Hypnoticon – Day 1 (PM)
February 2, 2008
Finally posting this late on Day 2 while watching a great talk on “Instant Inducations” (more on that one later).
Well, we went through the rest of the day yesterday learning and spending most of the day in and out of trance. Boy, was I fractionated. A wonderful day, all around.
We missed out on walkabout hypnosis – unfortunately, it turned out that their view of walkabout hypnosis and mine wasn’t exactly the same. I keep forgetting about the two major frames for the formal use of hypnosis: therapy and entertainment. The walkabout exercise was far more about entertainment than I had thought coming in. We were doing “table approaches” – think of a magician walking up to you in a mall to show you a card trick.
So, Melina and I went off to grab some lunch and plot our next moves with our video camera. We came up with a wonderful list – I’m sure that it’ll start being on YouTube sometime soon.
The afternoon was more of the same as the morning – not nearly as advanced as I had hoped it would be, but some wonderful trances and some good practice. The highlight of the afternoon was having Brian David Phillips drop me in to the Esdaile state. Always a wonderful feeling.
The evening was fantastic – as with any good conference, the networking is ALWAYS better than the conference itself.
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I think that you and I would have a lot of fun doing their idea of walkabout if we went together, but then we wouldn’t go the same places they were advising, most likely! I could see the bookstore, but I think I’d prefer a coffee shop. The other suggested locales did nothing for me.
So I skipped walkabout too, hitting the hotel jacuzzi instead and ditching the neck-subluxation-induced headache which was starting in. I enjoyed being the volunteer for the Elman demo that morning, but I would have enjoyed it far more if my neck hadn’t been so stiff. The afternoon session was much more comfortable.
And yes, it was clearly obvious how much you were enjoying Esdaile. Next time we’re in physical space, I’ll make sure you get there again!
Even if you have local trance partners, which you never said if you do, it’s always nice to experience.
Come to think of it, I wish I’d had a chance to go there. I’ve mentioned to Mark that no one’s actually ever tested to see what my “bottom” level of trance is. For all I know I’m hitting Esdaile every time, but don’t know how to correlate the sensations I experience to what I see in other people! (My conscious mind isn’t exactly processing at the time.) Heck, for all I know, standard trance for me is Sichort!
If that idea inspires you, then next time we’re in physical space we’ll play with that a bit. I’m honestly curious to know.
Hey Dee,
So, watching you trance, I know that you’re not hitting Esdaile every time. That’s one that I’ll promise you… I’d be happy to help get you there.
Let’s do walkabout sometime.
-M
Although there does seem to be some controversy over certian hypnosis
courses on the internet, is there really cause for concern?
At the end of the day most people never carry out the “underhand” or “underground”
courses available as they lose interest and move on to something else.
Its long been an opinion of most that hypnosis does not work, but i disagree.
Just my opinion though
Just saw this . . . glad you enjoyed the Esdaile fun. As to this . . . “not nearly as advanced as I had hoped it would be” . . . sorry about that. I didn’t know that there was a sign on the door calling my session an “advanced” session until we were well into it. It was supposed to be an “accelerated certification review” session. When I became aware of the signage mishap I mixed things up in the afternoon and abandoned my planned schedule and just started playing a bit more with the creative stuff. Despite that hiccup we still had a great time.
You write very well.