The Esdaile State, Part Two

The Esdaile State, Part Two

What characteristics of Esdaile make it very useful?  There are two major advantages of Esdaile from a medical perspective – Anesthesia and Catatonia. Both are interesting to the hypnosis profession, but often do not have important uses for our profession because the...
The Esdaile State, Part One

The Esdaile State, Part One

Where Did the Name ‘Esdaile State’ Originate? In the early 20th Century (and probably before), stage hypnotists were terrified of encountering a spontaneous “hypnotic coma.” A subject in a Hypnotic Coma does not respond to emergence suggestions given by the hypnotist....
The Dave Elman Induction Reaches It’s Centennial in 2012

The Dave Elman Induction Reaches It’s Centennial in 2012

         Over One Hundred Years of the Elman Hypnosis Method The Dave Elman Induction (“the DEI”) began its evolution sometime in 1912 – 100 years ago – when David Kopelman, then a junior high school student in Fargo, North Dakota, began hypnotizing his classmates....
Hypnosis and Allergies by H. Larry Elman

Hypnosis and Allergies by H. Larry Elman

         Can Hypnosis Help You With Your Allergies? For well over 100 years, hypnosis has been known to be useful in treating allergies. (Note that our profession’s ethics and the NGH Guidelines on them requires a medical referral before working on an allergy client.)...
The Healing Field Glastonbury Festival

The Healing Field Glastonbury Festival

I had just purchased some fresh baked, still warm focaccia bread with sun dried tomatoes and olives plus a fruit and vegetable drink and was heading back to work when the young woman I had seen a couple of hours previously noticed me and came to give me a hug and say...
Elman Induction

Elman Induction

The Elman Induction is my number one, “Go To” Induction when working with new clients. Many of my clients have come to me with no little or no experience, and no knowledge or frame of reference for what hypnosis feels like, except maybe from movies and the media. Many...