Professional hypnotist Randy Charach demonstrates hypnosis on the Mia Show, explaining it as a natural mental state that bypasses the conscious mind. He guides the show's producer through breathing and relaxation, then plants suggestions including amnesia for the number 6 and erasing his name, with emotional tearing indicating a deep trance state.
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Hypnosis is a natural state of mind, and it's very similar to when you're falling asleep or just waking up. And that in science is known as the alpha state, and that is the lightest state of hypnosis. And then you can go into somnambulism, which is the deepest state, which would be mostly like sleepwalking.
And how does it work?
You can put someone into hypnosis one of two ways, either fatigue their nervous system or overload it. So when you see someone, the typical hypnotist with the watch and, you know, you're getting sleepy and sleepy.
Yeah.
That's fatiguing or relaxing the nervous system or it's a progressive relaxation which puts them into a meditative state. And the other one is to overload their system and that is to confuse them with words and actions Their mind is overloaded and the simplest thing for them to do once the suggestion is made is to sleep. And when I say sleep, not as in going to sleep, but into that hypnotic trance. And they essentially, their mind, their conscious mind shuts down, their subconscious mind takes over.
You already mentioned a little bit of it, but the benefits of the hypnosis?
Oh yeah, many benefits because what you're doing is you're bypassing the critical subjective, analytical mind, which we operate on— we think we operate on most of the day. And you're tapping into the subconscious mind, which is really where we can control change and change habits and form new good habits. You think about it when you're driving your car. You're not actually thinking about every move that I'm gonna put on the brake, that I'm gonna turn here. You just end up at your destination.
Mm-hmm.
Your subconscious mind was driving. So it's very powerful. While your conscious mind was worrying about the past and, you know, dwelling on the past and worrying about the future, your subconscious mind is actually doing the good work and getting you to where you want to go. So we can use hypnosis to get people to where they want to go.
So let's try our producer, Eric Vallian, who is stepping here now.
Okay.
He said he's never been hypnotized.
Never been hypnotized. Nice to meet you.
No, I haven't.
Okay. Well, Rick, first question is, would you like to be hypnotized? We can certainly try it. We can try it. See, he's willing. I think that's all I need. Okay, well, what I'm gonna do is, I explained earlier, and I want you to understand this too, you can hypnotize somebody through fatiguing their nervous system or overloading it. For sake of brevity here, and usually I move fairly quickly in my shows as well, we're gonna try a little combination of the two. And what I'd like you to do is just have your arms relaxed. That's right, good. And your feet are firmly planted there, and you feel comfortable? Say yes.
Yes.
Perfect. Good. See, that was the first test. He said yes. Okay. And I want you to take a deep breath in and out. In and out. This time, on the out, you'll close your eyes. In and out. Good. And as you listen to my voice, you become more and more relaxed. And we're gonna relax your body and your mind. Your body will relax from the top of your head down to the tips of your toes. Feel it happen now.
Shh.
Now imagine in your mind a clear blue sky and in that sky is a cloud and see yourself, Rick, in that cloud. See it enveloping your body. Visualize it. Picture it. And as you see that cloud, I want you to see it now drifting away. Imagine it's drifting away. And as it drifts away, so do your thoughts and your worries. Yesterday is past, tomorrow is 1,000 miles away as you drift deeper and deeper, more and more relaxed. I'm going to test and see how relaxed you are and just let it go. That's right. Good. Let it go. Perfect. Rick could help me. He could help me here, but he's not. He doesn't need to. Notice how the chair that you're sitting in right now supports you completely. There's nothing you need to do except relax. On the count of 3, open your eyes. 1, 2, 3. Eyes open and sleep deeper and deeper, deeper and deeper, more and more relaxed. That's right. Good. And as you relax and you become more and more comfortable, more and more comfortable, you're drifting further and further, deeper and deeper into a nice, wonderful, comfortable state of relaxation. From here on, anytime I suggest for you to sleep or relax, you'll instantly go into this state of relaxation, and you will find that you want to accept my suggestions And you want to because it feels good. And the better you feel, the more relaxed you are. The more relaxed you are, the better you feel. You can hear everything. You can hear my voice. Any other sounds will actually help you go deeper. You will not be computing the rest of the conversations, only my voice and my voice alone. So, Mia, we now have him, we have Rick, in a nice, relaxed hypnotic state already. And from here, I can— we can start slowly and give him some suggestions, and then we can go a little further. And the more we do, the more relaxed and the more of a hypnotic state he'll be in.
And we'll Will he remember everything that's happening?
It's up to us. We can decide. See, it's all suggestion. If I suggest for him to remember, he will. If not, he won't.
Do you think he's comfortable like this?
Yeah, I do. I think he feels pretty comfortable.
He looks very much like those people in your pictures.
That's right. Yeah, you know, when you're slumped over, you're relaxed, your body's relaxed, his mind's relaxed. Let's try a little thing with him. I'm gonna give you a suggestion, Rick. What I'd like you to do is just nod your head if you can hear me, if you understand. Good. Rick, in a moment, I'm going to count to 3, you're going to open your eyes, and when you do, we're going to realize that there's no more number 6. The number 6 is completely gone. No more number 6, never existed. No more number 6. On the count of 3, you're going to open your eyes. 1, 2, 3, sitting up, eyes open. Good. Rick, are you feeling good?
Fine.
Yeah. Do you feel that you were just hypnotized? I'm not sure. You're not sure. Well, hypnosis is an interesting thing, and it is, it's somewhat puzzling. Let's just try a little test.
All right.
And what I'd like you to do is hold up your hands and your fingers. That's right. Good. And I'm going to point to a finger, and as I point to each finger, you're going to count. Okay? Here we go. Ready? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10.
10, 11.
How does that work? Let's try— we'll go from 10 backwards to 1 and see what happens. 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
Huh.
Good job. Sleep. Good. Deeper and deeper.
Oh my.
More and more relaxed. So what we did is now we've created amnesia. We can also later— and I think I'd need to work with him for a little bit longer— I can create hallucinations. In my stage show, I get people to imagine that I'm naked. And they all freak out.
Oh, I watched all that.
And then I say reverse. And then I tell them they're naked. And so they're covering up. I saw that show.
You saw that?
That's a lot of fun.
That is really fun.
We're not going to do that with Rick. And he's actually surprisingly in quite an interestingly deep state, deeper than—
Are you going to do something funny with him?
Yeah, what would you like to do? How about we get him to forget your name?
Yeah, forget something.
Or his name.
Yeah.
Okay. So it's another—
his name.
Another form of amnesia. Okay. Ricky, in a moment I'm going to count to 3, and when I do, you're going to sit up, your eyes are going to open, you'll be fully alert, and your name will be gone, completely vanished. The number 6 is back, but your name will be completely gone. You will not remember it no matter how hard you try. The harder you try, the more frustrating it is and the more impossible it is for you to remember. On the count of 3, you will no longer remember your name. One, two, three. Sitting up, eyes open, fully alert. And so, boy, it's nice to be here on the Mia Show. My name's Randy. And sorry, what was your name? Cat got your tongue?
You forgot.
You can't remember your name. Oh my gosh!
But don't worry, it's not that sad.
That's okay. Yeah. Oh no. Oh, this is interesting. You're good. You're good. Tell you what, I want you just to close your eyes and relax. Relax and let it go. That's right. Just let it go. Very interesting.
That was very emotional.
It was emotional. Very emotional. Yeah. You see, that is actually kind of rare. It's called an ab reaction. And boy, that sure is proof that this is real, isn't it?
My God.
I don't know if if the people at home were able to see that his eyes teared up.
They saw part of it on your show, but people were like, oh, they didn't know their names, but they've never seen this.
Usually it's more fun.
I don't know why.
We're gonna make him feel good and feel happy. I wanna try one real quick thing here, and then we're gonna make him give him a very positive suggestion. That was interesting what happened. We don't have enough time in the show to go into the whole psychology, but some people react, it brings up emotions. Anyway, what I want you to do, I'm gonna try something with you. I won't hypnotize you.
No.
I'd like you to imagine in your mind, as I did with Rick earlier, imagine a blue sky. Okay, in that blue sky, I'd like you to spell out a word just in your mind. Don't say it out loud. Just spell it out as if you have a skywriting plane.
Okay. Yeah?
Good. Okay, and then for— in a moment, we're gonna show everybody at home and you'll write it down and go ahead. And while you're doing that, let me work with Rick. Rick, in a moment, I'm gonna count to 3. And when I do, 2 things are gonna happen. One is you're gonna feel good and happy and fully alert. You're gonna realize that you just You're going to experience something called hypnosis, which is an interesting and different state of mind. It's a natural state of mind. It can't hurt you. It can only help you. Sometimes it brings up emotions as it seemed to today. But Rick, those emotions will be gone and you're— will be replaced with happy emotions, good emotions. You're going to feel great and wonderful, feeling happy that you're here. You'll know exactly where you are. You're on the Mia Show. Everything is good. We're in the present moment. Everything is working great. Rick, I'd like you to— Picture in your mind a blue sky, the blue sky that was so relaxing and comforting before. I'd like you to see a skywriting plane come in and write a word. In a moment, I'm going to count to 3, you'll open your eyes feeling good and nice and loud, you're going to say that word nice and clear. Nod your head if you understand. Good. 1, feeling good. 2, fully awake. 3, feeling happy. Eyes open. What word do you see on the sky?
Happy. Cuddle.
Cuddle. What was the word that you thought of?
Cuddle.
Let's see for the camera at home. I think we just did something that's never done before where we connected your subconscious mind—
How did you do that?
With your conscious mind. That's what—
that was my word.
More importantly, are you feeling— how are you feeling?
Good.
You feel good? You feel happy?
Mm-hmm.
Okay, good. You're an excellent hypnotic subject. Thank you.
