American Hypnosis Association

December 2006 AHA Conference - Angel and Emissary Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Have you or your clients been graced by an Angel? Come join in the exploration of Angels - are they real or a metaphor? Does everyone have Angels? Are there E&P Angels? Cheryl discusses these questions and more as part of Angel and Emissary Imagery.

Often, this kind of imagery can stimulate change, break through resistance, neutralize fear, and bring lasting comfort where other processes have not. As a metaphysical concept crossing through many cultures since the earliest of times, Angels are messengers.

Find out your message, as Cheryl offers you an imagery experience to connect with your Angels and help your clients do the same.

December 2006 AHA Conference - The Brain and Hypnosis

Presented by Brennan Smith

Why should a hypnotherapist need to understand the brain?

Here are 3 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.

December 2006 AHA Conference - Networking To Build Your Practice

Presented by Michele Guzy

Networking is one of the most important ways a Hypnotherapist can build a thriving practice. It is incredibly valuable to be exposed to and get to know as many people as possible. Meet people one on one so that they get to know and trust you, spread the word to their family and friends, and most importantly book sessions!

Learn how to take advantage of every opportunity you get to market and sell yourself. Make the most of speaking engagements to present yourself professionally and increase your clientele.

Michele will share with you keys and strategies that she has used for 15 years to build her practice so that you too can network your way to success.

Early Registration by December 13, 2006

Super E&P for 501 Students and HMI Graduates Only

Presented by Marc Gravelle

Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

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 December 06, 2006

Past Life Regression Certification

Presented by Michele Guzy

Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 9:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Have you lived before this life?

There is an explosive interest in Past-Life Regression Therapy throughout the world. This growing interest requires more Hypnotherapists to have training in these techniques so they may expand the scope of their practice and provide clients with the services they request. Past-Life work has the potential to allow healing and communication to take place between our spiritual and logical self.

This course would benefit you if you are...

• Interested in expanding your career to become a Past-Life Regression Therapist.
• Curious in healing current physical and emotional issues connected to past lives.
• Eager to experience profound personal transformation and healing in your own life.
• Requirements: Must have prior hypnosis training and/or completed HMI's 101 Course.

The certification course will include...

• Understanding of past-lives, karma, soul-mates and regression therapy.
• Ethics of conducting past-life regression.
• Powerful scripts to induce past-life therapy for deep healing.
• How to ask non-leading questions and obtain specific information.
• Releasing a client's subconscious block, phobia, fear or pain.
• Exploring the past-life roots of present-day relationships.
• Observe a live demonstration and experience your own past-life.

Note: Please bring a small pillow, blanket and a penlight for your regression work on the floor.

What you receive...

Expert, comprehensive and highly experiential training in becoming a Certified Past-Life Regression Therapist. For the past 16 years, Michele Guzy has studied and used Past-Life Regression in her practice and on television. She will demonstrate how to enter multiple past-lives on a client and perform group regression. Each student will have opportunity to experience a past-life and then practice the techniques on others. This very may well be a life changing course!

"Do you really believe we have lived before?" is usually the first question I'm asked. My answer is that it doesn't matter whether or not I believe in reincarnation; what matters is that I have seen many clients change their lives through the process of past-life regression..." Michele Guzy, C.Ht.

Early Registration by December 06, 2006

Numerology: The Basics

Presented by Barbara Barrett

Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Come prepared to cast your own Numerology Chart using your full name and date of birth. The ease and accuracy of this ancient system of numbers will encourage you to use it in your everyday practice of healing and hypnosis.

In this workshop, you will learn:

• What Numerology is and how it can benefit your clients
• How to cast a basic Numerology Chart
• Reading a chart - what all those numbers mean
• The meanings of the Numbers 1-9
• The Master Numbers 11 and 22
• Karmic Debt Numbers
• Double Cores
• Challenges
• Pinnacles

It's important that you have the exact spelling of your name as it appears on your Birth Certificate, Baptismal Certificate, Marriage License and other legal documents.

Many of you will catch on very quickly and you will be eager to begin casting charts for all your clients. We ask that you respect your clients' right to privacy and restrict your practice time to friends and family, since we will be using the information throughout the workshop for teaching purposes.

Early Registration by December 7, 2006

Stop Smoking 101

Presented by John Melton

Saturday, December 2, 2006 - 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 November 30, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery Master Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, 2006
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 30, 2006

Hypnosis For Pain Control

Presented by Tanya Nord

Saturday, December 2, 2006, 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

The Mind and Body are one system, and hypnosis is one of the most powerful tools available for working with the mind to reduce, control and alleviate pain in the physical body. Hypnosis as an adjunct to medical treatment can make a huge difference in your clients' ability to heal and feel better.

This workshop is an opportunity for you as a hypnotherapist to develop your skills in using hypnosis to help clients with pain control. Whether it's from injury, illness, disease, or other factors, you will learn how to assist your clients in reducing their pain and creating physical comfort, health and well-being.

Explore these important topics and more:

• Understand how to approach the issue of pain control
• Know when it is appropriate to use hypnosis to reduce pain
• Get clear about how to communicate with your clients' medical professionals
• Understand how to work symptomatically and when to look for cause
• Explore secondary gain
• Address the emotional aspects of physical pain
• Recognize when pain is psychosomatic
• Help reduce the side effects of medicine and medical treatment
• Work with cancer clients
• Work with the terminally ill
• Accelerate recovery from medical procedures and operations

Tanya will share with you from her fourteen years of working with pain control clients and six years of using hypnosis specifically with pain control clients and cancer clients.

Early Registration by November 30, 2006

Imagery Jamboree Free For All

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Friday, December 1, 2006 - 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.

It's Free! Open to anyone and everyone who wants to know about imagery!

Hypnotherapists, Facilitators, Masters, Almost Masters - come and ask any question, get answers and share your adventures!

Do you want a demonstration of imagery? Do you want to be in a demonstration? How about you doing a demonstration?

Find out what's coming up next for the imagery program.

Imagery Case Conference will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. and Imagery Workout, Demos and Q&A will be held from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M.

Early Registration by December 01, 2006

November 2006 AHA Conference - Numerology For Healers

Presented by Barbara Barrett

Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

The first presupposition of NLP is to have respect for the other person's model of the world. Numerology will teach you how to have a better understanding of your client's model of reality and communicate from their truth.

Using your client's name and birth date, you will them to discover their life's purpose and how they can best put forth their work into the world. Know what will motivate your client and recognize the kinds of people and relationships they will tend to attract.

With numerology you have a useful tool for gathering information that will help you to assist your client in taking their journey through life.

November 2006 AHA Conference - Chinese Facial Reading and Client Scanning

Presented by Beryl Huang

In China, the art of face reading has always been considered an indispensable tool to understand the human psyche and the fates. 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.

November 2006 AHA Conference - Hypnosis and Teenagers

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 November 15, 2006

The ABC's of Success

Presented by Elaine Perliss

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 1:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Looking for success in your Hypnotherapy Practice? No matter where you are on your path - 101, 201, 301, 501 or even graduate, you'll learn valuable ideas and strategies you can use now to enhance your success. Elaine shares insights, tips, secrets and other tools she has utilized, accessing her rich and rewarding background to create her own successful hypnotherapy practice - so you, too can increase your opportunity for success.

• 100's of ideas that can work for you - right now.
• Turn what you learn into cash, clients and referrals.
• A step-by-step process for success.
• Marketing strategies that work.
• Great ideas to create opportunities for long term success.

Elaine Perliss is a Certified Hypnotherapist, teacher, motivational speaker and professional mentor and coach whose passion is helping people achieve their highest potential. Elaine's career highlights include the creation and execution of multiple personal and professional plans and goals including her own successful hypnotherapy practice; recipient of HMI's top awards given for most clinical hours booked and most money earned during her residency; training and motivation for individuals and groups; as well as Marketing and Promotions Executive in the Entertainment Industry, where she created successful campaigns for over 1000 major motion pictures, including the best selling movie of all time.

Here's your opportunity to invest in your success. The tips you learn in this class can potentially reap thousands of dollars in profit for you. One client alone can pay for the cost of this workshop!

Early Registration by November 08, 2006

Hypnosis and Parenting

Presented by Lisa Machenberg

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

This seminar is designed for therapists and parents. You will learn how to use hypnotic language to help children become more cooperative. You will also learn non-verbal cues and methods to create a happy, calm and peaceful home.

Many parents say that they have read books and gone to classes but have trouble applying techniques when their children push their buttons. You will learn instant self hypnosis to be calm even in the most emotionally charged situations. You can become the parent you've always wanted to be.

Early Registration by November 08, 2006

NLP Practitioner Training - 9 Days

Presented by John McCarthy and Joe Leeway

Saturday, November 11, 2006 thru Sunday, November 19, 2006 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

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 01, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Metaphysical Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 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 November 05, 2006

Emotional Freedom Technique

Presented by Susie Jargo

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

From Pain... To Peace

Learn how to use EFT as an extraordinary addition to your hypnotherapy practice.

Discover core reasons underlying physical and emotional pain, and learn how to clear them.

"EFT is at the forefront of the new healing movement."
- Candace Pert, PhD - author of Molecules of Emotion

Based on impressive new discoveries regarding the body's subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Technique has been very successful in treating issues such as Weight Loss, Addictive Cravings, Allergies, Trauma, Anxiety, Sadness, Physical Pain, Anger, Jealousy, Fears and Phobias, Sports Performance, Dyslexia, Headaches, Stress, and many more.

EFT works on the theory that our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains, disease and anxiety. And the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system.

EFT is a system of gently tapping on the body's energy meridians, adding a powerful tactical and physical element, unlike any other hypnotic modality. EFT gets to the core of the problem by changing the energy behind the "thought" so that the negative emotional response collapses. In doing so, we clear the original disruption in the body's energy system, that triggered the problem.

• EFT is a simple, easy process and can be learned by anyone.
• Is an excellent modality to incorporate into your hypnotherapy practice.
• Is rapid, long lasting and gentle, and can be done anywhere.
• Works on our present lives, as well as past life issues.
• EFT is a valuable, empowering tool for you and your clients!

Early Registration by November 01, 2006

Reiki Level One Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 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 November 01, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery for Life Passages

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 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 November 01, 2006

October 2006 AHA Conference - Hypnosis and Parenting

Presented by Lisa Machenberg

Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Children are naturally suggestible to their parents. This presentation will help you teach your clients who are parents how to use techniques and words that facilitate greater cooperation, communication, and peace in the home.

Explore how to guide and support your clients, including teaching self-hypnosis, as they face and handle the many challenges of raising children while becoming the parents they truly desire to be.

October 2006 AHA Conference - Emotional Freedom Technique

Presented by Susie Jargo

Based on impressive new discoveries regarding the body's subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Technique has been very successful in treating issues such as Weight Loss, Addictive Cravings, Allergies, Trauma, Anxiety, Sadness, Physical Pain, Anger, Jealousy, Fears & Phobias, Sports Performance, Dyslexia, Headaches, Stress, and much more.

EFT is a simple, easy process that Susie will share with you in this presentation.

October 2006 AHA Conference - How To Do Phone Sessions

Presented by Michele Guzy,
John Melton, Susie Jargo,
and Chris Bathum

Doing hypnosis over the phone is perhaps the biggest growing frontier in hypnotherapy. Phone sessions eliminate travel, reduce expense and offer worldwide opportunities for both client and therapist. Phone sessions offer greater convenience for both client and therapist and a greater sense of privacy and anonymity for the client.

HMI graduates have been doing phone sessions for more than 20 years. Now, with the advent of the Internet, therapists are able to reach out to clients all over the world. HMI's "Landmark Event" featuring an investment group that wants to market HMI Grads via phone sessions, has also sparked an increased interest in phone sessions skills.

George Kappas has selected an expert panel to share their phone session experience and provide you the "How To's" and "Q & A" of doing hypnotherapy over the phone.

Early Registration by October 25, 2006

Reiki Level Two Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 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 October 18, 2006 - Seating is Limited

What Do You Say?

Presented by Lisa Cefalu

Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

You've learned hypnotic inductions and how to do the first session. Your client has presented their reasons for coming to see you. Now it's time for you to give suggestions in hypnosis. What do you say? How do you formulate suggestions that will make sense to the client and give them what they want?

Lisa will show you how to cultivate positive and powerful suggestions that will serve as a catalyst for change in your clients. Communicate with suggestions that get results for each and every individual client who seeks your services. Learn by listening closely to your clients so that you know how to deliver suggestions in language that they will understand.

• Make the most of your E&P language
• Learn the three main governing laws of suggestions: Law of Reversed Action, Law of Repetition, Law of Dominant Effect
• Learn how to link motivation to goals
• Learn the power of positive reinforcement
• Learn how to get "Yes" agreements
• Learn interspersing and embedding
• Utilize the client's language patterns and body movements
• Chain suggestions
• Use opposite polarities
• Bind comparables and create double binds

Early Registration by October 18, 2006

Fears and Anxieties

Presented by Elaine Perliss

Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Fears and Anxieties. How to face them. How to overcome them. How to help your clients do the same.

The tools you'll learn in this workshop will give you an understanding of key insights about and effective strategies to overcome Fears and Anxieties... For you and every single client you meet.

• Procrastination, resistance, anxiety, worry, apprehension, envy, hate, jealousy, shame, terror, victimhood and more are all forms of fear. The techniques you'll learn address each one of these fears.
• Are you experiencing the Fear of Success? Fear of Failure? Addressing it - even embracing it - will ensure your ability to overcome it and your ability to utilize the learnings to attract even more clients to your practice!
• Fear is present with 100% of your clients. Imagine a workshop that gives you tips for success with every single client.

Elaine Perliss is a Hypnotherapist, teacher, motivational speaker and professional mentor whose passion is helping people achieve their highest potential. Elaine specializes in helping people overcome the obstacles of Fear and Anxiety that keep them from achieving their goals.

Join Elaine on Saturday, October 21st, 2006 for an enlightening and powerful workshop about Fears and Anxieties. She'll share her tips for success in dealing with these potentially formidable roadblocks and will give you insights on how to harness the power of fear to help you steer your clients toward success, not away from it.

The tips you learn will help increase your opportunity for success with every one of your clients. And, applying just one of these tips alone will pay you back for this entire course. This workshop is a must for your success.

Early Registration by October 18, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Mythic and Archetypal Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 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 October 11, 2006

Mind-Body Workshop

Presented by Tanya Nord

Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

In this workshop you will be introduced to basic ideas of the Mind-Body connection, an essential concept for working with your clients. You will learn basic syndromes through which the body reveals important information from the subconscious mind. You will learn that symptoms are not isolated events, but are connected to past experiences, conditions and traumas. Learn how to use this information effectively in therapy.

Based on 12 years of personal experience in healing therapy and the work of Carolyn J. Braddock, Ken Dychtwald and Karol K. Truman, Tanya will teach you what you need to know as a hypnotherapist to fully understand the Mind-Body System of your clients.

Early Registration by October 11, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Advanced Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 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 October 11, 2006

True Personality

Presented by Michele Guzy

Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Everyone you meet, including your clients, reveals their personality within the first few minutes. Quickly determine the personality style of other people so that you can avoid conflict and improve your ability to interact in relationships, both personal and professional.

Take your understanding of personality 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.

Come learn about all the aspects of your true personality in this information-packed workshop with Michele, "The Mind Coach."

Learn how to:

• Understand the (4) true personality styles of E&P Sexuality.
• Increase credibility by quickly determining your clients natural behavior.
• How to build instantaneous rapport in professional and social situations.
• Set effective boundaries for unrealistic expectations in relationships.
• How to "read between the lines" by observing words, tone and body language.
• How to communicate on a "win-win" basis to resolve difficult situations.

With inspirational stories, exercises and personality charts, Michele will share her expertise on how to become a powerful behavioral expert and to increase your earning potential as a Hypnotherapist. Come learn for yourself and then teach these personality tools and techniques to your clients. This is one HMI seminar you don't want to miss!

"This was a very educational class. By the end of the first hour I already noticed my behavior changing and my understanding of E & P improving! Taking the personality test and listening to your funny anecdotes how we interact with each other was an eye opener! I never knew we revealed so much in our words and body language!" - Beth Brinston, Warner Brothers

Early registration by October 11, 2006

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Hypnotherapy

Presented by Marc Gravelle

Saturday, October 7, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

In this workshop, Marc will explain how to incorporate Chopra's Seven Spiritual Laws of Success into helping your clients. He will explain the parallels between the "Spiritual Laws" and the Kappasinian "Dominant Laws of Suggestion."

Marc will review each Spiritual Law and explain how the technique of practicing these laws can be transformed into suggestions to give to clients when they are in hypnosis.

Each participant will receive printed suggestions for situations the hypnotherapist will very likely encounter with their clients, as well as descriptions of how these applications work with clients in "everyday" situations.

Marc Gravelle, C.Ht., is in his 18th year of practice at HMI and was mentored by both Dr. John Kappas and Dr. Alex Kappas.

Early Registration by October 04, 2006

Advanced Handwriting Analysis

Presented by Elaine Perliss

Saturday, October 7, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Want to know more about the exciting world of Handwriting Analysis?

If you've taken Handwriting Analysis and are fascinated, interested, even excited to learn more, here's your chance.

Want to know what those funny pictures and drawings you make along the sides of paper mean? Now, you can discover what yours and others' "innocent" doodles can reveal to you.

In Handwriting Analysis, we learned about only a few letters of the alphabet. Here, you'll learn valuable in-depth information about all the individual letters that will greatly enhance your skill as an analyst in this exciting follow-up to your HMI Handwriting Analysis course.

• Learn the meanings of all the individual capital and lower case letters.
• Discover even more about friends', family's, clients', adults' and even children's subconscious thoughts and behaviors.
• Understand how to interpret doodles.
• Use your knowledge of doodles to enhance your ability to help children and adolescents in your practice.
• And much, much more!

Elaine Perliss is the evening Handwriting Analysis Instructor, who, in her fourth year of teaching this class at HMI, brings a wealth of experience and understanding of this exciting subject to you. Be sure to join her on April 1st, 2006 to discover for yourself how these new tools, exclusive to the advanced handwriting analysis course and presented in a manner that is complimentary to your hypnotherapy career path, will give you more hidden meanings and valuable knowledge of what Handwriting Analysis can do for you.

Early Registration by October 04, 2006

How To Give A Dynamic Hypnosis Speech

Presented by Michele Guzy

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Public speaking is excellent way to introduce Hypnosis and its benefits to the community. Whether it is a 15 minute "luncheon talk" at a Chamber of Commerce or a "keynote speech" for a real estate company, you have the potential of doubling your income and increasing your hypnotherapy clientele!

Do you have what is takes to stand in front of an audience and deliver material to change their life?

The Speech Class Includes...

• Understanding the dynamics of giving a powerful hypnosis speech
• Building your confidence and dealing with nervousness
• How to establish immediate rapport with your audience
• How to avoid the major pitfalls of speaking in front of an audience
• Presentation basics from the stage and how to work the room
• Simple speech formats to fit a 10-minute presentation up to 1 hour
• Rehearsal techniques to remember your material and sound natural
• To script or not to script - giving a short speech without notes
• R.E.A.C.T. - The 5 ways to open your speech with pizzazz
• Using a podium, white board, flip charts, microphone and other tools
• How to establish your fees and book new clients for hypnosis sessions

What You'll Receive

Expert, comprehensive training in becoming a Hypnosis Speaker. For over 15 years, Michele Guzy has used her speaking talent to increase her income and clientele in private practice. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and on the Who's Who list of Speakers in America. She brings her experience in front of an audience and TV to you in a simple, easy to follow format. She will also include valuable information from the top speakers in this profession. If you want to double your income, don't miss this Dynamic Speakers Workshop!

"The most effective way to connect with an audience is to evoke an emotion. I follow a simple motto when delivering a keynote speech. Make them laugh, make them cry, make them remember the reason why!"

Early Registration by September 28, 2006

September 2006 AHA Conference - How What Do I Say?

Presented by Lisa Cefalu

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

So you've learned hypnotic inductions and how to do the first session. Your client has presented their reasons for coming to see you. Now it's time for you to give suggestions in hypnosis. What do you say? How do you formulate suggestions that will make sense to the client and give them what they want?

Lisa will show you how to cultivate positive and powerful suggestions that will serve as a catalyst for change in your clients. Communicate with suggestions that get results for each and every individual client who seeks your services. Learn by listening closely to your clients so that you know how to deliver suggestions in language that they will understand.

September 2006 AHA Conference - The Mind-Body Connection

Presented by Tanya Nord

Tanya will introduce you to basic ideas related to the connection of Mind and Body. Learn how to identify the basic syndromes through which your Body speaks to you. See how symptoms are not isolated events, but rather are connected to past events, conditions and accumulated traumas.

Learn how to use this knowledge with your clients as you appreciate the intimate link between the mental, physical and emotional.

September 2006 AHA Conference - Seven Spiritual Laws of Success & Hypnotherapy

Presented by Marc Gravelle

The maintenance of a successful practice requires us to constantly seek new sources of ideas, techniques, and information to help our clients. Deepak Chopra's Seven Spiritual Laws of Success is certainly one of those sources.

In this presentation, Marc Gravelle, C.Ht. will explain some of the parallels between the Kappasinian Modality and the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. In addition, Marc will explain how to turn the techniques of practicing these spiritual laws into suggestions to give clients while they are in hypnosis.

Marc, a mentee of both Drs. John and Alex Kappas, will share his "real therapy" experience in using these suggestions.

Early Registration by September 27, 2006

Stop Smoking 101

Presented by John Melton

Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 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 September 20, 2006 - Late Registration $75.00

Reiki Level One Certification

Presented by Tanya Nord

Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 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 September 20, 2006

Past Life Regression Certification

Presented by Michele Guzy

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

There is an explosive interest in Past-Life Regression Therapy throughout the world. This growing interest requires more Hypnotherapists to have training in these techniques so they may expand the scope of their practice and provide clients with the services they request. Past-Life work has the potential to allow healing and communication to take place between our spiritual and logical self.

This Certification Course would benefit you if you are:

• Interested in expanding your career to become a Past-Life Regression Therapist.
• Committed to bringing the most advanced skills and healing methods to your clients.
• Interested in healing current physical and emotional issues connected to past lives.
• Eager to experience profound personal transformation and healing in your own life.

The Certification Course will include:

• Understanding of Past-Lives, Karma, Soul-Mates and Regression Therapy
• Ethics of Conducting Past-Life Regression
• Ways to Interview your Client both Pre- and Post-Session
• Powerful Scripts to Induce Past-Life Therapy for Deep Healing
• How to ask Non-Leading Questions and Obtain Specific Information
• Releasing a Client's Subconscious Block, Phobia, Fear or Pain
• Exploring the Past-Life Roots of Present-Day Relationships
• Observe Past-Life Demonstrations and Experience a Past-Life of your own
• Understand the importance of Closure and Integration of a Past-Life Experience

What You Receive

Expert, comprehensive and highly experiential training in becoming a Certified Past-Life Regression Therapist. For the past 15 years, Michele Guzy has used Past-Life Regression in her practice and on television. She will demonstrate how to enter multiple past-lives with a client, and perform a group regression. Each student will have the opportunity to experience a past-life and then practice the techniques on others. This may very well be a life-changing course!

Prerequisite: HMI 101 Foundations in Hypnotherapy

Early Registration by September 13, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, September 09 and 10, 2006
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 September 06, 2006

August 2006 AHA Conference - Health, Fitness and Hypnosis

Presented by Lee Betchley

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

What is true health and fitness? Why is exercise the major pill to fight fat, stress and aging? How do unhealthy habits contribute to weight gain and premature aging? What you eat today becomes who you are tomorrow. What are the benefits of fitness beyond simply losing weight?

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.

August 2006 AHA Conference - The Map of Who You Are Is In Your Hands

Presented by Meredyth Hunt

Did you know that a person's palm is an actual map of the neurological pathways their brain takes most often?

Now imagine having access to that map and using it while guiding a client toward living a conscious and fulfilling life!

Hand Analysis reveals the "map of who you are" and offers practical tools to navigate that map. The palm holds behavioral tendencies, communication styles, talents, and challenges while fingerprints reflect life purpose and life lesson.

Join Certified Hand Analyst Meredyth Hunt for an exploration of the fascinating science of Hand Analysis and the amazing information available in a person's hands.

August 2006 AHA Conference - Hypnosis- It's Myths, Legends and History

Presented by Ray Cowan

Ray will discuss and explore the evolution and history of Hypnosis, from the Egyptian's use of hypnosis to individuals such as Mesmer, Esdaille, Braid, Bernheim, Frued, Breuer, Hull and others. Of course, no historical record can be complete without Dr. John Kappas and Dr. Milton Erickson.

Stage hypnosis practitioners have left the impression on the public that a person will perform silly things for the amusement of the audience. In the 1950's, the British Medical Society and the American Medical Association approved hypnosis as an adjunct modality to the practice of medicine leading to the modern acceptance and practice of hypnosis.

Early Registration by August 23, 2006

NLP Practitioner Training - 5 Weekends

Presented by John McCarthy and Joe Leeway

Saturdays and Sundays starting August 26-27, September 16-17, October 7-8, October 28-29, November 18-19 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

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 August 14, 2006

Huna

Presented by John McCarthy and Lee Betchley

Saturday and Sunday, August 19-20, 2006
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 spirit of HUNA

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 16, 2006

Super E&P for 501 Students and HMI Graduates Only

Presented by Marc Gravelle

Sunday, August 13, 2005 - 1:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

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 August 10, 2006

Hypno-Hemispheric Balancing™

Presented by Joyce Peters, ND, CNC

Saturday , August 12, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

An advocational self-improvement and behavior modification technique for HMI Hypnotherapists.

Hypno-Hemispheric balancing is a technique that Joyce uses to help people with binge eating habits make behavior modification and gain more self-control to help reduce the tendencies of these types of emotional eating behaviors.

Hypno-Hemispheric Balancing is a technique to balance the right and left brain to help with weight loss. Hypno-hemispheric balancing can help correct imbalances so that you use both sides of your brain more evenly. People can achieve their goals more easily when both sides of their brain synchronize and work in unity.

The desensitization of the amygdala helps control binge eating habits. Based on scientific research, this process can help you help your clients more effectively achieve their goals.

Early Registration by August 09, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery Master Certification

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday and Sunday, August 12 and 13, 2006
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 August 09, 2006

Keys To Your Future

Presented by John McCarthy and Joe Leeway

Saturday and Sunday, August 05-06, 2006
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 2006 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, 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 August 03, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Metaphysical Imagery

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Sunday, July 30, 2006 - 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 27, 2006

July 2006 AHA Conference - Working With Challenging Clients

Presented by Carrie Freeman

Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 10:00 A.M. to 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 2006 AHA Conference - An Overview of Acupuncture

Presented by Lucy Postolov

In this hour, Lucy Postolov, L.Ac., will present a brief history of Acupuncture / oriental medicine and its applications and benefits. Ms. Postolov will also expand on how the combination of hypnosis and acupuncture is an effective method in relieving pain, addiction and physical suffering. Ms. Postolov will be happy to field any and all questions from the attendees.

July 2006 AHA Conference - Hypno-Hemispheric Balancing

Presented by Joyce Peters

Hypno-Hemispheric balancing is a technique that Joyce uses to help people with binge eating habits make behavior modification and gain more self-control to help reduce the tendencies of these types of emotional eating behaviors. Hypno-Hemispheric Balancing is a technique to balance the right and left brain to help with weight loss.

Hypno-hemispheric balancing can help correct imbalances so that you use both sides of your brain more evenly. People can achieve their goals more easily when both sides of their brain synchronize and work in unity. The desensitization of the amygdale helps control binge eating habits.

Early Registration by July 26, 2006

Therapeutic Imagery Training - Imagery for Life Passages

Presented by Cheryl O'Neil

Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 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 26, 2006

Head Over Meals™

Presented by Lee Betchley

Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

At least 45% of women and 25% of men are trying to lose weight at any one time. Over $33 billion is spent on weight loss products and services. 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? New year resolutions are now!

Lee Betchley, a former teacher and staff therapist at HMI, has built a thriving hypnotherapy practice helping people lose weight and get fit.

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 July 19, 2006

The Secret Power of Abundance

Presented by Doreen Cohanim

Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 1:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Knowledge is Power! Doreen will share a secret that brought her a wonderful period of luck and opportunity. Now is the time for you to utilize this secret and make all your dreams come true!

Come discover the secret that is offered to you each month. It is a door that opens to an endless source of power that can help bring you success, clients, riches, true love, beauty and health, or allow you to live free from care! Yes, all this and more.

The Moon is a tremendous source of energy. For thousands of years people have called upon its powers to help change their destiny. Now is your time to do the same!

Doreen teaches that everyone has the ability to turn dreams into reality. Once you have learned how to use this remarkable power, Doreen promises you will be able to get everything you've always desired.

Here are some of the wonderful things that Doreen teaches are possible by using her tools:

• Attract large amounts of money ($5,000, $10,000 or more!).
• Attract the clients and the referrals you've always wanted.
• Attract success into your life, such as love, good luck, and money.
• Protect yourself from people who may do you harm.
• Get the dream job, vacation, and home business you've always wanted.
• Free yourself from worry.

This could be the beginning of an incredible time of power for you. A time when all these things can be yours – but only if you know how! Learn how in Doreen's class!

Don't miss this amazing opportunity to get exactly what you want most! Learn to use the extraordinary energy of the Full Moon and amazing things can happen for you!

Early Registration by July 13, 2006

Creating Joyful Blended Families

Presented by Lisa Machenberg

Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

In our rapidly changing society, 50% of all marriages end in divorce. As these adults find new romance, a complex series of relationships develop between ex-husbands, ex-wives, new romantic partners, and all the children. In this seminar, you will learn how to optimize each relationship, nurture the children, and find joy and satisfaction in everyday family life.

This workshop will address:

• Letting go of unhealthy emotional attachment with ex-spouses.
• Mindful dating and creating new satisfying relationships.
• Parenting children when there are two homes, with two different set of rules.
• Improving relationships with your own children.
• Having a lovable relationship with step-children, even when they are unlovable!
• Enhancing relationships between step-siblings.
• Resolving conflicts w