Mike Mandel Hypnosis

External Trance Indicators (ETIs) are physical signs that someone is entering or in hypnosis. Key ones to watch for:

Breathing shifts (usually slower, deeper), postural changes like slumping or head dropping forward, facial muscle relaxation, skin color changes especially on the face and throat, slowed blink reflex or eyelid fluttering, psychomotor retardation (delayed, slow responses), muscle twitches, the hypnotic rash in the hollow of the throat, and eye watering (lacrimation).

The head roll test — gently placing thumb and finger at the base of the skull and rolling — can confirm deep somnambulistic trance if the head wobbles freely.

The core principle is calibration: know how someone looks and sounds normally so you can notice the shift. ETIs show up in everyday life too, not just formal hypnosis sessions.

Learn more at www.mikemandelhypnosis.com

2 hours ago | [YT] | 8

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

In the context of hypnosis, what does the acronym "ETI" stand for?

1 day ago | [YT] | 11

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Imagine negotiating your gym membership, lowering your cable bill, or confidently saying no to an unreasonable request—without arguments, frustration, or guilt. Sounds too good to be true? It's not.

The Agree and Repeat strategy is a powerful yet simple method for handling objections, negotiating better deals, and staying firm in any conversation—all without conflict.

Here’s how it works:

Agree in principle.

Repeat your request calmly, without justifying or explaining.

Keep going until you get what you want or they give up.

It works because there’s no argument, just calm persistence. When the other person runs out of ways to resist, the power shifts in your favor.

Visit www.mikemandelhypnosis.com to discover how you can master this strategy for better negotiations and less stress.⁠

#NegotiationSkills #AgreeAndRepeat #StandYourGround #ConflictFree #MasterYourMind

Skip the Carousel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4 days ago | [YT] | 25

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

According to the 1933 Clark Hull principle mentioned in the text, what happens if we create an artificial REM state?

4 days ago | [YT] | 11

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Contrary to common theory about deep sleep, when exactly do REM sleep and dreaming actually occur?

1 week ago | [YT] | 8

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Painted words are emotionally charged words that trigger an immediate stress or anger response, coded deep in the amygdala. In everyday conversation they can offend or unsettle; in a hypnotic trance, where experience is amplified, they can actively derail a session. Words like agony, torture, nightmare, grief, and even pain are all painted words — and a hypnotist should avoid repeating them back to a client even if the client used them first.

The solution is deliberate downgrading: swap the charged word for something softer that points at the same thing without the emotional spike. “That agony you’ve been feeling” becomes “that discomfort” or “that unpleasant feeling we’re moving away from.” The unconscious mind still understands the reference — nothing is lost in translation — but the sting is removed. This is the one exception to the general rule of mirroring a client’s own language back to them.

Learn more at www.mikemandelhypnosis.com

1 week ago | [YT] | 32

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

An instant induction works rapidly by utilizing a "PGO spike" in the brain. What does a PGO spike essentially do to the mind?

1 week ago | [YT] | 11

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Individual routines are the part of a stage hypnosis show where you break away from group work and focus on your best subjects one at a time. The key is finding your own style and being congruent with it — stage hypnosis calls for an authoritative, directive presence, not the gentle Ericksonian approach. Good subjects respond instantly and don’t overdo it; the ones who ham it up for the audience are a liability. Avoid the trap of leaning too hard on one great subject — mix it up to keep the show feeling genuine.

Post-hypnotic suggestions are where the real comedy lives. The wallet routine is a prime example: the subject keeps having their wallet “returned” to them, then compulsively handing it back, the effect building in absurdity each repetition until the wallet isn’t even needed anymore — just the words trigger the response. The same principle applies to shoe phones, fast food drive-thrus gone wrong, wolf howling, snake belts, forgotten names, and the laughter police. The throughline is heteroaction: each repetition compounds the effect, making it funnier and the suggestion stronger. The imagination is the only limit.

Learn more at www.mikemandelhypnosis.com

1 week ago | [YT] | 31

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

How should a practitioner structure the language of an anchor to ensure a client can easily enter a trance on their own later?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 14

Mike Mandel Hypnosis

John Grinder’s Chain of Excellence:

A four-level model for improving performance in any area of life. The insight is that you don’t improve performance by working on performance directly, you work one level up, on state. Your state is the sum total of everything happening in your mind and body at a given moment, and when it’s resourceful, performance follows automatically.

To change your state, you go one level higher and work on physiology: how you’re standing, moving, and holding yourself. Change your posture and movement, and your state shifts with it.

But the most powerful lever of all is one level above physiology: breathing. Deep, full, abdominal breathing automatically improves physiology, which improves state, which improves performance. This has been understood for centuries in yoga, martial arts, and Qigong.

The chain runs downward: breathing shapes physiology, physiology shapes state, state shapes performance, so the most efficient place to intervene is at the top. When you need to perform better at anything, don’t force it at the performance level. Change your breathing first.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Learn more at www.mikemandelhypnosis.com

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 35