The Transparent Hypnotist

As I write this it’s just a touch under two months until the annual National Guild of Hypnotists Convention.

I spent some time recently looking over the convention catalog, which is posted on the convention page of the NGH website.  A few of the one-hour seminars caught my attention and I thought, in the absence of a Friday 10 Questions, I’d draw some attention to them for the benefit of those who plan to attent (or who are maybe trying to decide).

• Marx Howell will be doing a lecture on regression techniques with an eye toward avoiding traumatic abreactions.  Marx’s experience with forensic hypnosis (using hypnosis with crime victims) makes him an expert on that and I know from past seminars that Marx is an outstanding presenter, so I’m looking forward to this.
• Joann Abrahamsen is on the schedule with her annual “Gimmicks, Gizmos and Gadgets” presentation.  I love this seminar!  Every year Joann shares the latest in toys and gadgets she’s discovered that, whether intentionally or not, can be used very effectively as hypnosis props.
• Bernard Yam will be exploring the scientific side of hypnotism, discussing FMRI technology and its implications to how we view … well, everything.  I attended his seminars last year and enjoyed them both.
• My favorite presenter of all time, Gloria Constantas, presents “Hypnotist, Hypnotize Thyself!” about using hypnosis on ourselves.  This will be an absolute must see.
• These two really surprised me:  Philip Holder is holding a seminar Friday called “Put the Pizzazz Back In Your Sex Life” in which, according to the blurb, he will discuss using hypnosis to help with better and more satisfying sex.  Then on Sunday, Sharon Stidham presents “Not Tonight — I Love You, But I Have a Headache — Zen & The Art Of Middle Aged Sex” which pretty much says it all right there. Anything remotely about sex has been taboo with NGH for years, so I hope there is a strong turnout for these.

Mind you, those are just a few picks that jumped out at me from approaching two hundred possibilities.  There was also the usual contingent of things that strike me, at least up front, as of dubious value or credibility.  Hypnosis to cure allergies?  There are seminars on past life regression, on whether or not to believe in PLR, and now there’s one on “Lives Between Lives” — which seems to say that there are lifes in between the past lives!  I’m a pragmatist when it comes to that sort of thing, but I’m sure they will be well attended.

And of course it wouldn’t be an NGH convention if there wasn’t also a collection of old stand-bys:  morning yoga and chi kung, seminars on how to conduct seminars, and of course “How To Prepare A Winning Convention Proposal.”

Since I’ll probably be busy this weekend and may not get a Sunday Question posted, let’s close with one:  Are you planning to attend the NGH Convention in August?  What seminars do you plan to attend?

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