He has spent his time studying, teaching and entertaining with hypnosis. He has worked as a consultant to physicians teaching them medical hypnosis (pain control, surgical anesthesia, painless childbirth and medical relaxation). While on the seminar circuit, he has conducted workshops in the use of hypnosis to stop smoking, weight reduction, stress management and professional motivational programs.

     Justin Tranz has entertained in showrooms throughout America including the Riviera Hotel & Casino, Madison Square Garden, Temple University, California Stage University Northridge, the Hyatt Stouffer Esmeralda Resort among many other venues.

     He's worked with athletes at all levels of competition. Justin Tranz says, "I give a new meaning to audience participation where you can see the show or be the show". He uses the power of suggestion with the subjects who are onstage. Within seconds volunteers are placed into a highly suggestible state-of-mind (hypnosis) and put into comical situations and sent on exciting adventures.  

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At Flamingo O'Shea's
Justin Tranz Stars in
"Hip-Nosis: Playin' With Your Head"

    Bill Cosby, Eddie Fisher, Patti LaBelle and Justin Tranz all have one thing in common. They are all natives of Philadelphia who have performed on the Las Vegas Strip.

    The comedy-hypnotist headlines at the Flamingo's O'Shea's Casino, putting his subjects into a trance-like state on stage, night after night. He said "I was born in West Philadelphia and my family moved out to the suburbs in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania in Delaware County when I was very young. My parents used to take me to the Steel Pier in Atlantic City when I was a child. There used to be a carnival there and I convinced my mother to buy me a Svengali magic deck, and that's how I started to become interested in show business. After that, I got some more magic sets and kept practicing with them. When I was age 8, I saw a hypnotist perform, and it gave me an idea. . . if I could learn hypnosis, I could control my parents!!! (My father was in the trucking business for about 40 years, and my mother was a registered nurse, although now they are both retired). I saved up enough money and went to a bookstore to buy a book on hypnosis. I read it and memorized it and tried hypnosis on some of my friends and became more and more proficient at it."

    Tranz continues: "When I finished high school, I went to Cecil County Community College, in Maryland, a two-year college, where I obtained my Associate's Degree on a basketball scholarship. I finished my degree in psychology at Vorhees University in South Carolina. All I focused on in college was studying and playing basketball. After college, I moved back home and opened a janitorial business which was grossing about $1.5 million a year. I had 20 to 30 employees in Lansdowne (we serviced Acme, Shopping Bag, Pathmark supermarkets, and Channel homeware stores, etc.), but my heart was not really in that business although I made it prosper. My heart was still into hypnosis and I started doing hypnosis shows. My very first one was for a sorority at Temple University. At that point in my life, I was getting seriously into hypnotherapy. I started attending schools all over the country in order to perfect my knowledge of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. I have approximately two dozen certifications in hypnosis training from institutions all over the country. I traveled everywhere to attend national seminars, conventions, etc. By now, I probably have read every book ever published on hypnosis. I was thirsting for knowledge and wanted to learn as much as I could."

    He said, "I placed an ad in the yellow pages, offering hypnotherapy services, and clients started pouring in. People always want to lose weight, stop smoking, and I felt that if someone really wanted to alter their behavior in that respect, I would take them on as a client. My success rate was of course increased by their willingness to succeed at their goals. I was charging $300 for three sessions. I worked with members of the "American Gladiators" TV show to help them increase their confidence, focus and concentration. I also worked with actors from the movie "The Karate Kid" in order to help them memorize their lines. For the time being, I have set aside this practice, although I still work with certain clients. I have a CD called "Journey Into Your Mind" (Ultra Deep Brain Sync Meditation). This CD is a very unusual audio recording. It uses special audio frequencies that appear to have a very deep and beneficial effect on the human brain. The best results are achieved by listening to it, lying down in a quiet environment, preferably in a dark room, making sure you use stereo headphones with all the sound enhancing systems like Dolby or MegaBass turned off. Set the volume to low. Specify in your mind the purpose of your session. Concentrate on questions or issues of concern, because what you think about, you bring about. Here is an incomplete list of reported effects: relaxation, meditation, pain control, sleep, increased creativity, memory improvement, improved learning ability, ESP development, lucid dreaming, past life regression, out-of-body experiences, enhanced awareness, mind explorations, overcoming writer's block, change of attitude and behavior and many more. However, remember that "Journey Into Your Mind" is not a medical device. It is only for your personal enhancement of hidden brain potential."

    Justin explains: "People on stage who allow themselves to be honest, open, willing and sincere are able to achieve a deep level of relaxation, which opens their subconscious mind to my suggestions. They find it impossible to resist my simple instructions. They always have a good time and come out of it feeling relaxed and rejuvenated, as though they had an 8-hour sleep. Hypnosis is nothing more than the power of suggestion. Everybody is suggestible; if you weren't suggestible, you couldn't learn. Having been honing my skills for the last 20 years, I know how powerful the human mind is. I tie in comedy and hypnosis into an R-rated adult show. Those with a good imagination are always the best volunteers, and literally become the stars of the show."

    Justin continued: "Las Vegas is ready for a major hypnosis show. There have always been magicians with worldwide notoriety and fame, such as Copperfield, Houdini, Blackstone, Henning, etc. Hypnotists have never reached that level. I plan on changing that. I am currently working on expanding my show for the Millennium. It will be called "Trance 2000" and I am very excited about it."

    The 7pm and 10pm shows are R-rated. Tickets are $24.95 ($14.95 with local ID), tax included. You can see his show Tuesday through Saturday in the Comedy Theatre located on the second floor of Flamingo O'Shea's Casino (between the Flamingo - Las Vegas and the Imperial Palace) For tickets call (702) 737-1343 or (702) 521-8046.