Comedy Hypnotist | The Incredible Boris | TEDxYouth@Toronto

Boris demonstrates the powers of the mind by guiding a group of hapless volunteers through a hypnotic session where they experience everything from forgetting how to speak to finding themselves on a game show.

Boris is an award-winning performer that travels worldwide and has appeared at venues ranging from schools, corporate functions, theatre, fairs, headlining in Las Vegas, to entertaining troops in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Boris motivates and inspires, while leaving a lasting impression. His stage name, The Incredible Boris, describes the sentiment of every performance literally – a positive attitude and constant state of mind. Boris delivers a powerful message of limitless possibilities as part of a hilarious interactive performance.

[marylouzeek]

I was under hypnosis 60 years ago & it's still as clear now as then! I'm now almost 82. Too much fun!

[jaxwhyland]

Ive been hypnotized before, got my eyes locked shut. the subjective experience to me was that I knew I could open then whenever I want, but when i tried, they just didnt. The whole experience was somewhat traumatic for me because there came a point where I realised that theres nothing special going on, I wasnt under any spell, or being controlled. I realised that my thinking mind is nothing more than a passenger.

Ever find youself beating yourself up trying to figure why you did something after telling youself not to? Hypnosis for me made me realise what I thought i was, doesnt really even exist

[randysmith]

If i had a child having difficulty in school remembering, I would learn this and see if it could be easier for the kid . the speaker has a great point being made.

[oscarmoreno]

It makes you wonder what the verification process is to be a TEDx speaker.

[esoteric]

The reason the have to pre hypnotize is because not everyone is susceptible to suggestion in a deep enough way that they can be manipulated in an entertaining way. They typically start with a large group and ween it down to a much smaller group of those who who are most susceptible.
Hypnosis, even deep hypnosis for most people is nothing like this.

[KianBrose]

Id make my math teacher forget about math

[personal]

His message is a bit confusing.
Speaker: Believe you can do anything
Chip: I CAN'T EVEN SAY SIX!

[brettmiller]

This guy was at my Senior all night party after graduating- he had about 12 out of 300 of us sit in chairs in front of the rest just like this. Naturally, I volunteered to go up.

With that said: Hypnosis is a funny thing and doesn't work on everyone- it takes a willingness on behalf of the participant to undergo. When he said sleep, we all nodded off but as soon as my head slumped, I woke right back up and casually walked back to my seat in the audience. Years later, I think about how that lack of willingness to be controlled has impacted my life for both better and worse- It turns out, the most powerful form of hypnosis is that of Self-Affirmation, but we are wired to give trust and control to complete strangers at the utterances of simple phrases and gestures.

[hxuw]

Was praying to god he would say chip instead of six

[mayahunter]

Boris came to my school. It was so funny. I know it was real because my friend went up. I was with her the entire time so I know he didn't tip her or something and he made her do things like modeling and dancing. He even did the chip thing too

[davidmdyer]

I have had therapeutic hypnosis and it's nothing like this.

[servantprince]

ive seen it and experienced it.
i used to sleep walk when I was a kid and hypnotism is like being in that state but viewing it as a witness

[Daeelol]

Im super late in this but for those in 2020 who happen to stumble upon videos like this one... For 1 : they cant show the introduction or the beginning of the process bc you may become hypnotized yourself just by watching and listening to what he is saying and what he does so to protect those from being hypnotized behind the screen , they cut that part out . 2 : if you don't believe in hypothesis and constantly tell yourself it cant happen and you don't believe then you will not become hypnotized . That dont have mind control powers and cant force you to do anything . You have to open your mind and become open to the idea of you becoming hypnotized . Your welcome 😊

[g.contini]

hire me I need money...i act very well

[Gamertag_]

I remember, my high school had a hypnotist come in, and the activities done by the students hypnotized were hilarious.

[nellietwilliams]

For all you Doubting Thomases, you will be surprised when you actually ARE hypnotized. Stage hypnosis is meant to be entertaining. And clinical hypnotism is extremely effective. You can do anything. :)

[shinyasargent]

man look at this 4 years ago no social distancing times were nice

[kivsa]

Look at the guy in the center at 03:58
He forces himself to close his eyes, like when kids are trying to play sleeping.

[nicholashale]

8:15 I love how he says sleep and chip decides he should straighten his back up first and fall asleep. Because everyone’s natural sleep reaction is to contract their back muscles first

[johnromanas]

Even if the guy forgot bout six, he'd still know the answer isn't 9....