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Local stage hypnotist brings out volunteers creative sides
This is an article originally appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal
on July 9, 2007
This was retyped from the Reno Gazette Journal newspaper.
By Siobhan McAndrew
Monday July 9, 2007
Dominic Gentile acted out giving birth on stage in front of 200 laughing business associates. He also imitated Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Chinese dictator and President George Bush.
"I remember everything I did but was in a really relaxed, almost sleeping state," said Gentile of Reno, who agreed to be hypnotized on stage during a Builders Association of Northern Nevada dinner held at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks.
He was one of 15 volunteers who were hypnotized by Chris Cady, a Reno stage hypnotist.
" I guess its something I wouldn't normally do (when) not under hypnosis, like the giving birth part but it was funny. I knew what I was doing but seemed more willing to do it." said Gentile, "but I can do a good Arnold accent under or not under."
Cady, who has hypnotized thousands, performs his family friendly show for high schools, colleges, conventions, business groups and private parties. He is one of two stage hypnotists performing in Northern Nevada.
Life of fascination
"When I was a kid, I read a book on it and it was intriguing." said Cady, who has been hypnotizing people for 10 years.
He said that after being in a mall that was hit by an airplane in Concord California in 1986 he went to a hypnotist to deal with the stress of helping with the rescue efforts.
"I realized it was something that still interested me," said Cady.
"Then I went to a show and saw a stage hypnotist do it and he just didn't have an entertaining personality. It was like he was doing a lecture, a long stuffy lecture."
Cady said he knew being a stage hypnotist and having an entertaining act would do well.
He went to a hypnotist school then worked with a hypno-therapist who had 25 years experience.
Finally , he developed an act. He performs his show several nights a week.
Cady usually can hypnotize a group in less then 10 minutes. He then taps on hypnotized participants and induces them to act out different personalities or characters raging from Elvis to aliens. Those who are not hypnotized, he excuses form the stage.
He will vary the show depending on the group. "Usually you can tie in something to the group you are performing for and make each performance original,"
Finding volunteers for the act is easy.
Cady said the best people for hypnotism are creative types who can block out distractions.
"When you are hypnotized, you are in a sleep-like state where you are just using the imagination side of your brain," he said, He said more analytical types such as engineers, are harder to hypnotize.
Cady also does private sessions to help people quit smoking, lose weight or improve sports performance.
Brooke Mills, who was also hypnotized at the builders association event was eager to try it out for fun.
"The things people told me I did were things I could never do in front of 100 people," said Brooke, who acted out being an alien while hypnotized,. She somehow even knew an alien language while hypnotized.
"I mean ( I can't believe I was) dancing and singing, I have stage fright," she said. " I get nervous about anything, but remembering back, it was like no one was there, I remember seeing everyone, but nothing mattered, I was so relaxed."
Details
To book a stage hypnotist for your next party, group or convention
Contact: Chris Cady 1-800-314-2239
Or 775-425-5847
Or see www.chriscady.com
