“A year and a half ago I couldn’t hypnotize anyone to save my life. Now I make more with hypnosis than I ever did with magic.”
Savio Joseph came up in the world of magic — close-up and mentalism. He loved the stage, but he wanted more. Today he’s running packed hypnosis shows at colleges, private events, and a recurring residency gig.
Savio got into magic young and eventually moved to the stage. He loved performing — but he felt like he’d explored his options and wanted something new. Hypnosis had always been in the back of his mind. So he went looking for a way to learn it.
He tried a smaller course first. It taught him a thing or two — but not the thing that mattered.
“It showed me a thing or two about hypnosis, but it didn’t give me what I needed to get on stage, do a full show, and actually run a hypnosis business.”
Then he found Stage Hypnosis University. When the full video library opened up, he compared it to Netflix dropping every episode of a show at once — he wanted to binge all of it. Instead he worked through it in order, while Michael mentored him over phone and Skype, building his show script line by line.
The chin drop
Savio’s first booking was a paid show at his own university. The nerves crept in — these were people paying to see him. Then the hypnosis hit.
“As soon as I saw their chins drop to their chests, I thought: this is it. I have them.”
That one show opened doors — other universities, a conference showcase, and a residency at a brand-new venue that drew double the expected crowd. They packed the floor and filled the balcony.
The show that broke down the doors — literally
Then he went back to his old high school for a one-hour show. The magic warmed them up; the hypnosis killed. Students were screaming. Kids from other classes heard the noise and tried to force the doors open to get in — teachers had to hold them back. Everyone was filming.
The buzz was so big the principal heard about it from students — not the teachers — and immediately booked a bigger show for the whole school. The teacher who brought him in booked him again for the next semester. Two more shows, from one.
“There’s nothing closer to a real superpower than hypnosis. No props, no gimmicks — just you.”
And the money followed the respect. The moment Savio started offering hypnosis, he could quote roughly double his magic rate — and clients took it more seriously. Colleges now rebook his show as an annual tradition.
From a magician who “couldn’t hypnotize anyone to save his life” to a booked, rebooked, better-paid performer in eighteen months — because he got the full training and a mentor who built the show with him. That’s exactly what a free 45-minute Breakthrough Session with Michael is for.