Coversis [koh-ver'-sis] – Covert hypnosis

While this looks like a trick that a quarterback is playing on an opposing team, it’s actually a perfect example of how a pattern interrupt works in NLP and hypnosis.

You do something that is completely unexpected and/or out of context and it disorients people, bypassing their rational thinking brain and making the compliant subconscious part of the brain temporarily dominant. As soon as the guy starts running, they all snap out of it. Priceless!

Watch the video below, then click here to learn how to hypnotize people for real.

One of the biggest issues I’ve found with programs that claim to teach covert hypnosis, underground hypnosis or conversational hypnosis, is that they leave out the essentials… the fundamentals of hypnosis that actually cause it to work. It’s a little like trying to run before you can walk…

That’s not to say some of these programs aren’t extremely interesting… some of them are VERY compelling. But I’ve found that you can learn, master and implement hypnotic language 100 times easier and more effectively when you first master the fundamentals.

For example, take a look at all the videos and bullet-points on this web page…

–> http://www.hypnosis-mentor.com/coversis

That page probably contains more solid, useful hypnosis content than many paid programs.

That’s because it was put together by an actual hypnotist. Jeff Stephens is a true master of hypnosis. It’s what he does all the time, and he’s been doing it for more than 30 years! But Jeff is also an exceptional teacher of hypnosis. So whether you want to learn hypnosis for fun, for profit or just to understand what people are trying to do to you when you’re not paying attention, I highly recommend Jeff’s course.

Do yourself a favor. Check out the clips and get Jeff’s course here:

–> http://www.hypnosis-mentor.com/coversis

Best,
Blake

PS The links above are affiliate links, so if you end up buying the program, I may earn a few pennies. Hope that’s okay!

As an avid student of hypnosis (both conversational and otherwise), I’ve wondered recently if conversational or “covert hypnosis” (what I call “coversis”) is really hypnosis after all.

My first exposure to conversational hypnosis were the free hypnosis audios I downloaded from Igor Ledochowski’s site located here. There’s a script on that page that causes the free audio offer to chase you up and down the page like a dog (that’s way too happy to see you), so I finally relented, took the bait and downloaded the free audios. I was surprised at how much stuff he gave away as part of the free offer. I thought it would be mostly teaser stuff, but surprisingly, it was a lot of really solid content. The stuff was really good, so like a powerful drug, I was quickly hooked and wanted more.

After quickly plowing through the free stuff, I immediately whipped out my credit card and bought the complete Conversational Hypnosis course and devoured that as well. I wonder if that’s what they wanted me to do? LOL. The course is remarkably complete and comprehensive. There is just a ton of really, good, solid, useful stuff in there. And as you’re listening to it, it just makes perfect sense and you find yourself nodding along with it (one of the indications you may be in a trance yourself!)

Now, the biggest trouble I’ve had with the whole conversational or covert hypnosis approach is the concern that some of it just makes you sound “weird” to people. I mean, you EXPECT hypnotists to say weird things, but in a conversational setting, people aren’t supposed to know you’re a hypnotist and you don’t really expect normal people in everyday conversations to say weird hypnotic things like “as you notice your eyes getting heavier, you find you fall quickly and easily into a trance.” That’s kind of a weird thing to hear, in a conversation setting, coming from someone who’s not purporting to be a hypnotist.

But the flip side, is that if you DON’T say weird things — if you don’t take it as far as getting to some sort of hypnotic trance — then you wonder if the hypnotic language you’re using really goes far enough to qualify as hypnosis. Are you really hypnotizing someone? Are you really learning how to hypnotize? Or are you just using words that hypnotists use?

This question was really brought home to me when I attended my first “actual” hypnosis class (i.e. a non-conversational, non-covert, straight-ahead “look into my eyes” approach) that worked extremely well and left no question in my mind at all as to whether or not the person was actually hypnotized (more on that in a later blog.)

In that class, the hypnotist — Jeffrey Stephens — said that two things are necessary for hypnosis… context and intent (you’ll see videos of Jeff teaching this concept below and when you click here to watch).

According to Jeff, the simple fact that the person knows you are a hypnotist sets the context. In traditional hypnosis, that is the case. In conversational or covert hypnosis, not so much. Intent, by and large, means the hypnotist’s intent to hypnotize you. Also present in conversational hypnosis, but that fact is (or should be) unknown to the subject which has got to impact the outcome.

So after learning both traditional hypnosis and conversational hypnosis (though not originally in that order), I am still left wondering, is conversational hypnosis really hypnosis?

If you know the answer (or have an opinion,) I welcome and encourage your comments below.

In this video clip, Master Hypnotist Jeff Stephens shows how to get hypnotic phenomena quickly with the direct method… using only context and intent. The context is that Jeff is the hypnotist and they’re there to do hypnosis, the intent is that the subject’s hand will be stuck to the wall. Fast and freaky.

To see more videos, click here.

Happy New Year, all!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything to this blog, as I’ve been a busy boy…

I attended Jeff Stephens’ hypnosis workshop in early December. It marks the first time in my life I’ve ever been hypnotized (voluntarily!) and certainly the first time I’ve ever hypnotized anyone else. In short, it was amazing.

As you probably know, I have a thing about covert hypnosis. I see all the manipulation going on in the world from a sales perspective, from a political perspective, from a control perspective, etc., so the idea of voluntarily relinquishing control of my brain to someone else is a REAL stretch for me. But I knew that I could never really understand hypnosis until I had experienced it from both sides — being hypnotized and hypnotizing others — and WOW, did I get an education.

In future blog posts, I’ll share some personal experiences I had at the event. Jeff actually quoted me about one of them (briefly) on his webpage. You can see that here. I must admit, it is a very strange feeling to have someone’s head nearly drop into your lap when you say “sleep.” But it’s also good to know how to make positive things happen in someone else’s life from a subconscious perspective. More on that later.

In the meantime, if you are interested in studying hypnosis — not from the standpoint of manipulating or controlling people — but from the standpoint of helping others while you help yourself, I encourage you to get Jeff’s home study course.

In the interest of full disclosure, I will tell you that the links above are affililiate links, so if you click on one and buy the course, I might make a couple of bucks. But even if that wasn’t the case, I’d encourage you to get it anyway if you are really interested in being able to learn and PRACTICE hypnosis, rather than just having an intellectual understanding of it.

In fact, I’ll go a step further. If you DON’T want to go through my affiliate link, you can click here to access the page directly (i.e. no affiliate link). It’ll cost you the same either way, but this really isn’t about the affiliate thing for me. It’s about helping people who really want to understand and practice hypnosis for the right reasons to be able to do so.

Best regards,

Blake Thomas