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Parties, Crushes, Girls and Boys, Exams, School, Bullies, Teachers, Parents, Movies, Fun and Games are usually just a few of the things that occupies the mind of an average teenage kid, well I am Leo Gopal and I am a not so average teenage kid…

I have always been interested in that which was not of the ordinary and was always ‘different’ from most of my peers, as their role models consisted of people Chris brown, J’Lo, Snoop Dogg, Tu Pac and the Likes do to their bodies, and singing or swearing talents, which is only natural in today’s world.

My Role Models Consisted of Marxists like Che Guevara, Revolutionaries like Fedel Castro, Anti-Authoritarianists like Wilhelm Riech, philosophers like Socrates, Archimedes, Sophocles, Rene de Cartes, Great Minds Like Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci, are just a few of the men that I truly admired and whom I wanted to be like, and one thing that all of these great men have in common is they all have an “Incredible Mind”.

In my quest to find the ’secret’ of the mind which many of my fellow teenagers saw as insane, and many still do, I stumbled upon the fine art of hypnosis and realized that I wasn’t THAT insane after all…

Hypnosis has brought into my life so much wonder, fascination and substance… The Ability to Accomplish many incredible things, something I always endeavored to do, from taking away people’s pain, stress, anxiety, troubles and problems, to giving them instant happiness and relief, stopping addictions and accomplishing just about anything which includes the human mind is now possible for me as a young teenage hypnotist!

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Hey Everyone,

I thought I would share a technique that I have been using on certain clients, which has been working really great. The clients I have used this technique with seem to love it and they claim to feel the change instantly most of the time. Now, I didn’t create this technique and I’m not sure who did. So if you know who the creator is let me know.

This technique involves having a person imagine they are in a room and within a couple of feet of them is a bright yellow circle. Inside of this circle is whatever change the client is looking to make. For example, if the client wants to lose weight than the image in the circle would be of them at the perfect weight for them. Another example would be if a person wanted a special trait or ability that they admire in someone else. In this case, we would have them imagine the person they admire is in the yellow circle. For instance, if you wanted to be as confidence as Tony Robbins than you would imagine him within in the circle. The sky is the limit with this technique and that’s one of the reasons I enjoy it so much. You have an unlimited ability to help create change with this technique.

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I was recently at a gathering of friends when the subject of hypnosis and hypnotherapy came up in conversation (it often does when I am there). Someone asked me if hypnotherapy really worked and before I could get a word out of my mouth, a woman, whom I had never met, spoke out and said, “Hypnosis is a cult!” …a quick hush feel over the room as I immediately focused my eyes on hers. Now, I don’t mind anyone having their opinions, just don’t be ignorant when expressing them in front of me.

It was obvious, at least to me, that this woman had no clue about what she was interjecting her thoughts, otherwise, she would have kept it to herself. I then asked, “What makes you believe that?” She fired back with “everybody knows it …even the Bible says it’s black magic.” So, now I have to go into the religious end of this as well. After a short talk on the history of hypnosis and how it is used and how I have even been asked by priests and nuns to perform hypnosis on them, she sat there with her mouth open with a foolish look on her face. Her response was typical of a person who was backed up by the big, mean hypnotists …she said, “Yeah, right!”

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 Hey Everyone,

As some of you know I have created a Product of The Month section as mentioned before in this post. Well I have been getting a few e-mails here and there asking me to explain a little bit about the Product of The Month. For those of you who don’t want to click the link I just provided. The ‘POTM’ is a hypnosis product that I personally recommend or has been recommended to me by many of friends who are in the business as well. I will only list products I feel provide high value and actually provide skills that can be used in the real world.

So now that all of that is out of the way. I thought who would be the best person to talk a little about “Speed Trance” than one of the people who helped with it’s creation. I contacted my friend Paula who works with Richard Nongard and she provided me with a article about “Speed Trance” along with contact information in case any of you have any questions. So I would like to thank everyone at Richard Nongard’s office for their support and continued friendship. So without any more waiting here is the article……………..

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Hello Everyone,

I had a couple of sessions the other day for smoking and some stuff that came up during them that gave me an idea for a post. When I work with people for smoking I have certain steps that I like to follow. Before I even work with a client I like to just talk to them for a while. Similar to a pre-talk, but it is designed to educate the person about the habit they are trying to quit.

I like to think that most of the stuff I talk about is important, but there is one part of the talk that is the most important. This is the real reason for becoming a non-smoker. Everyone has different motivations and reasons for quitting. I have heard all types of reasons such as better health, getting a doctor off of their backs, for the children, save money and the list goes on and on. All of these are important and valid reasons for becoming a non-smoker now, but if you think about it, none of these reasons will help you to quit smoking in my opinion.

It’s true that hypnosis works great for helping people to quit smoking. Is it 100 percent successful in helping people to quit smoking? I would love to tell you yes, but than I would be lying. Yet, clinical studies are now starting to pop up claiming that hypnosis is one of the best methods to become a non-smoker. Even though hypnosis is stepping out into the forefront there has yet to be a method of quitting that is 100 percent successful.

There are tons of hypnotists out there and everyone one of them has a different method of using hypnosis to help people quit smoking. Every hypnotist has different views on this subject and most of them are successful. So how can all these different methods be to some degree, successful? Well, its because at its purest form hypnosis has the ability to alter habits. Many clinical studies have backed up this statement. Hypnosis allows people to alter their perception or in other words, reprogram their organic computer to view the habit differently or eliminate it all together.

So even though different methods are used success can still be reached because of this one common factor, yet is there a way to make what you do even more powerful? Is there something you can do to increase your overall session with clients? There is and it’s the real reason needed to quit smoking or at least the real issue that is at the base of the problem in my opinion. You can always disagree with me, but it’s so easy to just go with me and learn now.

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Hey Everyone,

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I am trying to shed some light on other forms of hypnosis and think of new ways to bring information to you. As some of you know I have a lot of friends in the hypnosis world and I asked a good friend of mine named Nathan Thomas to talk about something called Conversational Hypnosis, which is another method of Hypnosis I am currently studying in.

Nathan was just going to write a blog post for everyone, but together we decided a Interview may be a lot of fun and good way to get the information across. So I’m happy to present the first of many interviews to come in the future. Please understand that this is my first interview and it was done late at night. My voice may sound a little funny to everyone due to lack of water and to be honest a little nerves. I always get a little nervous when I do new things, but Nathan delievered tons of great information so it’s worth a listen.

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Hey Everyone,

As many of you know I am a avid student of hypnosis. If I’m not watching a video, I’m reading a book and if I’m not doing either of those things than I’m doing something else involving hypnosis. The internet can be a great resource for free information, but it can also contain a lot of nonsense. As you know the purpose of this blog is to educate the public about hypnosis and provide great free resources for beginning and veteran hypnotists. I truly believe to best the best hypnotist possible you must have access to great and credible information. So with this being said I love recommending products or websites I feel provide a good value.

Recently I received a e-mail from a friend named Richard Nongard who is a talented Clinical & Stage Hypnotist. He has started a new website NongardTV.com, which is essentially a webinar page. It is basically a free weekly “TV” show with questions and answers. So basically you get to talk to a great hypnotists live, ask questions about anything hypnosis and get answers. So I would say Free is a pretty good value for most of my readers. I was personally there for the first show even though I showed up a little late, but It was a great turn out and Richard gave some really good information.  As a young hypnotist myself I would highly recommend a show like this to younger or newer hypnotists. For most young hypnotists getting hold of quality training material can be hard due to lack of finances. So to get the chance to ask a well known hypnotist questions is a chance you shouldn’t miss. So Check out NongardTV.com for times and dates.

Hello Again,

I have gotten a couple of questions about why there have been some post about stage hypnosis lately on the blog. My reply is why not? Stage Hypnosis is just another form of hypnosis and there are thousands of stage hypnotists across the globe. I am also a big fan of stage hypnosis as long as it’s done with taste. The honest truth is most of the techniques that we clinical based hypnotists use actually came from stage hypnotists. If you think about, most hypnotists we’re inspired to do what they do from seeing a stage show.

This blog was created to provide quality information on hypnosis and all things hypnotic in natural. As the blog continues to grow you will begin to see more and more articles about different styles of hypnosis. I would like this blog to cover a wide range of topics in the hopes that each reader may find something that interest them. Recently I felt that stage hypnosis would be a interesting field to cover as a lot of people have been asking me to write or find someone who can write on the subject.  Stage hypnosis has been around a long time and some would like to suggest that stage hypnotists are the reason we have so myths about what we do as Hypnotists. People seem to forgot that while yes, hypnosis is a real thing and it exist and if you really think about it now, its just a form of entertainment.

The people who come up on stage came to the show for a reason. They want to have a good time, they want to show off. So you combine that motivation with hypnosis and you are sure to have a good time. Trust me, there is nothing mystical about stage hypnosis except for most of them put on a really good show. Well I got to run, but I just wanted to answer the questions about why I’m covering stage hypnosis at the moment.