"Hypnosis works when willpower fails."  Wendy Merron, CHt.
Steve Hooker of Australia won the 2008 Gold Medal in
Pole Vaulting after his hypnotist helped him to visualize
his success.

Orlando Bloom was so hooked on chocolate as a child, his
mother called in a hypnotist to help him shape up.

Kevin Costner flew his personal hypnotist to Hawaii to
cure his seasickness.

Tiger Woods' mental coach hypnotizes him to block out
distractions and focus on the golf course.

Mark Knopfler, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Ellen
DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher and Charlize Theron beat
their smoking habit through hypnosis.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis used hypnotherapy to relive and
let go of tragic events in her life.

Mozart (1756-91) was said to have composed the famous
opera "Cosi fan tutte" while hypnotized.

Albert Einstein used trance states to develop his ideas.

Jimmy Connors is said to have used hypnosis techniques
to practice his winning strokes prior to the US Open
Championship.

Kevin McBride, the celebrated Irish heavyweight boxing
champion summons his hypnotist before every game, to
get into the right frame of mind.

Championship golfer Jack Niklaus lauded hypnotherapy
and visualization techniques as the sole reason for his
improved concentration.

Lord Tennyson Alfred (1809-92) wrote complete poems
while hypnotized.

Rachmaninov (1873-1943) reputedly composed one of his
concertos following a post-hypnotic suggestion.

Goethe (1749-1832) writer and scientist and, Chopin
(1810-1849) pianist and composer both took classes in
hypnosis at the University of Strasbourg.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931) inventor.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) inventor.

Henry Ford (1863-1947) car manufacturer.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) physicist - known to have his
hypnosis sessions every afternoon. His theory of
relativity came to him while maintaining one of these
sessions.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) novelist used hypnosis.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) politician used
post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake all night
and avoid tiredness during W.W.II.

Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud developed modern
psychiatry as a result of learning about and practicing
hypnosis.

Hollywood actor Aaron Eckhart has credited hypnosis
with changing his life forever after he used the practice to
give up smoking and alcohol.


                  "Hypnosis works when willpower fails."  Wendy Merron, CHt.