Igor: Did you enjoy yesterday? All: Yes
Igor: Did your brains start to melt? All: Yes.
Igor: It’s going to get worse today. Before we launch back into some of the more content stuff like that, we are starting to get into more hypnotherapy stuff. Can you feel it? More actual change work sort of things. Not that the Dynamic Induction or Non Awareness Set can’t do change, it can, it’s just more pieces are falling into place on how to use it more strategically, right? And that’s what we are focusing on today. So one topic we have to cover at this point which for some reason a lot of schools don’t really touch on and I think is very important or let me put it this way, how many of you actually would like to be a hypnotherapist at the end of this whole process? Excellent, yeah I know give me a round of applause because you are getting very close right now.
Those who did not put your hands up feel free to ignore the following comments. If you want be a hypnotherapist you have to be very aware of everything your environment does. We’ll talk more about that on the final day. One thing that a lot of people tend to forget is personal hygiene. You have to be extra careful with your personal hygiene because what is okay for you may not be okay for the clients coming in. Does that make sense?
All: Yes
Igor: So we are talking about if you – let’s put it this way if you went to a hypnotherapist and you have a big issue and he is coming in and he’s got dirty finger nails and maybe his breath smells a little bit, how comfortable are you
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CHPH 2.0 ©Street Hypnosis All Rights Reserved going to be to relax and release in such an environment? Have you ever been to one of those houses that have millions of cats and it smells a little bit?All: Yes
Igor: Right, if you walk into an environment like that, how comfortable are you going to be that you are in the right pair of hands? Does that make sense to you guys? So I’m going to ask you to use it as training wheels in the mornings whatever you do to groom your selves and so on, do extra. So do not wear strong perfume some people have very sensitive smell, strong perfume can take away that at the same token don’t not wear deodorant. It may be there are a lot of natural deodorants out there if you are not into the whole chemical deodorant that is fine, but the point is there will be a lot of clients who would take one whiff at a more natural hypnotherapist and regret signing up. This is making sense, right? Other things are that if you have eaten then make sure you brush your teeth or you have some mints around especially important if you are a smoker. There is a particular scent associated to that. Make sure you have some breath mints around because you are going to be getting close to people, right? And if all they are thinking about is like, is he a – yeah he is a smoker – my God he must smoke a lot! If these are the thoughts going through their minds, they are not really listening to what you are saying. Now, can you get past some of these things? Of course you can, but it’s easier if you take extra care upfront so that it doesn’t become an issue in the first place.
So I would like you to think about yourselves actually being hypnotherapists right now, having your own practice. How do you do you want to present yourself? Are you going to be turning up in jeans and T-shirts which is fine, but it’s going to have a certain impact. Are you going to turn up in a suit and tie? Are you going to work in a suit like a more casual like a lounge suit or something like that? You need to understand what are you projecting, what kind of clients do you want? We will talk more about this in the final day, but let us put it this way if you are in an area which attracts a lot of corporate clients, people work professionally, do you think that wearing a big star suit and putting whale music on in the background and having incense burning everywhere and going, welcome, big
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CHPH 2.0 ©Street Hypnosis All Rights Reserved hug, that that would be the most conducive way to make them feel at ease in your practice?Likewise, if you are in a more beatnik community with lots of grown up hippies in it and so on, it may be absolutely appropriate if that is the kind of clientele that you wish to work with, right? So just think about where you are, what you are going to do and if in doubt the rule of thumb is you know, find that balanced neutral point. Dress smart but not over dressed, not under dressed, not going to you know the ball tonight and you have to have frilly gowns and sparkly shoes. But at the same time you do not want to wearing jeans and T-shirt. I have tried the jeans and T-shirt approach and it works, but I had to work harder upfront to be taken seriously and it makes sense, doesn’t it?
All: Yes.
Igor: So as an offer, you don’t have to do this, consider tomorrow as a test run for this and if you want to come in dressed as you would be in your own practice to the extent that you brought the right clothes and so on, it’s a way for you just to get into that role a little bit. You do not have to do it, I will not be offended if you don’t, but it’s an offer for you guys, you may as well rehearse in here how you mean to be out there, does it make sense? Okay.
Q: Then we can take group photographs.
Igor: Yeah and then we take group photographs! Look how good they look. We were originally thinking this place has got this great 1920s feel I should turn up here with a top hat and tails and everyone has like the feather boas, and stuff like that so we have a real 1920s hypnosis school, right? Then the video could be done like sepia color and we say, look what we found? Igor is immortal, he still looks the same today! Yeah that will be the launch of the hypnotic rejuvenation system, right? Proof.