From the Early 1800’s there have been a multitude of famous people who have used hypnosis in some manner to improve their life. Below is a list of some of the more popular names. If you have knowledge of others, please feel free to email me. I’m sure we’d all like to know who has used it.

 Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92) repeated names to himself like a hypnotic mantra in order to access different states of consciousness in which whole poems came to him.

 Mozart (1756-91) was said to have composed the famous opera Cosi Fan Tutte while hypnotized.

 Rachmaninov (1873-1943) composed one of his concertos using a posthypnotic suggestion.

Goethe (1749-1832) writer and scientist and Chopin (1810-1849) pianist and composer both took classes in hypnosis at the University of Strasbourg.

 Thomas Edison (1847-1931) inventor with hundreds of patents; Henry Ford (1863-1947) car manufacturer and Albert Einstein (1879-1955) physicist all reported to have used trance-like states to develop their ideas.

 Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) politician counted backwards in 3s in order to stay awake all night and avoid tiredness during W.W.II.

 Louis XVI of France appointed a committee to investigate the healing powers of ‘mesmerism’. The committee included Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) United States Statesman, Philosopher and Physicist; Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) father of modern chemistry, and Dr. Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814) inventor and physician.

 Jackie Kennedy-Onassis used hypnotherapy to ‘relive and let go of’ the reoccuring memories of the tragic events in her life.

 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits beat his smoking habit through hypnosis.

 Kevin Costner flew his personal hypnotist to Hawaii to cure his seasickness during the filming of Water World.

 Andy Bryant, hair care consultant hit the headlines when he underwent a vasectomy under hypnosis without using anesthetic. Immediately after the operation he returned to work.

 Paul Daniels, magician overcame his fear of closed spaces (claustrophobia) through the use of hypnotherapy by Dr. Robert Russell PhD.

 Tiger Woods, athlete (1971-present) uses hypnotherapy to continually improve concentration during his golf game.

 Jimmy Connors, athlete (1952 – present) used hypnotherapy to enhance his athletic performance in tennis.