In this E-News:

May Speaker--David J. Zarza: "Breaking the Trance of the Shadow"

Feature Article--Connie Brannan: "Instant Personal Magnetism--the NLP
of Rapport"

May Meeting Announcement and Misc.
--Call for Articles

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

GREETINGS:

Thanks to all of you for your efforts in spreading the word on the
NGHWA, our membership is growing every month! Keep it up! The more
minds, the more ideas, the more we can all grow and learn from each
other. Our membership is for everyone, from practicing hypnotists to
hypnosis enthusiasts.

Keep an eye on the NGHWA website http://www.nghwa.org
<http://www.nghwa.org/> for our new format and features. There are
lots of exciting surprises and improvements in store. If you have any
ideas to share, please email me, Michael Brannan, at cmbrannan@yahoo.com
<mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com> . Members, remember to send us your
information for inclusion on our current members page to Craig Sigl at
Craig@break80inc.com. <mailto: Craig@break80inc.com.>

Socrates once said: "The unexamined life is not worth living." By
examining our own Shadow--a subconscious force in our internal reality
that influences our external world--we are able to break through
client's limiting beliefs more quickly and easily.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Breaking the Trance of the Shadow
David J. Zarza, C.Ht., Hypnotherapist & Mind Coach

Learn how to uncover your Shadow to better understand your client's
Shadow and help them overcome those limiting beliefs, incongruent
behaviors and repetitive patterns in their lives that yield them pain
and suffering. Understand how the Shadow, unnoticed and not understood,
will keep your clients in a Trance leading them exactly to what they DO
NOT want in their lives. Embracing the Shadow is the key to permanent
growth and change. Learn these techniques today!

About David J. Zarza, C.Ht., Hypnotherapist and Mind Coach

David's promise to all his clients is to help them make peace with their
inner struggles to achieve the life they deserve! In his practice,
aptly named Directed Focus, he directs his focus with clients using
holistic and integrative themes and processes. He prides himself on
empowering his clients to heal their hearts and minds, focus on the good
in them and their lives, resolve self-sabotaging behaviors and mindsets
by showing them their Co-Creative Power, revealing their Shadow,
uncovering their Fears, showing them how to meet their own Needs and
release Excuses, Blaming, Grudges, Guilt and Victim behaviors. He's a
graduate of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute and UCLA and has been a
practicing Hypnotherapist and Mind Coach for over six years now.

FEATURED ARTICLE:

Instant Personal Magnetism--the NLP of Rapport
Connie Brannan, CHt., Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist & Licensed
Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (TM)

Did you ever meet someone and find yourself automatically drawn to them
in a powerful way? Find that it's someone you agree with, want to
talk to more and more, listen to, learn from, someone you would like to
spend time with? Maybe you've found your best friend or soul mate,
or maybe…it's rapport!

The dictionary defines rapport as a "mutual trust and harmonious
emotional affinity" with others. I think of it more as simple
understanding, being on the same wavelength. Connection! The good news,
this is not some mystical phenomenon, which you either have or you
don't. The ability to always be connecting is a skill you can learn
and develop. Doing so will enhance your life in so many ways.

We all have our own reality and internal experiences of the world. We
give off "clues" (sometimes screamingly loud clues) to these internal
states through our body language, gestures, and more, which can be read
by those with whom we interact. Words themselves are a very small part
of how we communicate.

Here's one simple technique you can practice every day to build rapport
and make stronger connections! In the world of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming™, NLP™, this technique is called "mirroring" and it
allows you to share another person's experience and model of the world.
Understanding and appreciating another person's world is basic to
bridging worlds. As you're sitting with someone, or talking to someone,
maintain eye contact and do this:

Notice and physically match the person's

Posture
Gestures
Facial Expression
Speech, tone, tempo and volume
Breathing rhythm

When you successfully connect in this way, you share another person's
experience and gain a greater understanding of their world, and give
them a sense of your appreciation, harmony and respect. See how people
respond favorably to you when you connect in this way!

Here's another technique involving language:

Listen to the sensory words someone uses. Which of their five senses do
they use most to describe their world? Most people have a primary
preference. Do they primarily speak in the VISUAL (examples: "I see
what you mean," or "I view it this way") or with AUDITORY/sound words
(examples: "I hear what you're saying," or "That rings a bell with me")
or the KINESTHETIC/touch (examples: "I have a feeling you're right" or
"I can't get a handle on that") or TASTE/SMELL words (examples: "That
idea stinks" or "That's just sour grapes.")

The idea here is to communicate with someone using their own preferred
language, their own sense predicates. Match them! Again, it connects
you to them and conveys an understanding of their world and their
experience.

These are simple, yet profoundly powerful ways to enhance your
interaction and influence with other people. Give it a whirl and notice
what you notice about those bi-directional feelings of connection.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND LOCATION:

Please join us Friday, May 8th, 2009, for our next NGHWA chapter
meeting. This month's meeting features an exciting talk by David J.
Zarza, C.Ht. Doors open at 6:30 pm for our "happy half hour" for
socializing and networking with some of the Seattle area's top
hypnotists! 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's pass is available
at the door for just $10. Bring your friends!

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

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@yahoo.com <mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com>

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.


MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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

From Keith Livingston:
Keith has put together a NLP/Hypnosis "meetup" group which meets
monthly. The current location is the Fremont public library:

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

For more information contact Keith at keith@advancingideas.com
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From Katie Evans:

Would you like to own a weight loss business that can support you AND
really help people heal their lives?

Would you like to know all you need to know to get plenty of clients to
your weight loss program?

Would you like the support of those who have been doing the above for
over 20 years?

Living Lite Founder, Katie Evans, has financing for those who want to
expand their practice in a recession-proof field--weight loss!

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


See you soon at the PUD or at one of our member events! [:)]

Warm Regards,

Michael Brannan
President, NGHWA

PS: Remember in this month's talk, David Zarza presents the concept of
your Shadow, and reveals secrets for getting in touch with it. Learn
more about yourself with hypnosis than you ever thought possible.
What's more, you'll increase your effectiveness and success by learning
to understand your clients' Shadows, too!