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How to Be a Stage Hypnotist. Do you dream of making people bark like dogs or dance like
Elvis? If so, you might want to become a stage hypnotist. These tips will point you in the
right direction. You will need Hypnosis training Apprenticeship Enhanced reputation Audience
Eloquence Volunteers and hypnotic suggestions. Step 1. Take courses in hypnosis stage techniques.
Land an apprenticeship with an expert stage hypnotist. Hypnosis is a state of believed-in
imagination where distortions of perception and memory can occur. Step 2. Build up your
reputation in advance of your performance. Billing yourself as "the world's greatest
hypnotist" will give your audience increased license to believe in your skills. Step 3.
Make your audience believe they can easily be hypnotized -- speak eloquently and use
the power of suggestion to capture the audience's attention. Try to build a strong group consciousness.
Step 4. Keep an eye on the audience for individuals who seem most engaged. When you ask for volunteers
to come to the stage, choose those individuals. Step 5. Attempt to place some volunteers in
a hypnotic trance using conventional techniques of hypnosis. Step 6. Offer hypnotic suggestions
to the volunteers. Most volunteers will not want to spoil the performance and will go
along with your suggestions -- whether they are really hypnotized or not. Step 7. Give
the volunteers an opportunity to release their inhibitions and become the centers of attention
as you suggest various types of outrageous behavior to them. Did you know Did you know?
Hypnotism is named for Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep.