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| BBC Learning EnglishPeople and PlacesUnusual jobs – the HypnotistAndrea: Welcome to "People and Places" – where we meetinteresting people and findout about more about them – right here onbbclearningenglish.com. Hello, I'mAndrea Rose. Paul McKenna‘For everybody it’s different. But usually it’s deeprelaxation. People find that instead of being aware of lotsof things we tend to focus on one idea at a time.’ Andrea: Can you guess what Paul McKenna does for a living? Hehas a rather unusual job. Yes, he’s a hypnotist. Hehypnotises people. In fact, he’s one of Britain’s bestknown hypnotists. He mesmerises people into doingextraordinary things. So what’s it like to be hypnotised? Paul McKenna‘For everybody it’s different. But usually it’s deeprelaxation. People find that instead of being aware of lotsof things we tend to focus on one idea at a time. You canprobably compare it to meditation or in business people do athing called strategic planning where they relax and imaginewhat their company will be doing, what product or servicethey will be offering in the future, what their competitorswill be doing. That seems for me to be the same as hypnosis. All the great creatives throughout history – Einstein,Mozart, Tessler, Goethe, Walt Disney – lots of greatcreatives have referred to that reverie, that creative statewhere they get their ideas from, in similar terms when theydescribe it, as hypnotists would to hypnotic trance.’ Andrea: Paul compares hypnosis to deep relaxation. You feelvery relaxed when you’re hypnotised and you can focus on onething rather than lots of thoughts. Paulalso compares it to meditation or even strategic planning –like in business when plan how you want to run things. Hesays that lots of famous thinkers or creative people –‘creatives’ – talk about their great thoughts orcreativity coming from a dream-like state – ‘reverie’. Hesays hypnosis is just like that. Another word for hypnosis isa trance. When you’re hypnotised it’s like you’re in atrance. But is being a hypnotist quite what we imagine? Paul McKenna‘The archetypal Hollywood image – you know the man withswinging watch, black suit, goatee beard, and malevolentintentions has played a part in creating an image in thepsyche of lots of people. But I'm hoping to dismantle that. Iwant to avoid all the psycho-babble. ooger-booger esotericassociations because really hypnosis is just another word forthinkingand when we use hypnosis we can get extraordinary outcomes,but it’s really just another way of thinking.’ Andrea: Look into my eyes and relax……yes, that’s the imagewe associate with hypnotists. But Paul says they’re notquite like that! We imagine a hypnotist to be someoneswinging a watch in front of someone until they fall asleep,or wearing a black suit and having a goatee beard. This isthe archetype of a hypnotist. This is the archetypalHollywood image. We also think of hypnotists as people whoare dangerous and who have bad intentions. The word Paul usesis malevolent. In fact, according to Paul, hypnotists can dowonderful, extraordinary things. It really is an intriguingand interesting profession, so how did it all begin for PaulMcKenna? Paul McKenna‘My first experience of it was that I was a radiobroadcaster and I was interested in yoga and meditation. Iwent one day to interview the local hypnotist and I had aparticularly bad day – I’d split up from my girlfriend, thepeople in the apartment where I was living were making anoise and I had a row with my boss at work – and so Iarrived at this interview fairly stressed. And I said ‘do your weirdy, mindy thing on me’, and I satback. I was sceptical, benevolently so and said ‘let theprocess begin’. And I borrowed a book from this guy and Iwent home and read it. And then I began to hypnotise myfriends to help them quit smoking or lose weight or overcomephobias and it pretty much worked.’ Andrea: Paul was a radio broadcaster. He was doing aninterview with a hypnotist. Three bad things had happened to him that day. Did you catchwhat they were? He had split up with his girlfriend, hisneighbours were making lots of noiseand he’d had an argument or row with his boss. At first hewas sceptical that the hypnotist could help him. Sceptical –he didn’t believe it. But the hypnotist made him feel somuch better after the session, that he decided to borrow abook and learn how to do it himself. Soon he was helping hisfriends stop smoking, lose weight and even overcome theirphobias or fears – all through hypnosis. It changed hislife. Let’s quickly recap of some of the language Paul used: relaxation meditation reverie trance archetypalmalevolent intentions scepticalUntil the next time, it’s goodbye frombbclearningenglish.com |
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