Discovery Channel Deception – Keith Barry – how hypnosis works.

Keith Barry performs using hypnosis and illusion.

This insight into hypnosis techniques is a rare glimpse inside the skills of one of the world’s best hypnotists and mentalists.  Be amazed and inspired by this master practitioner as he shows just how quickly he can influence people.   While stage hypnosis is different from the use of hypnosis as therapy, it uses some of the same basic principles of influencing the subconscious mind. 

Many practitioners of hypnotherapy disapprove of the use of hypnosis for theatrical stage performances,  claiming it misrepresents the benefits that hypnotic techniques can achieve.  For many people, the amazing performances of entertainers like Keith Barry is the first time they will have seen how the mind can be guided by someone skilled in this discipline.