In this E-News:

* April Speaker—Rowan Peacock: "Creating Positive Experience"

* Feature Article--Connie Brannan: ""Yes, Master! I Hear and I
Obey!" The Language of Influence - Embedded Commands"

* April Meeting Announcement & Misc.

* Member Announcements:
--Keith Livingston is now organizing a Seattle Meetup group for
hypnosis and NLP enthusiasts.
--Katie Evans offers an exciting Living Lite! business opportunity.
--Connie & Michael Brannan offer life and career enhancing Seattle
NLP certification trainings.

See below for all the details!

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GREETINGS:

April is sure to bring showers of wonderful new ideas and accomplishments. Join
us as we learn and network and enhance our skills at the April meeting of the
NGHWA. This meeting, Rowan Peacock presents a talk and focuses on the
transformative power of language, with an emphasis on "the positive."

You might find easy ways to use Rowan's ideas to increase client success in your
own practice, and enhance your own power.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Rowan Peacock – "Creating Positive Experience"

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Learn `tricks' for turning negative focus into positive experience. Use
linguistics, the science of positive psychology, and the laws of attraction to
help yourself and others re-program the brain to `find' the positive in each
experience, and to develop awareness for likes, instead of dis-likes.

Re-write certain language patterns automatically, and even improve upon existing
hypnotic scripts – whether they are your own, or written by others. Experience
how, with a clever turn of phrase, you can help someone put the `past behind
them', or distance themselves from negativity.

About Rowan Peacock.

Rowan Peacock has been a Certified Neurolinguistic Hypnotherapist for almost 10
years. Having begun her career in marketing and training, the study of language
and how it impacts human behavior has always been a fascination for her.

Considered by some to be something of an expert in linguistics, Rowan focuses
much of her energy on perfecting hypnotic language – crafting the `perfect'
suggestion is a hobby, as well as professionally intriguing.

Rowan sees private clients in her office on Eastlake, has taught hypnosis, NLP,
and subconscious communication seminars, and consults with businesses on the use
of hypnotic language in marketing, management, and business development.

Contact Rowan at: http://www.rowanpeacock.net or call 206.661.2140.

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FEATURED ARTICLE:

"Yes, Master! I Hear and I Obey!" The Language of Influence - Embedded Commands,
by Connie Brannan.

Learn to recognize and use the unconscious power of hidden commands in
conversation and writing.

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You don't even need to notice how easy it is for you to read this article now
and develop new power and appreciation for words.
The power of words! The topic today is language and how words can influence you
on an unconscious level, influencing your thoughts, your emotions, and your
behavior. Specifically, the topic today is an aspect of language that you
experience every day of your life, something with which you are constantly being
bombarded: "embedded commands."

Do you ever wonder why your child pulls on your sleeve at the store and cries
vehemently for a particular brand of cereal or candy or toy? If you've ever
watched a TV commercial, or listened to the radio, or have read an advertisement
in a magazine or newspaper or online, or talked to a salesman, you've
experienced embedded commands. Advertisers and savvy salespeople love these,
and know their power to get you to buy, buy, buy, now!!

And I'm sure you've also experienced them in ordinary, everyday family and
friends' conversations. "Joe, I know you want to help me move, tomorrow!" You
use them yourself in your daily life, perhaps on a totally unconscious level!
They are a staple in dating and seduction workshops. "You, like me, think this a
great party, don't you?" The embedded command here is "you like me!"

An embedded command is a concept from NLP™. (Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ is a
patented change methodology co-created by genius, Richard Bandler, originally
formulated as a study of human excellence.) An embedded command is a
directive, a declarative sentence or phrase, telling you what to do or think,
which is "hidden" within other text in a sentence. The structure of the
sentence (along with other markers which we will discuss) leads the "secret
message" to zip right into your unconscious mind without resistance. Your
conscious mind is focusing on the rest of the sentence content and doesn't hear
or filter these messages.

Your unconscious mind is really the seat of your beliefs and behavior, so
messages that get in there have incredible power.

Here's an example, involving negation: "Don't think of a pink elephant wearing
a purple ballet outfit." What just happened? Your mind did it! The embedded
command here is "think of a pink elephant wearing a purple ballet outfit." Here
is another example: "Don't you agree, John?" The embedded command here is
"Agree, John!"

Often, like the example above, the sentence is in the form of a question, so
that consciously, you don't feel that you're being ordered to do something.
"Would you be so kind as to get the door?" The embedded command here is "get
the door." If you said to someone "get the door" directly, they may reply, "Get
it yourself, Lazybones!" Another example: "Do you remember how clean the
kitchen was when Grandma came over?" The embedded command here is "clean the
kitchen." My mother used a similar one on me all my life: "Just how long would
it take to do the dishes? Let's just see how long it will take." "Do the
dishes!"

Another way that commands are embedded is within quotes, telling what somebody
else said. The conscious mind thinks it is just hearing a story, while the
unconscious mind takes it as a direct instruction. "And then my friend said to
his co-worker, you can take me to lunch today." The embedded command here is
"take me to lunch today."

There are many sentence structures which "fluff up" the sentence and hide the
command. But there are many other ways to influence and give power to the
embedded command beyond sentence structure, as well.

In writing, the embedded commands can be marked out using font, spacing, color,
italics, all capital letters, underlining, or what have you! Even if ignored
consciously, this registers on your unconscious mind: Something is different
here, I'd better pay special attention.

You can mark out an embedded command using your voice in a number of different
ways. Even if the sentence is in the form of a question, when you deliver the
command verbally, give it a command tonality. With a question, your voice goes
up at the end. "Right??" With a command, it sounds firm and final, with a
downward tone. "Right!!" Give an embedded command with that downward tonality.
Do not do this harshly or with undue aggression, but simply as though you 100%
expect obedience. "Peel me a grape, slave!"

You could also pause before or after the command to give emphasis. "And then
Jane said: ' drive me to the store.'" And then Jane said (pause) drive me to
the store. You can also tinker with your voice tone and/or volume, and/or
speed--just create some change for the command portion only to mark it out to
the unconscious mind. The conscious mind may not, and probably won't, even
notice.

You can also incorporate gestures and body language to give emphasis to the
commands. A tilt of the head, a raised eyebrow (think Mr. Spock on Star Trek),
a hand gesture, all these things are powerful and will be read by the
unconscious, which notices EVERYTHING.

It's good to be aware of embedded commands, those attempts by others and
advertising and the world to influence you. It's also cool and potent as well
to work them into your own language, if you're so inclined. You use them
unconsciously, already. Words ARE power!!

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Copyright 2008, Connie Brannan.

Connie Brannan is a Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, certified Stage Hypnotist, and co-creator of
Mindworks Hypnosis, http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net, a therapy practice in the
Seattle, Washington, area.

She is a published author and creator of several self-help audio hypnosis
products, a speaker and a teacher. She is a member in good standing of
professional organizations including the National Guild of Hypnotists, Treasurer
of the NGHWA, member of the International Hypnosis Association, the Society of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, and the International Association of Professional
Conversational Hypnotherapists.


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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND LOCATION:

Please join us Friday, April 10th, 2009, for our next NGHWA chapter meeting.
This month's meeting features an exciting talk by Neurolinguistic
Hypnotherapist, Rowan Peacock. Doors open at 6:30 pm for our "happy half hour"
for socializing and networking with your fellow hypnotists and hypnosis
enthusiasts. The meeting proper begins promptly at 7:00 pm. Meetings are held
at:

South Snohomish County P.U.D. office
21018 Highway 99
Edmonds, WA 98026

Visitors are always welcome. An evening's visitor pass is available at the door
for just $10. Bring your friends!

Also, if you haven't yet renewed your NGHWA chapter membership, now is a good
time to do so. Please see our Treasurer, Connie, at the table by the door to
renew. Annual dues are $60. Please visit
http://www.nghwa. org for maps and directions.


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CALL FOR ARTICLES:

Please submit your hypnosis and NLP themed articles for inclusion in our next
e-newsletters of Hypnotic Health. The articles should be geared for our general
readership. We look forward to featuring your article soon. Articles may be
submitted to Michael Brannan at cmbrannan@....

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CALL FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

As a member of NGHWA, you can have your announcements included here, in this
e-news. Simply submit your announcement(s) to Michael Brannan, NGHWA President
at cmbrannan@yahoo. com.

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MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

FROM KEITH LIVINGSTON:

Keith has put together a NLP/Hypnosis study group. There's one
coming up Saturday.

Fremont public library
731 N 35th St
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 684-4084

From 1 to 3:30 pm, this Saturday, April 4th.

We'll be doing "uptime trance." It's a really cool, really useful trance in
which you can still talk, move and generally look like you're conscious. It's
good for any time you need to take in a lot of information or keep track of a
lot of different things. I use it when I'm presenting or when I'm learning.

It can take a few minutes to find a free parking spot around Fremont on a
Saturday so you might want to allow a couple of minutes for that.

Let Keith know if you're coming...
keith@... or 206.721.8751

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Living Lite Founder, Katie Evans, has financing for those who want to expand
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You MAY be able to start your new practice, get all the knowledge for FREE.

Call Katie for more details: 1-888-311-1998.
www.hypnosisweightlossbusiness.com

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FROM CONNIE BRANNAN AND MICHAEL BRANNAN:

Seattle NLP Trainings with Mindworks NLP. Pump up your success! Join experienced
Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, Connie and Michael Brannan
for 4 exciting weekends beginning in May, 2009.

This is the time to learn these transformation technologies to build your wealth
and influence. These are fantastic skills for professional hypnotherapists to
enhance their practice as well as for the lay person looking to craft an
abundant life.

For more information, please visit http://www.seattlenlptraining.com or contact
connie@.... Phone: (425) 564-8608. Mindworks NLP is fully
registered and licensed through the State of Washington as a vocational school.

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See you soon at the PUD!

Warm Regards,

Michael Brannan
President, NGHWA

PS: Imagine all the ways you'll become more effective when you learn Rowan's
easy "tricks" to transform negative focus into positive experience! This is one
of the last talks Rowan may give to the NGHWA as she is soon to be relocating
out of state. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn from this experienced
hypnotherapist!