Covert Hypnosis and NLP

Hypnosis Melbourne

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:38:00 +0000

This article lifts the lid on the Underbelly of the Melbourne Hypnosis Scene. Who is the shadowy figure who lurks behind the web sites you find at the top of your searches? What does he have in store for you?

You really have to tip your hat to Google alerts don't you.

Hope you like the Easter Egg Andrew...

If you need any information regarding hypnosis or want to book a Hypnotherapy session then check these two sites out:

Hypnosis Melbourne

Hypnotherapist Melbourne

Hypnotzie Youself

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:10:00 +0000

I just found a fun little site that has all kind of things about how to Hypnotize Yourself. Take a look. Its put together by a good friend of mine.

Covert Hypnosis An Operators Manual - Review

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:52:00 +0000

Covert Hypnosis An Operators Manual

I think it was actually Kevin Hogan who coined the term Covert Hypnosis. Whilst I am a huge fan of listening to hypnotists in action (as per Igors "Power of Conversational Hypnosis") Hogan really shines the spotlight on this little know art. Most of the other products sold on the subject of Covert Hypnosis are derivatives of the Operators Manual. It can be frightening when you understand just how powerful this stuff really is. Be warned!

I've also watched Hogans body language series and have to say he presents his information very, very well. The same goes for Covert Hypnosis an Operators Manual. The book is easy to read and full of some pretty amazing stuff. At $47, it isn't cheap, but I guess you wouldn't expect this kind of knowledge to come for free.

Go here to read more about Covert Hypnosis An Operators Manual

Covert Hypnosis: Conversational Management

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:09:00 +0000

How can you get to your destination if you don’t know where you are going?

Opportunities for covert hypnosis will present themselves all the time, however using conversational management skills the covert hypnotist can guide the conversation to where he or she wants it to go very, very quickly.

Have you ever known someone who was fanatical about something? Within minutes of speaking to them you would be talking about there pet topic and you don’t know how you got there. As a conversational hypnotist you really should learn how to guide conversations to places that allow for your covert trance inductions….

The art of Leading:

This is the skill of LEADING. If the other person is controlling the conversation then you will never steer it to where you want to go. I had this great metaphor told to me about the art of leading conversations:
Imagine you are on a riverboat; the person you are with has their hands on the wheel. You gently move next to them and take the wheel from their hands. Now the boat is still going down the river, it’s just that you are in control of it.

Conversational management skills are easily developed once you realise their importance. The first step is to practice. This is a primary skill in Covert Hypnosis.

Covert Hypnosis: How to learn Covert Hypnosis

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:01:00 +0000

It can be quite daunting for the beginner to know where to start. Whilst it isn't important to learn all the aspects of regular hypnosis, I do recommend that you supplement you Covert Hypnosis training with traditional learnings:

My preferences for learning Covert Hypnosis are as follows:

Kevin Hogan
Igor Ledochowski

If you combine these two I guarantee you will be well on your way. Please note, there are a couple of guys out there making quite outrageous claims about covert hypnosis. Stick to the above two and you will be well on your way...

Conversational Hypnosis Review - Unbiased

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:13:00 +0000

If you type the words Conversational Hypnosis into any search engine it seems like you always end up at the same sales page...Igor Ledochowski's Power of Conversational Hypnosis.

I bought the CD set about 12 momths ago. I had originally aquired the first CD set that Igor put out quite a few years ago. At the time it really opened my mind to the possibilities... I think I did my first covert induction soon after listening to it.

As well as buying the CD set I also subscribe to Igors private hypnosis group. It's a great source of up to date stuff. In a world of hypno scammers, fortunately Igor is the real deal. The downside to it all is that the Power of Conversational Hypnosis costs around $200 (it's got about 14 CDs) AND the private hypnosis group is something like $40 per month. I guess it depends how keen you are.

There's a LOT of information to digest. I did find that whilst the set is brilliant, my biggest complaint is that there wasn't enough time spent on the Ericksonian style of Hypnotic language. However, if you listen to Igors manner of speech, you can pick it quite quickly.

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Another Self Hypnosis Project

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:08:00 +0000

After doing the Approaching Women MP3 I decided to embark on another project..a self hypnosis video. It's based on the hypnotic spiral and some classical conversational hypnosis language. For those of you who haven't experienced hypnosis, I recommend you watch it. It works best if you have a set of headphones on and that you follow the instructions.

The Youtube link is below:

Embedded Commands: The 4 Golden Rules for Using Embedded Commands

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:37:00 +0000

Embedded Commands: The 4 Golden Rules for Using Embedded Commands

UAM – Use Analogue Marking
It is important to mark out your embedded commands (EC) so that they a registered by the subconscious mind. You can do this in the following 3 ways:

1) The Use of Pauses: You will have to determine the right length of the pause for your own rate of speech. Ideally the pause should be only long enough to create a slight ambiguity in meaning.

2) Change Volume: You can mark out the command by saying it slightly louder than the rest of the sentence.

3) Tonality – See CTDA

CTDA – Command Tone Down Always
The subconscious will not know it is an instruction unless it hears it said as one. When we issue a normal command there is always an inflection in the tone that is downward. If you were asking a question the inflection would be upward. Even though the EC is hidden in a sentence, it MUST be uttered in the same tone as you would normally issue a command.

RUOT – Repetitive Use of Theme
The subconscious needs repetition to register a theme. Simply saying “a person can…FEEL COMFORTABLE..when sitting on a train” would probably not be enough to suggest to the subconcious that it should feel comfortable. To make your embedded commands more powerful, repeat the theme. To keep the conversation normal, limit the repetition of the same command phrase.

PPP – Practice, Practice, Practice
To make your embedded commands work for you, you must put the above 4 rules into practice. One of the things I get my students to do is record their hypnotic patterns that include embedded commands, and then play them back. That way they can get a feel for whether they are getting things right or not.

Now go out and, Use embedded commands!

Derren Brown and NLP: Never Trust a Magician!

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:15:00 +0000

You have to admire a person who can create the kind of publicity that Derren Brown has. Links to his Racetrack scam/Russian scam and BMX Present stunt have swamped inboxes like only the best viral marketing can do. But let’s stop for a moment. Can we really trust a magician?

What is Misdirection
Misdirection is a stock tool of the magician. The magician draws your attention to one thing whilst manipulating another out of the view of the audience.

Fooling The Experts
I had to hold in my laughter as I listened to a recording of a teleconference with so called experts in covert hypnosis discussing the “BMX” trick. In his show “Trick of The Mind” , Derren appears to create a false memory in the subject which makes the guy think that he always wanted a BMX rather than a leather jacket. Without giving a line by line explanation of everything that happened in the skit (I highly recommend you watch it), ANYONE with any real covert hypnosis/NLP skills would know that what Derren does in the clip is INSUFFICIENT to induce a false memory! A mild trance induction caused by a handshake interrupt and a quick “false memory story” laced with embedded bicycle references won’t work. At the end of the show, Derren directs our attention to the embedded commands used. Brilliant misdirection! There are a ton of other ways this trick could have been done (any one them far more probable). Please be wary of anyone using Derrens clips as evidence of the proof that NLP and Covert Hypnosis work.

Derren, you are a genius!

Oh what the hell....here it is if you have never seen it....

Covert Hypnosis: 3 Quick Ways to Confuse Your Subjects and Induce a Hypnotic Trance

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:28:00 +0000

Creating confusion in the mind of your subject causes them to do a Trans Derivational Search (referred to as TDS) to find meaning in what you say. This search causes a trance effect that you can use to your advantage. The follow are fantastic ways of inducing that trance state:

1# Use double negatives
The mind struggles to handle multi uses of negatives in a statement. If I were to say to you “don’t, not, not think about something now until you can’t think of it?”. What am I actually saying?

2# Use Time Stacking
Time references can also cause a deep degree of confusion. For instance, Imagine a time in the future when you look back on a day and you remember when you thought how good you felt reflecting on things you look forward to.

3# Wordplay and Linguistic Ambiguities
You can play on the multiple meaning of words to easily confuse the conscious mind.

The word RIGHT could be used to mean the following:
The right side of your body OR the right thing to do OR the ship managed to RIGHT itself

The word LEFT could be used to mean the following:
The left side of your body OR what is left over.

Creating Confusion
To confuse your subject you could easily say something like, ”As you feel your right and left hand, right, lift your left, and you can notice what’s left is the right and when you look at your left you might wonder who’s right is it to ask?

What, do you do after the confusion…you’ll have to wait for the answer. But for now, go out and confuse people!
Damon Laude
www.SeductiveHypnosis.com
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Covert Hypnosis: 3 Important Things When First Learning NLP/Covert Hypnosis

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:59:00 +0000

NLP and Covert Hypnosis are HUGE subjects. For many these amazing subjects become just a mental exercise and people never, ever use what they learn. For many it’s really just a simple case of knowing where to start….

3 Steps to do it all wrong:

Step 1: Read and listen to every piece of information you can.
You will never ever be able to master it unless you know everything there is to know about it. Also, make sure you get everyone’s opinion on every aspect of the same technique just in case.

Step 2: Pick random elements to practice.
Once you know everything you think you could know, choose a random skill to practice. Structure isn’t important. And the difficulty of this random skill is also irrelevant.

Step 3: Do everything out of context
Make sure you use that skill as much as you want regardless of the context of your communication. Bring it up as soon as you can.

The 3 Steps to Success:

Step 1: Understand the context of your communication.
Our personal interactions exist in a social context; Business, friendship and intimate relationship, just to name a few. The communication between participants tends to follow a general flow that is in context with that relationship. Pay attention to social contexts.

Step 2: Pick something easy to practice each day.
Pick a simple skill to apply that pertains to one or more contexts. Take for instance; eye accessing cues (see my article here to understand what that is). This applies to multiple social contexts.

Step 3: Build and learn that base skill.
Plan how you will practice the skill. For instance using eye accessing cues you could use the following PLANNED questions:

Personal Context: What is your favourite holiday destination?
Business: When was the last time you purchased something you really liked?
Relationship: When was the last time you really felt adventurous?

Reading about Covert Hypnosis is one thing, but doing is it WAY more fun!

Damon Laude www.SeductiveHypnosis.com

Covert Hypnosis: How to Use the Hypnotic Power of the Magicians Choice

noreply@blogger.com (Damon Laude) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:46:00 +0000

"....The Magicians Choice is one of the most important tools a good magician can have in their repertoire of magic...."

The Magicians Choice is a 'forcing' technique that allows them to control what item a spectator picks. By carefully controlling the 'process of elimination', they end up with exactly the item they want the spectator to have...the spectator is completely unaware of this process, and is under the illusion that they are making a free choice. Similarly, we can use the principle of 'forcing' to influence a person to make a choice that is to our benefit.

But first, lets look at the ways we can cause a person to reject our choice

Give them only one option:
Only giving a person one option leaves them with the decision to agree or disagree with that option. If you suggest that you both go to the park (because you want to be alone with that person), and the person is scared of dogs, they will turn your offer down. You will then have to provide another option.

Demand what you want:
Sometimes called "my way or the highway". Demanding that someone choose an option can cause a confrontational mindset. The choice may become a side issue, such that the person is disagreeing with the demand for the option rather than the option itself.

Sound unsure of what you want:
Uncertainty can make an option seem very unappealing. We all like to think that when we make a choice, it's a good one. By sounding uncertain you can well create the impression that the option may not be a good one.

How to get someone to do what you want using Double Binds and Lists:
A double bind is when a person is given two options, where both options are to your benefit. For example, I could say to someone "Would you like to go to a really cool bar I know, or should we just take our drinks and go out on the balcony?". Both of these options are favourable to me. But I am giving them a choice. A sales person could also do this by asking a prospective customer, "will you be paying by credit card or by cash?". The option to not pay is excluded. Either option benefits the sales person. By stating the choices in non demanding and confident manner we are giving the person the chance to compare the TWO things and choose which one they prefer (assuming that the choices are reasonable) rather than thinking of something else.

A similar "forcing" principle applies to Listing. When choosing from a list of 3 things, people generally favour the last thing mentioned. You can use this to your advantage by placing your preferred option last. An example of this could be if I said to a woman "Which would you prefer, go upstairs to the private area, go to a diner and grab something to eat OR should we go to this cool bar I know of?".

So there you have it; Double Binds and Listing. Remember to use this as one of your Covert Hypnosis Skills!
Damon L