Sometimes good things take time. Sometimes, great ideas meet up with resistance and even hostility. Sometimes only tenacity and conviction can accomplish what you believe is the right thing to do. And if the final results are so solid, so robust, so convincing that the opposition and resistance grow silent, chances are that you have achieved something out of the ordinary – something that has never been achieved before. Pioneering work.

And for the results of this pioneering work, we have gathered today, not only to celebrate, but to say thank you to all those who supported the project in any way possible, believing in the project and sharing the vision.

If it were easy, others would have done it before us. But with the competence and support of the scientists and the administration from the University of Zurich, the editors, the reviewers, the OMNI Hypnotherapists who spent hundreds of hours hypnotizing, and all the amazing volunteers who participated as test subjects, all this would not have been possible.

Three separate forms of measurement, fMRI, EEG, and MRS, were used to study two different states of hypnosis – Somnambulism and the Esdaile State. 50 individuals underwent each all three types of measurement.

The papers were published on Frontiers (fMRI) and on Cortex from ScienceDirect (EEG). The third paper, MRS, is in the process of final peer review.

fMRI: Investigating functional brain connectivity patterns associated with two hypnotic states

EEG: An interhemispheric frontoparietal network supports hypnotic states

MRS: Neurochemical Dynamics during Two Hypnotic States: Evidence from Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

The HypnoScience® project is not about you and I. it is about what is right. Right for the people who are in search of relief from all kinds of mental and physical illnesses and challenges.

Without the wonderful support of all those involved, the HypnoScience^® project would not have been possible.

The jurors have therefore selected this exclusive group of professionals who have spent countless hours, late evenings, early Saturday or Sunday mornings, as the recipients of the 2024 Gerald F. Kein Award.

Congratulations and thank you to all involved.

November 8^th, 2024

The Jury

Ina Oostrom        Ralph Benko        Hansruedi Wipf

Robert Brenner was a student and long time colleague of Jerry Kein for over 20 years while he was co-instructor during the OMNI hypnosis trainings, known by the students as Bob. 

Bob has been a member of the NGH for the past 19 years and an inductee into the National Guild of Hypnotists Prestigious Order of Braid. He has been awarded The Life Time Achievement Award from Omni Hypnosis.

He is the Owner and Head Hypnotist of Unlocking Minds Hypnosis Center, currently retired. He has taught in Canada and Ireland, trained members of the FBI, Members of the Canadian Mounties, and many Professional Athletes. Robert is is the author of the critically acclaimed Petrified Minds.

The juror has selected this eminent hypnotist because of the excellence  quality of his work and the importance of his contribution to his profession.

8 November 2022

 The Jury

Katheryn studied hypnosis with Gerald Kein at the esteemed Omni Institute of Hypnosis in Deland, Florida.  There she was was certified in basic and advanced hypnotherapy and then went on to become a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotist.  She has over 1,500 combined hours training with Dr. George Von Hilsheimer, William Baldwin and the National Guild of Hypnotists.

Katheryn Napier is also the founder of Avalon Hypnosis in DeLand Florida and brings over 20 years experience in the field of healing and hypnotherapy.  She is a graduate of the Omni Hypnosis Training Center, one of America’s most prestigious hypnosis training facilities.

In the December 2012 issue of The Journal of Hypnosis … Kein recounts the story of a 45-year old single mom (of a 9-year-old girl), like family to the Keins, diagnosed with severe fibromyalgia … and then lupus, living in a state of indescribable agony so extreme as to drive her to suicidal thoughts. Gerald referred her to Katheryn. After brief treatment the reported the pain gone and she felt better than she had in years. 

The juror has selected this eminent hypnotist because of the excellence  quality of her work and the importance of her contribution to her profession.

8 November 2022

 The Jury

He is a World Cup Winner and Vice World Champion.

He suffered from back pain for 20 years, he had a heart attack at the age of 35 and a burnout at the age of 43.

In his own words: “All of this taught me: We will only be able to do our best when we unite body, brain and soul into a strong team.”

He dedicated decades of study to the workings of cells from the perspective of biology, chemistry and through communicating initially with his own cells and later through hypnosis with the cells of his clients.

One of his students coined a suitable name for him: “The cell whisperer”.

He stands out in his work for his love and dedication to help his clients and in particular they’re cells.

In 2020 he developed the Immune-boost audio to help people from all over the world tostrengthen their immune system that can support the innate defence system of the body.

This program is free available in nine languages. He is awarded for his decades long work in studying communicating with cells and training people from all over the world to work with this. 

Therefore, the jury gives this year a Gerald Kein OMNI Award for Excellence in Hypnosis to Erich Walker.

16 December 2020

The Jury

It all started as the owner of a spiritual bookshop and an interest in the working of the mind. After she read an intriguing book many times over and decided to go for a regression session which was life transforming. She decided to become a hypnotherapist specialized in regression and followed the OMNI training with Gerald Kein. After that she cultivated a lot of transformational techniques. 

 She puts her effort into raising the level of the profession of the hypnotherapist in a multitude of ways: she developed the Devil’s Therapy: from Hypnosis to Healing and the Dream Healing Practitioner Program. She developed online training courses to help hypnotists increase their clients’ success. Besides that, she has shown herself consistently to be a generous colleague, always ready to provide valuable advice.

 Therefore, the jury gives the 2019 Gerald Kein OMNI Award for Excellence in Hypnosis to Wendie Webber.