Life of Brian

Drunken Hypnosis . . .. . . Magick Finger Time!

Here we go! Just for fun . . . I demonstrate the power of the mind with some playful "drunken magick finger" suggestions via an instant hypnosis induction with a trance partner who is a very very good sport. The video was made 20 May 2008.

The suggestion is a variation of the "drunk" suggestibility effect, albeit here I combine it with a hand drop induction and roll right into the bit.  While this gag is great for entertainment or recreational hypnosis, it can also be easily adapted for hypnotherapy.  The classic drug of choice induction is based upon the premise that one way to help folks kick the habit for drugs or alcohol is to show them that they can have similar feelings all on their own without them.  The hypnotic recreation of pain drugs such as morphine has been used very effectively in studies related to brain chemistry and surgical survival enhancement.  So, while here it seems like a frivolous little entertainment - and it is - this sort of experiential process can have far more serious benefit as well.

All the best,
Brian

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TRANCE WIZARD: Paranormal Hypnosis Show . . .. . . Discover the Magick of the Mind as You Enter . . .. . . the World of the Supernatural. . . . . . Comedy Club, 8:00pm, 22 June 2008

: T R A N C E : W I Z A R D :
PARANORMAL HYPNOSIS SHOW
超自然催眠秀

Discover the Magick of the Mind as
You Enter the World of the Supernatural

Event Info Name: TRANCE WIZARD : Paranormal Hypnosis Show
Tagline: Discover the Magick of the Mind as You Enter the World of the Supernatural
Time: Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 8:00pm
Location: Live Comedy Club Taipei
Address: B1, No.24, Taishun St., (in the Shirda area)
City: Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Info Phone: 02.2.369.3730
Email: social@comedy.com.tw

TRANCE WIZARD: Paranormal Hypnosis Show (Discover the Magick of the Mind as You Enter the World of the Supernatural) performance with BRIAN DAVID PHILLIPS at Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan, 8:00pm, Sunday, 22 June 2008 (bilingual performance, Chinese interpretation).

超自然催眠秀
羅狼仁
雙語演出英語（國語口譯）
隨票附贈催眠CD和讀心墜子
2008年六月二十二日，八點
票價350元
台北市泰順街24號B1 (近師大路）.

This performance is a very special presentation by Brian David Phillips 羅狼仁 as we step into the world of the supernatural, the paranormal, the mystic and experience psychic manifestations and more. With all the trappings of the occult and beyond . . . Tarot, Ouija, Psychic Reading, Seance, Mind Reading, Hypnosis, Mentalism, and Trance Phenomenon . . . this performance will be an irreverant look at the magick of the mind and more.

The performance is a bilingual presentation in English with Chinese interpretation. Live Comedy Club Taipei - http://www.comedy.com.tw/english - is located at B1, No.24, Taishun St., (in the Shirda area), Taipei. Call 02-23693730 for directions or reservations. NT$350 for the show and bonus gifts for the first folks to arrive: free genuine "psychic pendulum" and a specially produced self-hypnosis audio CD of the Waking Dreams trance experience (limited supply; first come, first served). Lorraine Phillips is management and interpreter for bilingual performances.

Brian David Phillips is the premiere performance hypnotist in Taiwan and performs his WAKING DREAMS HYPNOSIS SHOW 催眠秀- http://www.briandavidphillips.com - regularly at select venues as well as teaches hypnosis throughout the country and abroad.

This is an "open" event so invite your friends. The paranormal show is an interactive experience untilizing vivid imaginative response, trance experience, and genuine hypnosis as well as actual intuitive readings and ideomotor automatisms employed by genuine psychics, mediums, and charlatans worldwide so the more of your friends with you to enjoy the experience, the better the show and the more wonderful the evening's entertainment! The expression "the more the merrier" is certainly true!

Great Bonus News: Students in the Practical METAPHYSICAL HYPNOSIS Seminar - http://www.briandavidphillips.com/training/metaphysical_taipei.html - taught by Dr. Phillips on the weekend of June 21-22 will receive FREE tickets to the TRANCE WIZARD Paranormal Show! So, contact Lorraine about registering today.

All the best,
Brian

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Fantasy Fun Time Hypnosis Gallery

April 26-27, I performed once again at the Live Comedy Club in Taipei and had a wonderful time.  Since the adult show was walkabout, video and photos are problematic  but the show on the 27th was on stage so we got some nice photos (taken  by Kaye Phillips - my daughter).  Here are some of the Fantasy Fun Time Hypnosis Show photos.

See a whole slew of more in the official galleries here.

All the best,
Brian

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Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom

On 26 December 2008, I presented a workshop on "Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom" to senior studetns in an elite English program at Taipei First Girls High School, the top girls high school in Taiwan.

The program is an adaptation of one I have presented elsewhere to teachers and is comprised of improvisational language structures (which I have adapted from improvisational theatre games), guided imagery, and a demonstration of hypnosis for stress reduction and study skills enhancement (the students had signed parental consent forms for the hypnosis demonstration - the teacher tells me that every single student received parental permission, most enthusastically).

The three-hour workshop was a resounding success.  The teacher (a former university student of mine) tells me the kids got a LOT out of it and couldn't stop talking about the experience for days.

Here's a short video clip:

And . . . some photos . . .

More photos can be found here.

For other educators in Taiwan, I am happy to present this or similar programs by special arrangement for your students or events.  See http://www.briandavidphillips.com for contact details and more information.  If you don't see a specific program that fits your needs, email me and we will design something perfect for you.

All the best,
Brian

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Fantasy Fun Time Hypnosis 催眠秀 . . .. . . If you can imagine it, you can experience it!. . . Hot and Kool Fantasies for Two Great Shows!. . . 26-27 April 2008

FANTASY FUN TIME HYPNOSIS
催眠秀 Hypnosis Show
羅狼仁現場催眠秀

If you can imagine it,
You can experience it!

Over the Edge Adult Risque Hypnosis
and
Cutting Edge Hilarious Comedy Hypnosis
Comedy Hypnosis Double Dose for April
April 26 & 27 at Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei

Brand New Show Format!
Two Completely Different Performance Styles!
Comedy Hypnosis Show
April Hypnotic Double Dose!
催眠秀

Event Info Name: Fantasy Fun Time Hypnosis 催眠秀
Tagline: If you can imagine it, you can experience it! Comedy Hypnosis at it's finest! Hot and Kool Fantasies for Two Great Shows!
Time: Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 10:30pm & Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 8:00pm
Location: Live Comedy Club Taipei
Address: B1, No.24, Taishun St., (in the Shirda area)
City: Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Info Phone: 022.369.3730
Email: social@comedy.com.tw

FANTASY FUN TIME HYPNOSIS
催眠秀 Hypnosis Show
羅狼仁現場催眠秀

If you can imagine it,
you can experience it!

羅狼仁現場催眠秀：
催眠不是一般的表演，而是永生難忘的經驗。週六帶來火熱的「成人催眠秀」，限18歲以上入場。週日帶來歡樂無限的催眠秀，歡迎所有觀眾入場。每位觀眾都可能是台上耀眼的明星，歡迎親身體驗。隨票附贈催眠CD，送完為止。
4月26(六) 僅10:30pm場, 4月27(日) 僅8:00pm場
週六為全英文演出，週日將有現場口譯。

Over the Edge Adult Risque Hypnosis
and
Cutting Edge Hilarious Comedy Hypnosis
Comedy Hypnosis Double Dose for April
April 26 & 27 at Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei

BRIAN DAVID PHILLIPS performs two laugh filled comedy hypnosis shows at Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei! The Fantasy Fun Time Hypnosis Show has two distinct flavors in two new formats and performed in two very different styles!

Hypno HOT and Hypno KOOL take it to the next level with two flavors of hypnotic entertainment . . . a burning HOT adults only over the edge risque hypnosis performance that takes you inside your wildest fantasies with hilarous twists and turns along the way in an interactive performance style that is completely unique while the so very KOOL cutting edge performance of hilarious hypnotic hijinx in a silly comedy stage show unlike any other.

Brian David Phillips - http://www.briandavidphillips.com - returns to the hypnotic stage at the Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei for two delightful evenings of hypnotic comedy fun! Taiwan's premiere comedy hypnosis show goes on stage at for two special evenings of audience interactive comedy entertainment with two complete and separate shows in their own unique themes.

April 26 and 27, 2008 . . . Saturday (Hypno Hot Over the Edge Adults Only Risque Show, English performance) . . . Sunday (Hypno Kool Cutting Edge Comedy Show, Chinese-English, bilingual performance) . . . Comedy HYPNOSIS Shows at their best with performances by Brian David Phillips at Live COMEDY CLUB Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan, the adult show on Saturday starts at 10:30pm while Sunday's general audience friendly show begins at 8:00pm.

This set of performances is a special dual presentation of the FANTASY FUN TIME HYPNOSIS SHOW in HYPNO HOT and HYPNO KOOL variations, part of the WAKING DREAMS COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW series with Brian David Phillips.

Saturday, April 26, is an adults only English performance with a unique interactive flavor with a table trance twist that can't be missed. No one need leave their seat to come to the stage as the show comes to you in an intimate and delightful program.

Sunday, April 27, is a bilingual (Chinese interpretation) performance appropriate to a wider audience. This program is a stage show that takes interactive to new levels as members of the audience join the hypnotist on stage for some amazing fun!

Live Comedy Club Taipei - http://www.comedy.com.tw/english - is located at B1, No.24, Taishun St., (in the Shirda area), Taipei. Call 02-23693730 for directions or reservations. NT$350 for the show.

The first folks on site will receive a free specially produced self-hypnosis audio CD of the Waking Dreams trance experience (limited supply; first come, first served - the gift CDs for each evening will be different and are from a collectible series, so be sure to collect them all).

Lorraine Phillips is once again acting as interpreter for the bilingual performance (as well as stage manager, audio manager, and the rest for both performances).

See "hypnosis show" at http://www.briandavidphillips.com for full details. Check out the promotional poster and flyer available for online viewing or full size download suitable for printing and framing.

Be sure to contact Live Comedy Club Taipei - http://www.comedy.com.tw/english or http://www.comedy.com.tw - and give them a call at 02-23693730 for reservations now.

This is an "open" event so invite your friends. Hypnosis shows are interactive experiences so the more of your friends with you to enjoy the experience, the better the show and the more wonderful the evening's entertainment! The expression "the more the merrier" is certainly true!

When deciding that you are attending, feel free to post what days you will be there . . . of course, extra kudo points go to those who are going to all three shows!

All the best,
Brian

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Adult Stage Hypnosis . . . audience perspective

As hypnotists, we do this sort of stuf all the time and so it is fun but sometimes we forget how truly unique some of the things we do really are.  It is nice to every once in awhile hear the experiences of others for whom this is all totally new and wonderful.

All the best,
Brian

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Certified Hypnotherapist
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Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hypno Hot and Hypno Kool show photos from last weekend!

Well, here are a few snippets from our last two shows . . . HYPNO HOT on Friday, Feb. 22 (full gallery here), and HYPNO KOOL on Sunday, Feb. 24 (full gallery here).

See the rest of the photos in their respective web galleries on my fotki - HYPNO HOT gallery here and HYPNO KOOL gallery here.

All the best,
Brian

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Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [phillips@nccu.edu.tw]
Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
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Walkabout Trance Videos from Hermosa Beach!

As most of my readers know, last weekend was my Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis Beach Resort Getaway seminar in Los Angeles wherein I taught a course to fifty+plus eager hypnotists on speed hypnosis techniques for going out into the world and playing playing playing.

A number of folks have posted very positive reviews of their experiences at the Walkabout as well as of my intensive course at Hypnoticon (quite a few folks said that after taking my single day intensive they felt like they had already gotten their money's worth for the convention as a whole, albeit the entire experience was very very very worthwhile with a whole lot of folks saying it was the best hypnosis convention experience they had every had and more than a few told me privately they had positive life-changing experiences at the convention proper).

One very nice aspect of both events was that we had both very experienced hypnotists and raw beginners - folks who have been around the block a whole slew of times playing with those who were still starry-eyed and bushy-tailed (the Walkabout had a veritable Hypnotic Hall of Fame of attendees there to play alongside novice hypnotists there for their very first experience hypnotizing or being hypnotized). The range of experience and background was also wonderful with professional stage hypnotists right up alongside fulltime clinical hypnotherapists and recreational hypnotists with Elmanian and Ericksonian hypnotists and old timers ranging from our octogenarian who learned directly from LeCron and Cheek to young folks just getting into this wild and crazy world.

Well . . . at both the Walkabout and Hypnoticon, I had folks go through a few of my creative hypnosis exercises which really hit home with the concept that anything and everything can be a hypnosis induction. At the Walkabout, I had folks going through an advanced variation of this exercise in which they do callouts of a suggestibility test and a creative concept which must immediately be incorporated into a genuine hypnosis induction that is improvised on the spot. Here are a few of the videos popping up on the web of some folks going through that very exercise:

Richard Rumble: Tea Cup Induction

Joshua Johnston: Flower-Pencil Drop Induction

Joshua Johnston: Arm Catalepsy Induction

Of course, the real fun of the Walkabout was actually going out on the boardwalk and doing cold approaches to complete strangers and hypnotizing them on the spot. Here are a few videos of folks in the seminar doing just that:

Richard Rumble: Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis

Sean Michael Andrews: Extreme Street Hypnosis

Doreen Cohanim: Walkabout Trance
(Joshua Johnston in background, also walkabout trancing)

Participants in the seminar should feel free to post more URLs of your own videos in the comments here.

All in all, our Mini-US Tour turned out great. We certainly found that there are a whole lot of very wonderful hypnotists out there who resonate well with us. We made some new friends and took some old friendships to new levels. We will certainly be doing more Stateside events and even have some dates for other countries being arranged.  Regardless of what happens in the future, we will definately be doing events of this type and more.

Thank you to all the folks who participated in the Walkabout and in our Hypnoticon intensive (and my Tarot Trance talk there as well). We are very happy to have had the opportunity to play with all of you and look forward to more.

All the best,
Brian

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Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hypnosis Shows in February . . . change of schedule

For the folks who have been waiting for the triple trance treat at the end of February (see here), there has been a change in schedule.

Aaron Glotfelter has cancelled his Taiwan trip and will not be performing in Taipei.

However, my shows on Feb. 22 and 24 are still on schedule and are certainly going to be wonderful experiences for participants and attendees alike.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

All the best,
Brian

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Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [phillips@nccu.edu.tw]
Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.BrianDavidPhillips.com

Post Secret Takes Taiwan . . . here we go!

This weekend . . . very soon . . . be there!

The fun starts at 1:00pm and goes through with a LOT of acts until 9:00pm.  My family-friendly comedy hypnosis show is set for 3:00pm.

See you in Caotun!