I hope everyone finds this message in good health and happy. As you know I rarely send out mass emails. Thanks for the local show sellout in March. I am not sure if I will have time to do another show this coming March. Keep in touch.
I am preparing a postcard mailing and many of you have asked that I send one to your employer or schools. Certain events book early so give me a contact person and I will mail it in the next few weeks. Christmas and holiday event dates are limited to just a few dates it seems everyone wants. After or Post Proms are always a busy time to. The best groups to do shows for are 100 or more in attendance. The youtube video clip link is below if you would like to see some of my latest shows from high schools, churches to companies. Thanks for your help.
Now for your hypnosis tip try this simple exercise each night upon retiring and awakening. First when you lay down at night before falling off to sleep remove all the negative thoughts from your mind. Tell yourself only positive suggestions about the good things you have in your life. By allowing the subconscious mind to take on positive thoughts you will reprogram your mind during the night and sleep better. Go to your special place as I call it like in Peter Pan Think your Happy Thoughts! The next morning before getting out of bed take a minute to tell yourself again. I will have a Great Day no matter what comes my way! We all know what we think and visualize comes true. Remember if you tell a child he is stupid long enough he will believe it. I promise if you practice these exercises you will sleep better and have a better day. THINK POSITIVE!
Thank you to everyone again who has attended and supported my shows. Of course email or call me and I will do my best to do a hypnosis show in your school, company or event.
Hypnotically,
Randy G. Emily
Now click the youtube link for a laugh or forward this message to a friend that needs a good healthy laugh. http://www.youtube.com/user/hypnosisbyrandy
Join me on facebook.com under Hypnosis By Randy Shows
Webster University Article done a few days ago to be publish soon. (My Masters work)
Matt Blickenstaff
Staff Writer
Hypnotism conjures some odd mental images; mesmerizing, swirling spirals, gold pocket watches swaying to and fro and mustachioed men, with piercing gazes, beseeching hapless victims to look into their eyes. For Randy Emily, hypnotism is just good, clean fun.
Emily, a Webster University human resources graduate, has performed hypnotism on stage since 2003. His act, Hypnosis by Randy, has traveled around the country and entranced countless participants at corporate parties, county fairs and school campuses.
The youngest of 14 children, Emily quickly garnered a knack for humor and the theatrical. His fascination with the mind developed as a byproduct of more serious circumstances.
In 1970, Emily was drafted into the army to serve in Vietnam. Attached to the 101st Airborne Division, he spent his yearlong tour of duty launching artillery shells into the jungle.
“A lot of times people carry baggage back from the military,” Emily said. “Especially Vietnam.”
Rather than letting emotional baggage weigh him down, Emily enrolled at Indiana University-Southeast where he learned methods of relaxation and self-hypnosis while taking classes in psychology and sociology.
Emily's enchantment with the intricacies of the subconscious only grew when he was hypnotized in 1976. At a university social gathering, hypnotist Gil Eagles put Emily into his first trance.
“I was a skeptic,” Emily said. “I didn't believe in it.”
In a deep state of hypnosis, cynical Emily ran up and down the auditorium aisles like Paul Revere, howling “The British are coming, the British are coming.”
“I didn't remember any of it at the time,” Emily said. “I was hypnotized.”
Afterwards, Emily took every seminar, class and lecture he could find on hypnosis. He took a job as a social worker, served as the director of admissions at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana and earned his masters degree at WU, but Emily's passion for hypnosis never waned.
Emily continued to attend hypnotism acts and eventually met Jim Wand, an experienced stage performer and the owner of Wand Enterprises, an agency for hypnotists and other mystical entertainers.
“He asked me what kind of future there was in this particular business,” Wand said. “I thought he had potential and that's when things started.”
Emily shadowed Wand for two years, learning the tricks of the hypnotist trade.
“The normal person probably wouldn't think about doing this for the rest of their lives,” Emily said.
Normal or not, Emily quit his day job at Ivy Tech and began performing full time, joining Wand's cadre of hypnotists, mentalists and psychics. Emily regularly takes to the stage to transfix and entrance. Every show is a new chance to plumb the lighter side of the hidden mind.
Emily is never quite sure how his participants will react.
“People have a tendency to get a bit ornery, like they do when they get to drinking,” Emily said. “I have to tell them, 'Look, keep it G-rated.'”
Under his spell, Emily's willing aides will forget their names, put out imaginary fires and sing Beyonce's “Single Ladies” — badly. While his hold seems magical, Emily contends his abilities are deeply rooted in simple psychology. The techniques he employs are relaxation methods and the power of hypnosis is quite limited. The hypnotized aren't pawns. They won't divulge hidden truths or act in a way that runs counter to their morals. Subjects merely loosen up and unleash their inner goofiness.
“There's nothing mysterious about it,” Emily said. “People use to think it had something to do with the devil, but my best shows have been at churches when I've had the preacher up on stage.”
Emily said he is often asked if his abilities help him woo women.
“Sure, but it doesn't have anything to do with hypnosis,” he said.
When he's not on tour, Emily performs around his hometown of Corydon, Ind. His annual show at the Corydon Jamboree has sold out the past three years. Emily even hypnotizes his numerous brothers and sisters at family reunions. His older brother, Steve Emily, remains a little reluctant.
“I won't let him,” Steve said.
The tricks Emily learned to help him with his own stresses are now used to help others Emily frequently donates proceeds from his shows to charities like the American Cancer Society and the Crusade for Children. If he can't assist financially, Emily's shows give participants another valuable commodity.
“If you can have a good laugh, it makes you forget all your worries,” Emily said.
Students attending “Hypnosis by Randy” perform a command issued by the hypnotist, Randy Emily.
IUS graduate and hypnotist Randy Emily performed to a sell-out crowd on Friday, March 13, at the Corydon Jamboree in Corydon, Ind., with proceeds going to benefit charity runners for the American Cancer Society.
Sheila Lenz, of New Salisbury, Ind., volunteered to be hypnotized by Emily.
While under the trance, Emily convinced Lenz and another participant that whenever Johnny Cash's “Ring of Fire” was played their buttocks were actually on fire and they needed to scoot across the floor to extinguish the flames.
After coming out of the trance Lenz said she couldn't remember anything, a common side effect for people that undergo hypnosis.
“The last thing I remember is being told to 'sleep, sleep, sleep,'” she said, “and now, my butt is hot.”
Goofy antics and silly charades are what draw people to Emily's shows, which guarantee clean, family-oriented material.
“I've chosen to do fun, clean shows that everybody will like,” he said. “To try to make it funny and keep it clean is a challenge, but I enjoy that challenge.”
Zack Dixon, a sophomore at Corydon Central High School, danced on stage believing he was a backup singer for Beyoncé Knowles, something he said he would never consciously do.
“All I remember is thinking about a cave,” he said. “Then, Randy blew his whistle and I was awake and back in my seat.”
Public uncertainty of hypnotism is strong, especially among religious groups who argue it is the work of the devil.
“They don't really understand hypnosis,” Emily said. “It's used in a lot of helpful areas for migraines, smoking and weight loss; it always works when you want it to work.”
He said he compares hypnosis to the trance-like state one goes into when watching TV or taking a long drive.
“I get those people so involved that they forget about everything else in the room,” he said. “It's very real, but it's nothing more than taking a suggestion.”
Once in a hypnotic state, he said he has the ability to make people do hilarious and crazy acts, but he can't hypnotize somebody against their will or convince them to do anything against their morals.
After assuring people it's real, the question he most often answers is whether or not he can hypnotize women to find him irresistible.
“They want to know if I can make a girl do all of these wild and crazy things,” he said. “I'll say, 'yes, but it has nothing to do with hypnosis.'”
IUS student Corey Berry, secondary education junior, has known Emily for years and agreed to help him advertise the March 13 show around campus.
This was his second time watching one of Emily's shows and he said a lot has changed for the better since he last saw a performance.
“He's come up with a lot of new material,” Berry said. “The people up there or the things that he does are always going to have their own unique touch.”
Emily, who served a year in Vietnam after being drafted, became interested in hypnotism after participating in a show at IU Southeast in 1976.
After volunteering to be hypnotized to alleviate his skeptical outlook, he was captivated by the process when he couldn't remember anything that happened during the performance.
“I didn't remember any of it at all,” he said. “If you know anybody that's ever been hypnotized, they come off the stage feeling like they've been in a deep sleep.”
While earning his bachelor's degree in sociology, he took every class related to hypnotism that he could find. After graduating, he found employment as a social worker in Floyd County where he remained for eight years.
During that time, he went to every show and took every class available on hypnotism. He said he initially learned to administer self-hypnotism to help deal with the lasting effects of his time spent in Vietnam.
“Obviously, coming back from Vietnam, like a lot of veterans, we had a lot of garbage we carried,” Emily said. “I learned to deal with that a lot better.”
While working as the director of admissions at Ivy Tech Community College, he earned a master's degree in human resources at Webster University and continued to attend hypnotism performances at IU Southeast and elsewhere.
Emily soon met Jim Wand, a professional hypnotist who had been performing at IU Southeast for almost 12 years.
Wand put Emily through a two year training program where he learned to develop his stage presence by shadowing Wand at his performances.
Five years ago he made a sudden career change and began performing his own show, Hypnosis by Randy.
His sister's childhood death from cerebral palsy inspired him to regularly donate proceeds from his shows to the Crusade for Children and other charities.
“You reap what you sow, that's the old theory,” he said. “I wanted to put [my talent] to work to help other people.”
Emily describes himself as quiet-natured in high school and attributes his strong stage presence and ability to read and understand people to his time spent as a social worker and counselor.
Now, he performs at corporate and holiday events, awards banquets, anniversary parties, fundraisers and churches.
The March 13 show was his fifth year performing at the Corydon Jamboree and the third consecutive year with a sold-out crowd.
By TRAVIS STURGILL
Staff Writer
trsturgi@ius.edu
Pictures of this article on my website www.hypnosisbyrandy.com
I kissed A girl and I liked it. Kissing is healthy if you do not believe me ask your dentist. Kissing produces extra saliva in your mouth which has proven to reduce tooth decay. So on this Valentines Day MUAHHHHHHHHHHHH Keep those teeth healthy. Oh yes kissing causes your blood to flow faster and leads to the other things in my other blog. Interesting huh? See you at the Friday 13th of March Show. Ask me how to get FREE TICKETS? www.hypnosisbyrandy.com Randy
hypnosisbyrandy