Hi Hypno-Friends! I want to wish everyone a happy new year. May this be your best year ever, both personally and professionally.
We are proud to bring you the 150th episode of Cal Banyan’s Hypnosis Etc., a weekly free hypnosis training program on www.CalBanyan.com. When I think about how many topics we have covered and how much information we have given away, I feel very fulfilled. I am just so happy knowing that Celeste, Meredith, Elronn and I have contributed to the advancement of the hypnosis and hypnotherapy profession in this way.
So, let’s work together in this coming year to share ideas and strive to raise our profession to a new level of professionalism and acceptance.
Okay, now it’s on with the show!
Here is some of what we discuss in this week’s video:
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Meredith and I discuss some plans for the year.
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Should your client "think" or "feel" the emotion during AR (Age Regression)?
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Can hypnosis help with learning a new language?
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And More!
Here are some show related links:
Start the new year right! Get Fit and Make More Money… by joining me on my "Secret Project" and work with me to increase both your health and wealth. Since I’ve been doing my secret program my energy has quadrupled, I feel younger and I even completed a 109 mile bike ride!
Email me now at CalBanyan@HypnosisCenter.com. You must live in the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong or Taiwan in order to participate. I want to work with you!
Once again, that is it for this week. Thank you all for viewing this hypnosis training podcast video. Remember to leave your comments below. We love your feedback, questions and comments.
I just got an email from Jerry Valley, and I have a very special announcement for you. He has offered the Banyan Hypnosis Center a discount of $300.00 savings on his Ultimate Stage Hypnosis Seminar in June 2010!.
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You can save $300.00 when you register now. But this special savings price will end without notice.
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This is a great course. I’ve heard from his grads, and I know hypnotists who went through this course and went right into the profession of stage hypnosis.
I took his course, learned a lot, and had a great time! Here is what others are saying about the course…
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If you still have questions give us a call at 800-965-3390 or 714-258-8380.
Hello Hypno-Friends! I want to wish everyone happy holidays. I hope you have a wonderful time with friends and/or family during the holiday.
If you haven’t already taken advantage of my free hypnosis training holiday gift, *go here* to watch my Instant & Rapid Inductions for the Professional, DVD set for free. I also have the first two audio discs of my Turn Your Hypnosis Practice into a Gold Mine, audio CD set there, too. (Ends Jan. 1st.)
I am delighted to let you know that Meredith returns in this episode of Cal Banyan’s Hypnosis Etc. podcast. Welcome back Meredith! Your special kind of elegance, intellect and charm adds so much to our hypnosis podcast series.
Okay, one quick question before we go onto the video – I’ve been talking with both Meredith and Elronn about this hypnosis podcast and we are thinking about having them both co-host the show in an alternating manner, with each doing four podcasts and rotating back and forth. How do you all feel about that? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think.
Okay, now it’s on with the show!
Here is some of what we discuss in this week’s video:
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Important information… Meredith has a new dog! 
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Why is hate not a chapter in The Secret Language of Feelings book? Is hate a really an emotion?
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Why is jealousy not a chapter in The Secret Language of Feelings book? Why Cal says it really isn’t an emotion!
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Why is The Secret Language of Feelings important for a hypnotherapist to master?
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And More!
Here are some show related links:
Take back control of your life with this revolutionary new approach to self-understanding, self-healing and self-improvement. Visit www.TheSecretLanguageofFeelings.com.
That’s it for this week. Please leave a comment or ask questions below.
Happy Holidays! I’m posting a quick reminder because I don’t want you to miss out on this one.
Just click here, free hypnosis training, and you will have instant access to my holiday gift to you, instant access to my hypnosis training videos, Instant and Rapid Inductions for the Professional, online. These videos sell for $99.00 and for now until Jan. 1st, 2010 you can watch them online for free.
Why am I doing this? That is easy, I recognize that as members of the profession you are helping countless people around the world, and I want to show my gratitude for what you are doing. I truly believe that providing you with these videos and business building audio programs together we will make your hypnosis practice more successful.
Let’s do great things together.
Cal
Today, I am very happy to have this opportunity to share an interview I did with Alexandra Bley, of Palo Alto, California, and I thank her for having patience with me, it took me an unusually long time to get it posted here.
Alexandra is a very professional kind of hypnotherapist with exceptional dedication to the profession and her clients. That is what made me want to interview her. She received her hypnosis and hypnotherapy certification training from our hypnosis training school, the Banyan Hypnosis Center for Training & Services, Inc, located in Tustin, California.
Alexandra Bley is certified in the advanced form of hypnosis and hypnotherapy called 5-PATH® and she is a dedicated teacher of the 7thPath Self-Hypnosis® system. I highly recommend her for anyone in the area who would like to receive hypnosis sessions, learn 7thPath Self-Hypnosis®.
Contact information:
4149A El Camino Way, Suite 102
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 996-9911
Email: alexandra_bley@yahoo.com
Website: www.hypnosisforwellbeing.com
And now, on with the interview.
Cal Banyan: First, I want to say thank you for taking the time to do this hypnosis professional interview! I am very proud to have contributed to your background and training in hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Please tell us about your background before becoming a hypnotherapist?
Alexandra Bley: Thanks, Cal, I really appreciate the opportunity to share my background and experience as a hypnosis professional. I feel very enthusiastic and a great sense of fulfillment in the work I am doing and my intention is to not only share this but also be an inspiration to others. I consider it a gift to get up in the morning and look forward to going to work and seeing my clients.
My background before my career as a professional hypnotherapist was in Science. I was born and raised in Germany. After finishing my MS in Biology, I moved to the United States to do research for a pharmaceutical company in the San Francisco Bay Area. I was only planning to stay for a couple of years, but was intrigued by the cultural aspects, the open-mindedness and the tremendous potential for personal growth and development in this area, it turned out I really liked living here! I now have an established private hypnosis practice in Palo Alto, California and have been residing in this area together with my family for well over a decade.
Cal: That is great, I love California as well. Why did you decide to learn hypnosis and become a hypnotist and hypnotherapist?
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2010 is just days away, and technology is moving fast forward. And, as many of you know, we like to stay on the very cutting edge of technology, especially two kinds of technology, hypnosis and Internet tech.
Today, I’m writing about some very special Internet technology that we have been using now for over 2 1/2 years, the ability to provide high quality, hands-on, hypnosis and hypnotherapy certification training over the Internet. I’m writing this article because we are constantly receiving requests from teachers and students wanting to know how we do it.
First off, let me tell you, this is a fairly complicated process and should not be undertaken by those who are not fully dedicated to doing it right. If you don’t do it right, you will ruin it for those who are set up to do it right, providing quality training for not only your onsite students, but also for your offsite over-the-Internet students.
Below is a brief description of the equipment and processes we have in place to be able to provide high quality training live over the Web. But, before you dive into the list, let me say that not only is providing this kind of training not right for every instructor/school, it is not right for every student.
The ideal student would have the following characteristics:
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Tech savvy and able to work with a technician who set them up with the virtual classroom software.
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Excellent and reliable high speed Internet connection.
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Willing to sit in front of their computer day after day through the course.
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Highly motivated to take the course over the Internet in order to benefit from the special student status, i.e., saving money on travel, lodging, and food, as well as being able to remain at his or her office or home while taking the course rather than being away.
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Able to arrange to have someone to practice on during class to both learn the techniques and experience coaching on the techniques.
Here is the setup of our classroom:
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2 Internet connections: the primary being cable, and the secondary being DSL (Digital Subscribers Line) with an automatic switching device that would automatically switch from the cable broadband connection to the DSL if the primary Internet connection failed.
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2 virtual classrooms and three dedicated computers; the primary software package is run by two dedicated computers, and a secondary computer runs another virtual classroom software package in case one or more of the offsite student’s computers experience compatibility problems with any of the offsite student’s computers.
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1 digital projector that would allow both the onsite and offsite students to simultaneously view videos of sessions or techniques shown to the class.
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2 HD video cameras mounted at the back of the classroom which are set up to broadcast classes over the Internet (1 pointed at me at the lectern, and another calibrated to view the whiteboard), plus an additional HD video cameras as a backup if needed (back up Internet connections and cameras are a must when doing live webcasts). Finally, there was a fourth wireless webcam that was used to take the offsite students on a tour of the Banyan Hypnosis Center for Training & Services, Inc. which was enjoyed by all the onsite students. It could be used any time that the class went outside of the dedicated classroom. We used this when we take the class into areas of the office.
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2 dedicated microphones mounted in the ceiling of the classroom to pick up the teacher’s and the students’ voices: These microphones were then run through a multi-channel audio mixer, and the output was then sent to the two computers at the back of the classroom broadcasting over the Internet.
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1 digital audio recorder: Just to be on the safe side, we make digital audio recordings of the class in case one of our off site students had computer problems or Internet connection problems (on their side, such as their losing an Internet connection at their location). In that case, we could email them a recording of any part of the course that he or she may have missed while they were offline. (This was useful when one of our students who was retaking the class online and who lives in Singapore missed part of the course.)
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Extra computer monitor is set up at the lectern so that the instructor can see the online students live, and interact with them in a quality manner.
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2-3 technicians to set up and run the system: If the instructor attempted to run the equipment required to bring the course to the offsite students, it would greatly decrease the quality of the class for both the offsite and onsite students. So, it is very important that this equipment be set up and operated by technical staff. The staff must be able to setup, operate and trouble-shoot any problems that come up in a timely manner, so as to not distract the instructor or onsite students. In addition, these technicians serve as engineers switching between the microphone of the instructor and the microphones used by the offsite students as they ask questions (in real time) or otherwise, interact with the instructor and the other students in the physical classroom.
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1 telephone system with a speaker or earphone attachment to serve as a backup in case the audio has difficulties during the program. This came into use when one of the offsite students who was participating from his home in Mexico had some computer problems and needed to communicate via telephone during the scheduled practice time with the instructor or GTA.
Each offsite student was required to do the same hands-on components of the training as the onsite students, which included practicing inductions, overt and covert depth testing, and age regression practice. And, just like the onsite students received supervision during these practice sessions. So too, were the offsite students able to demonstrate their abilities learned to the instructor, as well as being coached by assisting Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). This ensured that the offsite students were gaining the same level of mastery of the techniques as the onsite students.
I expect that someday students (in every profession) will actually become accustomed to having the ability to choose to take their certification (and other) courses by coming to an onsite classroom, or instead choosing the money saving option of taking the class over the Internet in the comfort of their own homes or offices.
This is a huge savings on the part of the offsite students in many cases. When you take the course online, you do not have to spend money on travel, nor take the time to travel, or spend money eating in expensive restaurants, and so on. Also, for many people, they simply cannot leave their home or office to study because of certain responsibilities or handicaps.
Caution: It is very important that hypnosis instructors do not attempt to conduct training over the Internet unless they have the systems I have listed above in place. It is vitally important that the offsite students receive the same quality of training as the onsite students. It is also important that an instructor does not attempt to manage the equipment and conduct the class at the same time, doing so, would denigrate the experience for both the offsite and onsite students.
Finally, it is very important that backup systems be in place. The most important being: a secondary connection to the Internet that comes from a different source. For example, two cable or two DSL Internet connections would not suffice because if one connection went down so would the other one. Also back up computers, microphones webcams and so on are vitally important. However, one of the most important considerations is that you need to have, is a minimum of two technicians. It is far too likely that over the period required to teach a one hundred hour plus course, that your tech may become ill, or otherwise unable to run your equipment. So even if he or she is held up by traffic that means everyone is held up. “The show must go on” as they say, and if your only technician became unavailable, it would be a disaster for all of your offsite students.
If you would like to attend one of our classes via the Internet contact us by email at Maureen@HypnosisCenter.com or call us at 714-258-8380 or 800-965-3390 for additional information. My upcoming course schedule is always on www.HypnosisCenter.com.
If you are an instructor and would like to use our classroom to conduct a class with or without our Webcasting ability, please contact us using the information listed above.
May 2010 be your best year ever!
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