Silva Organization. 

He has  explored various disciplines from hemispheric synchronicity with  the Brother Charles, 
Synchronicity organization to spending a lot of time with some of the biggest con men, oh, I mean ... 
politicians in NYC .... and is the founder of the biggest sea kayaking organization in the US.

There's a lot more, but morality limits me at this juncture.

Hypnosis Instruction in - NYC

- George Bien
Specialty performance artists, originator of Parts therapy techniques for sexual abuse.

- Barry Seedman
Seen on Ophra, Sally, many NYC news shows. Worked with the NYC Police, boxing and sports personalities. Reiki master.

- Doug Obrien
Specializing in Ericksonian Hypnosis. Worked as one of Tony Robbins trainers.

Hypnotism (Outside NYC and video courses)

Gerald Kein
National Guild of Hypnotists Instructor of the year. Very instructional videos that take you by the hand. Simplistic but extremely thorough approach. The guy is simply a master.

Major Mark Cunningham
Cutting edge techniques for mind expansion and self improvement. His tapes help you to
build a new you by allowing you to explore different realities. His unique blend of
hypnosis is called  Marknosis. The Major is his own best teacher. He practices everything
he teaches.

NLP
Coming to NYC - Essential Skills - Tom Vizzini
You can study NLP for 20 years and still not get it. You can take a three day
seminar with Tom and Kim and on the following Monday be commanding 
influence skills that will blow you away.
They have demystified the persuasion aspects of NLP and have combined it
in a life changing seminar which is aptly titled - Essential Skills.
 

John Lavalle - Pure NLP
The guy teaches with the founder of NLP - Richard Bandler. Need I say more.
Check out the web site. Great tapes.
 

Energy
Donna Eden
Donna wrote Energy Medicine - one of the best books on the market for understanding
.... ENERGY .... and healing ........ and .... just BUY it .... then join our group and
practice.

Doc John LaTourette
John LaTourette is an Amazing character. One of the top Martial artists in the world,
he is known for his speed-hitting techniques. He is also a Silva ESP lecturer, a Huna
Master, an energy lecturer .... well .... what isn't he ...... nothing but the martials arts
material is on his website, so you have to call and GET him on the phone. Tons of
his seminars have been videotaped. - Simple and understandable.

Tribeca Hypnosis Center
Dr. Trudy Beers has an array of interesting classes and workshops.
Her center has been on the forefront of aiding the firemen and police officers involved
in the World Trade disaster.

Somnambulistic Sleepwalkers Study and Practice Group
This is where LUCKY NYers get together and practice these sessions .... and the BEST thing .... it's almost FREE ....... it may cost us a couple of bucks to rent the room ..... but ...... if you just take the seminars .... that's cool, there are thousands of seminar junkies ... if you want to take the seminars and IMPROVE your life and EVERYONE you come into contact with ..... well then ...... why haven't you JOINED ??