(Stand in front while doing the re-induction phase, then move behind when you start counting.) If you choose to do this, think about tying the chairs together, since I've had people fall off from being unbalanced.The legendary ‘handshake interrupt’ induction… There seems to be much interest in this in the worlds of Hypnosis and NLP, but what many people don’t realise is that what is most often shown as Milton Erickson’s handshake interrupt, is actually NLP co-founder Richard Bandler’s version (Derren Brown often uses a variation on the Bandler version that is a little more abrupt 😮 than the handlings shown here). I will add a nuance you may find useful if you split the chairs into two sets, you can walk behind the participants while doing the induction, which should give you a stronger presence when presenting the induction before a group. I'm sure a good book should be fine-it's a self-working induction. So personally, I believe the Elman is a good thing for someone to learn though, I'm not sure if you need an entire video on it. Professionally, I have used a variation of the Elman for several years, but now have moved onto more instantaneous methods-which (for your reference) rely more upon the initial interaction (and less upon the "yanking" or yelling commonly seen in these types of inductions). While it is indeed a true "rapid" induction, it lacks the drama that instant inductions often have, the difference being the time it takes for the person you're working with to slip into trance. The Elman induction can be used for presentations, though it is often modified for pacing. The Elman is not a handshake-type induction nor a variation of it. His book is a bit dated now but still worth reading. I have took that technique and modified into very easy and quick way to teach self hypnosis. I'm not saying he sucks its just the techniques Ive read about and tried out are not siutable for stage work (on their own).there are much better ones around.
Of course I may be wrong and the video contains other techniques but that was the one he was famous for according to his book It was designed for busy Doctors, Dentists who don't have the time to do long inductions. In fact Im sure he says somewhere in the book if you can't do it within 10 or 20 seconds move on to conventional methods without hypnosis. But not everyone can do what he saks them to in order to "enter" hypnosis. It isn't a deep state of hypnosis its more like a distraction so dentist can work better with their patients or some one can get temporary pain relief from a burn while waiting for treatment for example. The Rapid technique he is famous for in his book is one where he hypnotises someone from the awake state in just a few seconds. After you've done the induction everything else is just conditioning. You also made the point that Wendy has already done an induction with the subjects.thats where the real technique happened. And the one im thinking about isn't the one where you yank someone's hand and yell sleep. Im not saying Elman suck's it is a good technique. It probably wouldn't be my first choice as a stage induction. She'll emerge them, walk away, walk back, give 'em a yank and loudly command them to sleep and down they go. (For a minute or two after someone emerges, they are still hypnotized). She starts the show with an induction and then during the show emerges a participant. Wendi does a great job of using it onstage impressively. Not to argue with you shrink, it's sort of like a "trick" and just as someone says: "It sucks", someone else figures out another angle.