After just a first few months of rebuilding membership after starting over with the new software upgrade www.OurHypnoSpace.com recently reached 200 new members!

Cal Banyan, the site owner says, "As our membership grows, the community becomes more valuable to each and every member. We have an expanding number of hypnosis related groups. We hope you will check them out, and join a group that is of interest to you."

Current Groups:

• Hypnosis Scripts
• NLP – Building Blocks for Excellence
• Hypnosis For Weight Management
• "Ask Cal" Questions for Hypnosis, Etc. Podcast
• 5-PATH® World Wide Support
• Past Life Regression
• Hypnosis Profession Outreach Movement
• Off Topic, Strange & Fun

It is all about community, and having a place where you can learn, share and make friends.

We continue to improve our community site to make www.OurHypnoSpace.com the most fun and productive place for hypnosis professionals on the Internet.

• Your own hypnosis blog.
• Hypnosis related videos.
• Hypnosis related photos & graphics.
• Enjoy hypnosis audio seminars.
• And, of course a live text and video chat function.

According to Cal Banyan, this is the world’s first online social and networking site just for hypnosis professionals and students of hypnotism.

Have you ever thought that there is an imbalance in our profession with more people in it being Caucasian? I have.

A while back I wrote a blog entry about my view on this. May I suggest that you read it?

Our Profession Should Reach Out to Non-Whites

Do you agree or disagree?

If you believe that there is an imbalance and if you would like to see things change, you can take a small step by getting involved in the discussion. Hopefully we will come up with some ideas which will help to bring more people into our profession, and in the process lift the profession as a whole.

Whether you agree with this perception or racial and ethnic imbalance or not, can you agree that it would be good for the profession if we actively promoted it worldwide, to all races, ethnic backgrounds and religions open to hypnotism? Let’s talk about it.

Visit our new Professional Outreach Group! Let the group members know what you think.

The 1st online hypnosis community for social and professional networking made its appearance nearly 2 years ago. The sight has brought together hypnosis professionals from around the world, where they could easily share, connect and learn from each other. The site developer, Cal Banyan, MA, decided it was time for an upgrade.

This website is for you if you are a student of hypnosis, or a hypnosis professional, ranging from stage hypnotists, hypnotherapists and consulting hypnotists. You will find live text and video chat, hypnosis training videos, hypnotic inductions, scripts, special interest groups and more.

You can join the community now. On about March 11th you will all be able to access the new site by using the already established Web address, www.OurHypnoSpace.com. In the mean time use this address, http://72.167.29.121.

Webisite reports that "College hoops star has found a way to triumph over arthritis." In this article reporter Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger, reports "Dani Dudek, a 22-year-old senior point guard at Stevens Institute of Technology, uses self-hypnosis to help overcome the pain of arthritis she has lived with for 12 years." Read more…

HYPNOSIS NEWS: Cal Banyan, MA, BCH, CI, FNGH, MCPIH, has done something rare in the profession of hypnotism, tomorrow he is about to record his 100th hypnosis training podcast.

Cal Banyan created his website for sharing hypnosis training information in March of 2005. Shortly after that he began recording and posting free hypnosis training audio on the site, called podcasts. This was so well received, and being intrigued with the idea of posting free hypnosis training videos on the site he eventually changed over to publishing the podcasts and hypnosis training videos.

Now thousands from all over the world go to www.CalBanyan.com to watch his informative and entertaining videos. Some 50 or so videos ago he beautified the programs he was producing by adding Celeste Hackett, BCH, CI, CPHI, who had previous experience as a radio broadcaster to the team. Cal says that "Celeste adds’ so much to the program. She has a fun and humorous personality that works well with my way of teaching. Also, because she has less experience in the profession, she is able to bring that point of view to the program."

Cal invites you to visit the site and benefit from the 100 free hypnosis online training programs. Then leave a comment there with suggestions for future programs, and let us know what you think of how we are doing.