American Hypnosis Association

December 2005 AHA Conference - The Hypnotic Voice

Presented by Matthew Walters

Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Your voice is one of your most valuable tools as a hypnotherapist. Imagine creating vivid pictures and dynamic stories for your clients through the use of the natural colors of your voice.

Matthew has been a voice actor, casting director, and teacher of voice over for 15 years, and he's a working hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner.

Learn how the voice works, how sound is created in the body, and how you can develop your hypnotic voice so that you can effectively deliver suggestions to your clients. Your voice is your tool; this is your chance to make sure that it's polished.

December 2005 AHA Conference - True Personality

Presented by Michele Guzy

Everyone you meet, including your clients, reveals their personality within the first few minutes. Quickly determine the personality style of other so that you can avoid conflict and improve your ability to relate and interact with others.

Take your understanding of E&P to another level as Michele relates personality profile tests that you may have taken in the workplace or elsewhere to the concepts of emotional and physical suggestibility and sexuality.

Explore the four basic behavior personality types and how to deal effectively with each one. Reach a deeper level of understanding of how you act and react the way you do. Access your personality in this one hour presentation.

December 2005 AHA Conference - History of Hypnosis 101

Presented by Shelley Stockwell-Nicolas

Examine hypnosis techniques used by masters in the field as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece with Dr. Shelley Stockwell-Nicolas, author of 12 books on hypnosis, including Hypnosis History and Mastery.

Enjoy a peek into the past and bring wisdom and knowledge into your hypnosis work of the present. Explore ancient sages, modern marvels, attitudes and styles, and hypnosis oddities and gizmos.

Shelley's lively and entertaining presentation will include hands on exercises in Mesmerism, Braidism, Dave Elman, TM, the Baron and even Freud.

Early Registration by December 14, 2005

November 2005 AHA Conference - The Manifestation Circle

Presented by Peter Bedard

Saturday, November 19, 2005
10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Exploring the teachings of mystics, scientists, and philosophers, Peter will discuss how to go beyond a basic understanding of a teaching and take it to a deeper level of experience.

Based on the concept that we are all spiritual beings having a physical experience, Peter facilitates the process of taking an idea and grounding it into the manifest realm of the physical world.

Through hypnosis and guided imagery, Peter shows how to take a concept or learning from the ethers and embody it in the physical.

November 2005 AHA Conference - Hypnosis and Premature Ejaculation

Presented by Brennan Smith

Premature ejaculation is one of the most common sexual dysfunctions that men experience. It can greatly affect their self esteem and the pleasure of a healthy sex life with their partners.

Imagine the self worth and pleasure you can bring to your clients' lives by utilizing hypnosis to help them experience the consistently natural and powerful sexual response they desire.

Learn simple tools that quickly and effectively improve sexual response. Brennan will focus on a practical approach that will help you deal with this common sexual problem so that you can help your clients improve and enjoy their sex lives.

November 2005 AHA Conference - Boost Your Creativity

Presented by Trish Ostroski

Remember when you were a child and enjoyed an active imagination and the wonderful powers of creativity? By the time many children become adults, the conditioned "rules of life" decrease those natural powers.

Trish will help you to boost your creativity, enhance your imagination, and have fun by gaining tools to generate ideas that improve your personal and professional life.

Learn brainstorming techniques while freely combining and synthesizing ideas into powerful concepts, as you develop "out of the box" thinking to create in leaps and bounds.

Early Registration by November 16, 2005

NLP Practitioner Training - 9 Days

Presented by John McCarthy and Joe Leeway

Saturday, Nov 12 thru Sunday, Nov 20, 2005
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
(and one evening on Sunday, Nov 13, 2005)

The NLP Practitioner Training program is designed to help you become the very best in your chosen field of hypnotherapy. NLP training will add to all the knowledge you are receiving at HMI and take you to the next level. You will learn a set of skills that can be the foundation for all the goals in your life. We will take you to the roots of understanding and behavior.

Learn techniques and interventions that you use in your practice. Maximize your success in working with your clients. Generate transformational patterns of communication. Really understand the nature of your clients' cognitive and behavioral processes, and how they create their models of the world, as well as the solutions to their problems.

As part of your training, you will also become certified as a practitioner of Time Line Therapy®. Time Line Therapy is one of the most powerful technologies available for releasing negative emotions and limiting decisions of the past in order to create a compelling future. The application of Time Line Therapy techniques can literally change lives!

More information on NLP Practitioner Training

Early Registration by November 4, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery Master Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Prerequisite Certification and Workshops must be completed prior to attendance.

Imagery Master Certification weekend takes your command of Imagery to the next level. You will be immersed in the Art of the Imagery Facilitator which means your mastery of it. You will learn how to create an overall Therapeutic Imagery Plan for clients, get strategies to implement the plan, so the client reaches the goal while you invisibly build, and add more depth to an Archetypal approach through the Hero's Journey. Alpha Facilitators, be ready for a high intensity weekend, to learn and to show your stuff, as you become the Masters of Imagery!

More information on Imagery Master Certification

Early Registration by November 9, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification weekend gives you all the basic tools to help clients with Imagery. You'll learn when to use Imagery, the language of the Imagery Facilitator, Kappasinian E&P and Imagery, the Inner Guide, how to develop hypnotic suggestions from the Imagery process and more.

There are plenty of experientials and practice, so you will feel ready to use your Imagery with clients!

More information on Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Early Registration by November 2, 2005

October 2005 AHA Conference - Enneagram

Presented by Jeff Lyons

Saturday, October 29, 2005
10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

The Enneagram is a system that describes the core drivers of human personality. The Enneagram describes nine distinct personality drives, each a reflection of different patterns of thought, feeling and action. Each of the nine drives is rooted in a specific viewpoint or belief structure that largely determines what is important to us and how we interact with the world to fulfill our hopes and dreams, or how we protect ourselves when faced with danger or fear. Understanding Enneagram drives can inform you how to best customize hypnotic language patterns geared to the specific drives, suggestibility, favored speech patterns, and belief systems of your clients.

October 2005 AHA Conference - Building a Life

Presented by Tyrone Dawkins

Every individual shows up on the planet as a clean slate and then "life happens". Many of your clients have spent a great deal of their adult lives trying to compensate for emotional damage they suffered as children, as well as the sorrows and disappointments experienced on a daily basis. Somewhere along the way, the dreams they once had concerning their future have all but vanished. This becomes the basis for inappropriate and negative behavior in their lives. Tyrone will talk about how to help your clients remember their dreams, get back on track and rebuild their lives.

October 2005 AHA Conference - Teenagers and Hypnosis

Presented by Kathryn Hartwell

Do you want a full practice, fast? How about a fascinating, lively clientele? Clients who happily refer you to their friends? Would you like to make a powerful difference in your clients' lives at a time when it can be the most significant? Then consider working with teenagers. Most hypnotherapists are not interested in working with teens, which is why this huge, lucrative market is so wide open! This presentation will explore guidelines for working successfully with teens and their parents. Tap into this market niche and reap the emotional and financial rewards.

Early Registration by October 26, 2005

EFT and Muscle Testing

Presented by Elaine McBroom

Saturday, October 22, 2005
7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

Based on impressive new discoveries involving the body's subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Technique has been used to effectively treat cases of Trauma and Abuse, Stress and Anxiety, Fears and Phobias, Addictive Cravings, and a variety of physical symptoms including headaches, body pains and breathing difficulties.

Properly applied, EFT can create noticeable improvement and even complete cessation of symptoms.

• It often works when nothing else will.
• It is usually rapid, long lasting and gentle.
• Requires no special equipment.
• Can easily be learned by anyone.
• Can be applied to self.

Learn also about Muscle Testing, a shortcut to accessing information from the Subconscious Mind. This can help you determine what the client needs most in order to get results.

Early Registration by October 20, 2005

Hypnosis and Eating Disorders

Presented by Ida Kendall

Friday, October 21, 2005
7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

Learn how you as a hypnotherapist can work with eating disorders. This workshop will help you understand the three types of eating disorders, the therapeutic treatment for each of the three disorders, and how to work in conjunction with a medical doctor.

Topics to explore include...

• Supervision for out of scope issues
• "Light" eating disorders; Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Compulsive Overeating, Binge Eating and Exercise Purging
• Newest Statistics Available

Ida will present case studies to highlight the vulnerability for, precursors and appearance of eating disorders and will include many handouts.

Early Registration by October 19, 2005

Reiki Level One Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Sunday, October 16, 2005
10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Reiki (ray-key) means Universal Life Energy. Tanya teaches that Reiki is a safe body therapy technique that balances the body, mind and spirit, facilitating the healing of the whole person. Reiki involves the use of gentle, light touch applied to the body to transmit healing energy.

This healing art uses the same techniques practiced by the Lamas of ancient Tibet who originated this system thousands of years ago. It was re-discovered in the 1800's by Dr. Mikao Usui, who practiced REIKI in Japan. He passed the knowledge on to others who eventually brought it to Hawaii in 1937.

Tanya is a Certified Reiki Master and Certified Hypnotherapist who will initiate you into Reiki Level One so that you can use these techniques to promote physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing for this "hands-on" workshop
in which Tanya will teach the basic level techniques for Reiki Certification.

Early Registration by October 11, 2005

Stop Smoking 101

Presented by John Melton

Saturday, October 15, 2005
1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

One of the most common reasons people seek hypnotherapy is to quit smoking!

An effective smoking cessation program is a must for every hypnotherapist. Build your client base and increase your income by helping your smoking clients to quit in as little as 1, 2 or 3 sessions.

John will provide you with everything you need to implement this fast smoking cessation program into your practice immediately! John has tested these techniques extensively in helping smokers to quit in as little as one session. In this workshop, he will pass on this proven method to you! Don't miss this chance to master the art of smoking cessation through hypnosis.

Early Registration by October 11, 2005

EMF Balancing Technique®

Presented by Ida Kendall

Saturday, October 15, 2005
1:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

EMF - Electromagnetic Field Balancing Technique® is a way to balance the human electromagnetic field ("aura"). But what is in our field and why does it need to be balanced?

Every emotion and reaction has an electromagnetic "charge" associated with it. As we develop, we identify and associate and create a life script that includes negative charges (such as fear or hurt) which alert us to potential hazards to survival - our flight/ flight reflex. EMF balancing evens out the negative charge, integrating the issue and preventing reactivation of the same charge at another time. This transforms life experience into core wisdom, and helps to break the pattern of reliving the same pattern with different people playing the same parts. As a result, we can resonate at a higher frequency - or in plain speaking - get to the next level.

As humans, we experience our lives simultaneously on many levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The EMF Balancing Technique® supports hypnotic processes by assisting at the energetic level in all four areas. Anyone with positive intent can learn and use this system for the peaceful resolution of behavioral patterns and the empowerment of their clients.

It is a simple, systematic procedure anyone can learn. The system utilizes the human-to-human effect upon the electromagnetic field and the deep sense of peace that results. Each session provides a powerful realignment within the energy anatomy that strengthens the Universal Calibration Lattice. This is an important factor to being in partnership with the unified energy field or the Cosmic Lattice.

What You Will Learn

• An understanding of the theoretical ideas and scientific support underlying the EMF Balancing Technique®.
• The energetic relationship of the Universal Calibration Lattice to the human anatomy and the chakra system.
• A "Mini Session" (20 minutes) of EMF that you can use in a session with your clients.
• Other techniques for directing and sending energy - for self and others.

Early Registration by October 11, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Metaphysical Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Sunday, October 9, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Metaphysical Imagery is a full day workshop that takes a fascinating journey into the mystical world of metaphysics and shows how it influences working with clients. Is what we think about our client important? Find out what the Alchemists were really doing. Learn why our Therapeutic Imagery practice is thanks to those "outsiders".

More information on Metaphysical Imagery

Early Registration by October 5, 2005

Hypnopoetics

Presented by Angela Hite

Saturday, October 8, 2005
1:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Hypnosis is all about words. Words that evoke emotions and invoke the senses. Words that soothe, encourage, inspire, and empower. Words that create deep impressions and ignite transformative inner landscapes. How good are your words? Angela explores the artistry of crafting language that entrances. Learn how to release your inner poet. Become familiar with right brain/left brain functioning and how to strengthen your verbal skills to create hypnotic scripts that work.

Hypnopoetics: Language That Entrances

• Polishing your wordsmanship
• Right brain/left brain and language
• Releasing the inner poet
• Finding your voice
• Written vs. Spoken word

Four hours packed with information to help you with your hypnotic language skills.

Early Registration by October 6, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery for Life Passages

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, October 8, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

During this day workshop, you will gain information to help clients with some of life's most difficult challenges. Explore how to deal with different kinds of illness (acute and chronic), increase your understanding of working with clients who are rankling with death/dying/grief issues, learn how to help them move into healing/transformation, and discover how imagery affects and includes the human spiritual journey.

More information on Imagery for Life Passages

Early Registration by October 5, 2005

Create Powerful Color-Hypnotherapy Scripts

Presented by Edy Rose and Janet Montgomery

Saturday, October 1, 2005
10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

In this workshop you will learn how to accelerate your client's success by learning the technique of creating individual Therapeutic Color Scripts™.

In order to create these scripts, you will be instructed in how to use powerful and motivational language that incorporates color information from the Aura-Soma Color System™ which deals directly with a clients subconscious and the Color Hypnotherapy Translation Form® which is a color assessment of a client's issues, personality and needs.

Using these assessment tools, you will create your own Therapeutic Color Script™ and use it in an interactive practice session in which you will experience, for yourself the value and benefits of using this customized script in your practice.

Early Registration by September 28, 2005

September 2005 AHA Conference - Hypnopoetic Metaphors

Presented by Angela Hite

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

As a hypnotherapist, you realize the power of metaphors. You know that the subconscious speaks in symbols, and these symbols, while sometimes difficult to interpret, are rich and vibrant in emotional expression. You also know that the deliberate use of metaphors when working with clients can be a potent inferential method of delivering suggestions. Angela will explore how to find, create, and apply metaphors in conjunction with hypnosis.

September 2005 AHA Conference - EMF Balancing Technique®

Presented by Ida Kendall

In life development we identify and associate, creating a life script that includes negative charges (such as fear or hurt) which alert us to potential hazards to survival, triggering the fight/flight response. Every emotional response has an electromagnetic "charge". Electromagnetic Field Balancing Technique® is a way to balance the human electromagnetic field (aura), by evening out negative charges, creating integration and preventing reactivation in the future. This transforms life experience into core wisdom and helps to break negative patterns. Examine how this process can support hypnotic processes by assisting your clients at the energetic level.

September 2005 AHA Conference - EFT and Muscle Testing

Presented by Elaine McBroom

Based on discoveries involving the body's subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Technique is used to treat trauma, stress, anxiety, fears, phobias, addictions and more. Muscle Testing is a shortcut to the subconscious that can gather information as well as determine the most effective language for releasing limiting patterns while getting immediate feedback. Elaine will share her experience and introduce EFT and Muscle Testing with live demonstrations.

Early Registration by September 21, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Mythic and Archetypal Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Sunday, September 18, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

You will gain expertise in using a specialized branch of imagery in this all day workshop. Here, we reach back to the misty creation of the universe for transformational power. This is an excellent approach with clients hesitant about revealing too much or uncomfortable with freer imagery forms.

You will discover how Mythic and Archetypal directed imagery journeys (specifically written in E&P language) can add to your technique, positively impact your client, and help them to build confident independence.

More information on Mythic and Archetypal Imagery

Early Registration by September 14, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Advanced Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, September 17, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

This full day workshop moves you up to use FreeStyle Imagery with prickly client issues like, Resolving Conflict, and that old dog Resistance. You will find "Aspects of the Self" an enlightening imagery process that helps clients begin the path to creating new responses and behavior. You will also gain advanced use of the important imagery resource of the Inner Guide, and understand the value and use of the Inner Guide Quondam Imagery Journey.

More information on Advanced Imagery

Early Registration by September 14, 2005

Reiki Level Two Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Sunday, September 11, 2005
10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Prerequisite: At least six months since taking Reiki Level One.

This workshop is for those Reiki Practitioners who are ready to move to the second level of Reiki.

Tanya is a Certified Reiki Master practicing Reiki for over twelve years. She will initiate you into Reiki Level Two so that you can use these techniques to promote physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. You will be introduced to three symbols which will allow you to practice distant healing.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing for this "hands-on" workshop and bring notepads and purple crayons or pencils. Sign up early. Seating is limited.

Early Registration by September 7, 2005

Reiki Level One Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Saturday, September 10, 2005
10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Reiki (ray-key) means Universal Life Energy. Tanya teaches that Reiki is a safe body therapy technique that balances the body, mind and spirit, facilitating the healing of the whole person. Reiki involves the use of gentle, light touch applied to the body to transmit healing energy.

This healing art uses the same techniques practiced by the Lamas of ancient Tibet who originated this system thousands of years ago. It was re-discovered in the 1800's by Dr. Mikao Usui, who practiced REIKI in Japan. He passed the knowledge on to others who eventually brought it to Hawaii in 1937.

Tanya is a Certified Reiki Master and Certified Hypnotherapist who will initiate you into Reiki Level One so that you can use these techniques to promote physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing for this "hands-on" workshop
in which Tanya will teach the basic level techniques for Reiki Certification.

Early Registration by September 7, 2005

Advanced Handwriting

Presented by Elaine Perliss

Saturday, September 10, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Want to know more about the exciting world of Handwriting Analysis? Discover what someone's innocent doodles can reveal to you. Learn valuable in-depth information about individual letters of the alphabet and much more that will greatly enhance your skills as an analyst in this exciting follow-up to your HMI Handwriting Analysis course. Plus, you'll learn fast and easy marketing tools using what you know about handwriting analysis, which will help you launch and grow your own hypnotherapy practice. Cover the cost of this workshop with just one client using the skills you'll learn here!

• Learn the meaning of individual letters.
• How to interpret doodles.
• Turn what you learn into cash, clients and referrals.
• Discover which key handwriting traits you can quickly scan to create a successful analysis every time.
• Tips on turning handwriting analyses into clients.
• Marketing strategies that work.
• And much, much more!

Elaine Perliss, the Handwriting Analysis instructor at HMI, launched her successful hypnotherapy practice using many of the ideas she will share with you in this invaluable workshop. Prior to her hypnotherapy career, she spent over 20 years as a marketing executive in the entertainment industry, creating successful sales and marketing campaigns for over 1000 major motion pictures, including the best selling movie of all time.

Early Registration by September 7, 2005

August 2005 AHA Conference - Marketing with Flyers and Postcards

Presented by Beth Leach

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Learn the proven methods of marketing from one of the nations' leading practice builders. Beth will share from her fifteen-plus years of experience. Learn a step by step approach for creating professional flyers and postcards designed to get results. You will learn about art work, design principles, copyright secrets, printer specifications and more. No matter what the size of your budget, Beth will show you how to put it all together so that you can professionally advertise your practice.

August 2005 AHA Conference - Reiki

Presented by Tanya Nord

Reiki (ray-key) means Universal Life Energy. Reiki is a safe body therapy technique that balances the body, mind and spirit, facilitating the healing of the whole person. Reiki involves the use of gentle, light, touch applied to the body to transmit healing energy. This healing art uses the same techniques practiced by the Lamas of ancient Tibet who originated this system thousands of years ago. It was re-discovered in the 1800's by Dr. Mikao Usui who practiced Reiki in Japan. In this presentation Tanya will introduce and demonstrate the practice of Reiki.

August 2005 AHA Conference - Hypno-Workout™

Presented by Libia Londono

The need for physical fitness is greater than ever before. Can hypnosis alone create a strong physical body? By integrating the power of hypnosis with different forms of exercise, it is possible to achieve physical fitness goals in less time. The synergy created by combining working out and hypnosis can generate a powerful momentum towards success. It is possible to get greater results by taking a few simple steps. Learn how to get physically strong and fit to live a healthier, happier life.

Early Registration by August 24, 2005

Huna

Presented by John McCarthy and Lee Betchley

Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14, 2005
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

In this workshop, you will be introduced to basic ideas in Ancient Hawaiian Wisdom. Huna is the Hawaiian psychology of Spiritual Empowerment.

Come experience and explore:

• MANA - Vital Life Force Energy
• HUNA Theory of Mind: The three selves and the four bodies of mankind
• HA Breathing - The power of breath
• I'O, Air, Fire, Water, Earth - Connecting to the elements
• Ho'oponopono - A technique for healing relationships
• Higher Self Connection
• The true meaning of ALOHA

On day two you will be initiated into four sacred symbols which you may use for the purposes of healing and spiritual transformation for yourself and others. You will also experience giving and receiving an energy session, which is like body work on an energetic level, blowing these symbols into the chakras of the body. Truly amazing.

Early Registration by August 10, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification weekend gives you all the basic tools to help clients with Imagery. You'll learn when to use Imagery, the language of the Imagery Facilitator, Kappasinian E&P and Imagery, the Inner Guide, how to develop hypnotic suggestions from the Imagery process and more.

There are plenty of experientials and practice, so you will feel ready to use your Imagery with clients!

More information on Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Early Registration by August 3, 2005

Create Powerful Color-Hypnotherapy Scripts

Presented by Edy Rose and Janet Montgomery

Saturday, August 6, 2005
10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

In this workshop you will learn how to accelerate your client's success by learning the technique of creating individual Therapeutic Color Scripts™.

In order to create these scripts, you will be instructed in how to use powerful and motivational language that incorporates color information from the Aura-Soma Color System™ which deals directly with a clients subconscious and the Color Hypnotherapy Translation Form® which is a color assessment of a client's issues, personality and needs.

Using these assessment tools, you will create your own Therapeutic Color Script™ and use it in an interactive practice session in which you will experience, for yourself the value and benefits of using this customized script in your practice.

Early Registration by August 3, 2005

July 2005 AHA Conference - Working with Challenging Clients

Presented by Carrie Freeman

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

You will undoubtedly encounter in your practice clients that you consider to be extra challenging, or even what might be called "difficult" clients. Carrie will share from her experience how you can work effectively with clients who seem to challenge you at every turn. She will provide you with tips and strategies that can help you maintain your confidence and patience as you work with clients who test the limits of your abilities. Learn from these challenging cases so that you grow and develop as a therapist. Turn challenging clients into rewarding clients.

July 2005 AHA Conference - The Brain and Hypnosis

Presented by Brennan Smith

Why should a hypnotherapist need to understand the brain? Here are three excellent reasons: 1) Basic knowledge of the brain and its connection to the body allow you to effectively communicate with medical and psychotherapeutic professionals and create long-term, referral-generating relationships. 2) It will help to firmly establish your authority with clients. 3) It will expand your understanding of just how hypnosis affects the brain and the physical, mental and emotional states of your clients. Brian has a degree in cellular biology and will teach you the basics of the brain so that you can relate anatomy to the hypnosis theory of mind.

July 2005 AHA Conference - Bilingual Hypnosis

Presented by Irene Stone

This presentation will be especially interesting if you speak more than one language or intend to work with clients whose native language is other than your own. If English is your second language, then you already know that the scripts taught in Hypnosis 101 don't translate exactly. How can you boost your verbal language fluency for successful communication and therapy? Irene will explore bilingual hypnosis examining how to refine verbal expression, shift gears when moving between two languages, improve cognitive strategies using language, and consider the idiosyncrasies of language translation in hypnotic inductions and scripts.

Early Registration by July 27, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery Master Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Prerequisite Certification and Workshops must be completed prior to attendance.

Imagery Master Certification weekend takes your command of Imagery to the next level. You will be immersed in the Art of the Imagery Facilitator which means your mastery of it. You will learn how to create an overall Therapeutic Imagery Plan for clients, get strategies to implement the plan, so the client reaches the goal while you invisibly build, and add more depth to an Archetypal approach through the Hero's Journey. Alpha Facilitators, be ready for a high intensity weekend, to learn and to show your stuff, as you become the Masters of Imagery!

More information on Imagery Master Certification

Early Registration by July 20, 2005

NLP Practitioner Training - 9 Days (Option 1)

Presented by John McCarthy and Joe Leeway

Saturday, July 16 thru Sunday, July 24, 2005
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
(and one evening on July 17, 2005)

The NLP Practitioner Training program is designed to help you become the very best in your chosen field of hypnotherapy. NLP training will add to all the knowledge you are receiving at HMI and take you to the next level. You will learn a set of skills that can be the foundation for all the goals in your life. We will take you to the roots of understanding and behavior.

Learn techniques and interventions that you use in your practice. Maximize your success in working with your clients. Generate transformational patterns of communication. Really understand the nature of your clients' cognitive and behavioral processes, and how they create their models of the world, as well as the solutions to their problems.

As part of your training, you will also become certified as a practitioner of Time Line Therapy®. Time Line Therapy is one of the most powerful technologies available for releasing negative emotions and limiting decisions of the past in order to create a compelling future. The application of Time Line Therapy techniques can literally change lives!

More information on NLP Practitioner Training

Early Registration by July 9, 2005

NLP Practitioner Training - 5 Weekends (Option 2)

Saturdays and Sundays - July 30-31, August 27-28, September 24-25, October 29-30, November 19-20, 2005 - 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Same NLP Practitioner Training as above except this course is spread out over 5 weekends instead of 9 days consecutively.

Early Registration by July 23, 2005

Transpersonal Hypnotherapy

Presented by Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas

Saturday, July 16, 2005
1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Step into the inner sanctum of consciousness. Explore the conscious, subconscious and superconscious mind. Learn to guide your clients to connect with their higher self, meet guiding spirits and turn magical thinking into the experience of a lifetime. Turn on to your own guidance and find out how your deepest self sees reality.

Based on Shelley Stockwell and Orman McGill's book, The Search for Cosmic Consciousness: The Hypnosis Book Einstein Would Have Loved, this presentation will explore soul retrieval, energy acceleration, intuition, ESP, guiding spirits and more. Hands on training and in-depth study.

Early Registration by July 13, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Metaphysical Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil - Biography

Sunday, July 10, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Metaphysical Imagery is a full day workshop that takes a fascinating journey into the mystical world of metaphysics and shows how it influences working with clients. Is what we think about our client important? Find out what the Alchemists were really doing. Learn why our Therapeutic Imagery practice is thanks to those "outsiders".

More information on Metaphysical Imagery

Early Registration by July 7, 2005

The ABC's of Success

Presented by Elaine Perliss - Biography

Saturday, July 9, 2005
1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Interested in creating success in your hypnotherapy practice? Get valuable ideas and strategies that you can use now to enhance your success. Elaine will share insights, tips, secrets and other tools that she's utilized from her marketing and caregiver background to create her own successful hypnotherapy practice. With the ABC's of success you too can increase your opportunities and build the practice you desire.

Early Registration by July 7, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery for Life Passages

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil - Biography

Saturday, July 9, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

During this day workshop, you will gain information to help clients with some of life's most difficult challenges. Explore how to deal with different kinds of illness (acute and chronic), increase your understanding of working with clients who are rankling with death/dying/grief issues, learn how to help them move into healing/transformation, and discover how imagery affects and includes the human spiritual journey.

More information on Imagery for Life Passages

Early Registration by July 7, 2005

June 2005 AHA Conference - The ABCs of Success

Presented by Elaine Perliss - Biography

Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Interested in creating success in your hypnotherapy practice? Get valuable ideas and strategies that you can use now to enhance your success. Elaine will share insights, tips, secrets and other tools that she's utilized from her marketing and caregiver background to create her own successful hypnotherapy practice. With the ABC's of success you too can increase your opportunities and build the practice you desire.

June 2005 AHA Conference - Working with Healthcare Professionals

Presented by Mark Anthony

The wellness revolution is here and growing to a multi-billion dollar industry. Learn how you can place yourself in the midst of this giant shift in consumers taking control of their healthcare. Mark is not only a successful HMI graduate, he is also an accomplished chiropractor. He will share with you advice on how to network and work with and for chiropractors and other healthcare professionals, including medical doctors, so that you can increase your practice, get more referrals, have more fun, and achieve your goals.

June 2005 AHA Conference - Spiritual Hypnosis

Presented by Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas

Higher Self Hypnosis - the ability to listen to your profound wisdom is big business. Learn the nuts and bolts of discovering a person's life purpose, the gifts that have been hidden within, and how to help anyone get high with their Higher Self. Dr. Stockwell-Nicholas is author of twelve books about hypnosis and will share her vast experience and knowledge in this presentation connecting hypnosis and spirituality.

Early Registration by June 22, 2005

Keys To Your Future

Presented by John McCarthy
and Joe Leeway - Biography

Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19, 2005
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Certified NLP Trainers and Certified Trainers of Time Line Therapy®, Joe Leeway and John McCarthy guide you through this experiential weekend in order to create powerful and lasting change in your life.

Pick an area of your life that you want to focus on such as career, relationships or health and give yourself the gift of transformation in 2005 once and for all!

• Get rid of emotional blocks from the past that are holding you back.
• Let go of attachments that no longer serve you.
• Release anger, sadness, fear and guilt.
• Let go of decisions that have created limiting beliefs in your life.
• Free your energy for your purpose.
• Get clear on your goals for the future.
• Focus on what you want and what's important to you.
• Create future behaviors that support you.

This workshop assists you in focusing on what you need to learn for yourself so that you can let go of the past and move forward to a compelling future. Utilizing powerful Time Line Therapy® techniques, you will actively participate in your own transformation, while the content of your experience will remain private and personal.

If you desire to improve your career, finances, health or relationships, then take advantage of this opportunity to unlock the power to design and create your life in the way that you've always dreamed possible.

Time Line Therapy® is a registered trademark of Tad James and is exclusively licensed to The Time Line Therapy® Association.

Early Registration by June 15, 2005

Head Over Meals™

Presented by Lee Betchley - Biography

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

45% of women and 25% of men are trying to lose weight at any one time. Approximately $33 billion is spent on weight loss products and services.

Next to smoking cessation the number one reason people seek hypnotherapy is to lose weight.

It's not a question of whether you will get clients who want to lose weight, it's how soon and will you be ready? Plus, the holidays are ahead!

This class is Weight Loss 101! It's everything you need to know to be successful in helping your clients achieve their weight loss goals.

• How to do the first session and beyond with weight loss clients.
• How to address secondary gains and limiting beliefs that sabotage results.
• The pros and cons of the most popular diets and good nutritional advice.
• The reasons weight programs fail and how you can create success instead.
• The "Mental Diet" - the only diet that really works.
• Suggestions and scripts that really work with weight clients.
• How to create the motivation and mental images for clients that compel them to achieve their weight and fitness goals.

Early Registration by June 8, 2005

Combine Hypnotherapy and the Power of Color for More Powerful Sessions

Presented by Edy Rose and Janet Montgomery

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

In this workshop you will lean a new integrated approach to healing that assists the hypnotherapist to quickly and accurately determine a clients issues and personality and to immediately be able to use this information to create powerful sessions. Everyone has a built in response to color, and we are drawn to certain colors because we are expressing an internal need that is related to our body's energy centers (Chakras) and our subconscious.

This class will introduce you to the Aura-Soma Color System and the color combinations of the system so that you will understand what meanings colors have. You will also learn how to work with a Color Therapist to use "The Color/Hypnotherapy Translation Form" that the therapist will give you after their Color Consultation session with your client. With this form, you will have a color assessment of your clients needs that you will be able to use to build powerful and therapeutic sessions around.

Early Registration by June 8, 2005

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil - Biography

Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification weekend gives you all the basic tools to help clients with Imagery. You'll learn when to use Imagery, the language of the Imagery Facilitator, Kappasinian E&P and Imagery, the Inner Guide, how to develop hypnotic suggestions from the Imagery process and more. There are plenty of experientials and practice, so you will feel ready to use your Imagery with clients!

Early Registration by June 1, 2005

Super E&P

Presented by Marc Gravelle - Biography

Saturday, June 4, 2005 - 1:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

This is a special advanced class for HMI 501 Students and HMI Graduates only.

One of the most valuable gifts Dr. Kappas left us was the E&P Theory. Our accuracy in determining our clients' sexuality is what enables us to predict their behavior as well as know what will motivate them to change. In this class Marc will explore...

• How to explain E&P to a new client.
• How to evaluate a relationship, the seven qualities of a healthy long term relationship.
• Understanding E&P in business and your practice.
• How to find the real core trait.
• How to understand E&P in the bedroom.

Early Registration by June 1, 2005

Lullaby Birthing Hypnosis

Presented by Judy Broussard and Anna Goslicka

Saturday, June 4, 2005 - 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Judy and Anna share the process of teaching your clients a program that orchestrates the Wisdom of the Body and the Power of the Mind to experience joyous, painless, comfortable birthing.

You will learn how to work with clients to help them with fertility, pregnancy, delivery and family bonding.

Examine all of the related issues to pregnancy that you can address using hypnosis. Add this rewarding dimension to your practice!

Early registration by June 1, 2005

May 2005 AHA Conference - Health, Fitness and Hypnosis

Presented by Lee Betchley - Biography

Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

What is true health and fitness? How can hypnosis be useful in addressing your clients' overall health and well-being? How can you help all of your clients take their health and fitness seriously, and appreciate how it affects every aspect of their lives? Why is it so important? Learn how to help your clients make their health a priority. Give suggestions that will empower them to take action. Lee will examine how true health and fitness impacts the quality and longevity of life, and provide you with tips on how to assist your clients in creating overall health and fitness in their lives.

May 2005 AHA Conference - Color Your Sessions

Presented by Edy Rose and Janet Montgomery

Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Edy Rose is a Certified Aura-Soma Color Therapist and Janet Montgomery is a Certified Hypnotherapist. They will share with you ideas about utilizing color to make your sessions more powerful. Explore ideas of using color to learn how to quickly and accurately determine your client's issues and personality. Know what suggestions to use to create impact and results. Combine subconscious guided imagery and the vibration of color to support your client's physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual conditions.

May 2005 AHA Conference - Chinese Facial Reading and Client Scanning

Presented by Beryl Huang

Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

In China, the art of face reading has always been considered an indispensable tool to understand the human psyche and the fates. The Chinese art of face reading is a complex technique that categorizes individual facial features according to color, shape, disfigurements and birthmarks on specific areas of the face. Chinese Facial Reading will open your eyes to understanding individual faces and the people behind them. Learn how to scan faces and what to say to your client before they begin to speak. Make your practice flourish impressing your clients while making important informed decisions.

Early Registration by May 18, 2005

Imagery Master Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil - Biography

Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, 2005
9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

Prerequisite Certification and Workshops must be completed prior to attendance.

Imagery Master Certification weekend takes your command of Imagery to the next level. You will be immersed in the Art of the Imagery Facilitator which means your mastery of it. You will learn how to create an overall Therapeutic Imagery Plan for clients, get strategies to implement the plan, so the client reaches the goal while you invisibly build, and add more depth to an Archetypal approach through the Hero's Journey. Alpha Facilitators, be ready for a high intensity weekend, to learn and to show your stuff, as you become the Masters of Imagery!

Early Registration by May 11, 2005

EMF Balancing Technique - A New Energy System

Presented by Ida Kendall

Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.

EMF - Electromagnetic Field Balancing Technique® is a way to balance the human electromagnetic field ("aura"). But what is in our field and why does it need to be balanced?

Every emotion and reaction has an electromagnetic "charge" associated with it. As we develop, we identify and associate and create a life script that includes negative charges (such as fear or hurt) which alert us to potential hazards to survival - our flight/ flight reflex. EMF balancing evens out the negative charge, integrating the issue and preventing reactivation of the same charge at another time. This transforms life experience into core wisdom, and helps to break the pattern of reliving the same pattern with different people playing the same parts.

As a result, we can resonate at a higher frequency - or in plain speaking - get to the next level. As humans, we experience our lives simultaneously on many levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The EMF Balancing Technique® supports hypnotic processes by assisting at the energetic level in all four areas. Anyone with positive intent can learn and use this system for the peaceful resolution of behavioral patterns and the empowerment of their clients.

It is a simple, systematic procedure anyone can learn. The system utilizes the human-to-human effect upon the electromagnetic field and the deep sense of peace that results. Each session provides a powerful realignment within the energy anatomy that strengthens the Universal Calibration Lattice. This is an important factor to being in partnership with the unified energy field or the Cosmic Lattice.

What you will learn:

• An understanding of the theoretical ideas and scientific support underlying the EMF Balancing Technique® including resonance and entrainment.
• The energetic relationship of the Universal Calibration Lattice to the human anatomy and the chakra system.
• A "Mini Session" (20 minutes) of EMF that you can use in a session with your clients.
• Other techniques for directing and sending energy - for yourself and others.

Early Registration by May 11, 2005

Stop Smoking 101

Presented by John Melton - Biography

Saturday, May 7, 2005 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

The number one reason people seek hypnotherapy is to quit smoking! An effective smoking cessation program is a must for every hypnotherapist. Build your client base and increase your income by helping your smoking clients to quit in as little as 1, 2 or 3 sessions.

John will provide you with everything you need to implement this fast smoking cessation program into your practice immediately! John has tested these techniques extensively in helping smokers to quit in as little as one session. In this workshop, he will pass on this proven method to you! Don't miss this chance to master the art of smoking cessation through hypnosis.

Early Registration by May 4, 2005

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