Being a cold December evening, the place was not quite as busy as it was at the last meet, but it soon filled up once the evening kicked off. As with last time, there were a good mix of magicians and hypnotists and one chap who specialised in balloons and arrived carrying a balloon man which instantly got the attention of all the people in the place! (tip: balloon man = people come to you)

I arrived a little early and wasted no time in getting chatting to the chaps running a little BBQ stand in the corner and lo-and-behold I had my first subject. Sadly though the English – Italian language barrier was I think, just a little too much to get any good phenomena out of him, but he said he felt wonderfully relaxed. Scratch one and on to the next.

Of course, no hypnosis course is complete without at least one somnambulist and this one had two! needless to say they had been thoroughly enjoying being on the receiving end of heaps of suggestions and fun all day and moving from the hotel to the bar was no excuse to stop. Soon there were guitar heroes and X Factor finalists in our midst as well as some fantastically crafty “magic” tricks.

As all the visitors to this bar had to walk past us where we were in the garden, we were able to open every group of people coming in and let them know that we were here if they wanted to go and get drinks and come back for some hypnosis experiences all completely free, safe and fun. Once we started doing this; like a conveyor belt, more and more people were coming outside to experience a little hypnosis and I think at one point I counted five separate inductions happening at once!

It was great to meet a few new hypnotists and see some cool stuff in action and I was even able to have a go at James Tripp’s “Hypnosis Without Trance” stuff also known as “waking hypnosis”.

Sadly, I had to head off before it got too late as it takes me an hour and a half to get home from the bar, so I left the team in full-swing with more and more people coming forward for an incredible experience. Next time I shall have to book myself a hotel so that I can properly enjoy it as reports afterwards say that it only got better after I left! I hope that’s not a reflection on my presence at the place

The bar (a secret location in Brick Lane) was the scene of some excellent hypnosis with a stream of people wandering up and asking to be hypnotised. The great thing about this bar is that it has a really nice, big outdoor courtyard which is relatively free of loud music and is a great place to meet people and generally hang out.

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A  great night was had by all and I think they will start to see more visits from hypnotists from now on…