Can Keith Barry hack Claire Byrne's brain?
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Who is Keith Barry and what is the “Unhinged” brain‑hacking tour?
The Clare Byrne Show on Newstalk. With Aviva Insurance.
Joining me in the studio now is Keith Barry himself, the brain hacker, hypnotist and author. And this month he's starting a new tour of his hit show Unhinged, both here and in England to celebrate 25 years of brain hacking. Hello.
Good morning. How are you? It's been a while.
I read about you at the weekend that you do self-hypnosis, Keith.
Yeah.
And I was wondering how that works, because if you're if you hypnotize yourself, who brings you out of the state of hypnosis?
It's a great question. So really all hypnosis, believe it or not, is self-hypnosis. And hypnotism is really the guide into somebody's subconscious mind. So for me, when I'm self-hypnotizing myself, look, I've practiced for so long, I can kind of bring myself out. But a safe way is to set your alarm on your phone, right? So 30 minutes in, if that's what you need to do. You set an alarm on your phone and you give yourself the suggestion at the start that when your alarm goes off, then you'll come out of the hypnosis, hypnotic state. Right. But really the self-hypnosis aspect is for anything really. It's great for sleep. It's great for people with sleep issues, that is. You know, if you wake up in the middle of the night.
And you can't get back. You can't get back. So a lot of people talk about breath work. I do a lot of breath work myself, but really self-hypnosis is great for that. But any kind of issue that you have, like you don't need, I say to people, you don't need a nap. You don't need a hypnotist. You just need to learn the process. And like the process is basically relaxing down your physical body and then relaxing down your conscious mind, which brings you down into what's called an alpha theta brainwave state. And that's when you can get inside your subconscious mind and tweak whatever it is you need to tweak.
But the breathing that we hear about, like the box breathing, would that do the same thing?
Not box breathing. So there's a number of different kind of breath works that you can do to slow down into that alpha theta brainwave state. Box breathing is great, by the way, but not for this. So for this, so basically real quick, the process for self-hypnosis, it's fast, right? Well, it's simpler than you think, but it requires, you need to do it for six weeks.
How does self‑hypnosis work and who brings you out of it?
That's what I say to people. And that's how long it takes on average to create a new neural pathway. So this is the kind of neuroscience behind it. So ultimately you need to visualize a purple light. It has to be purple. I won't get into science now, but purple light going into your feet, your ankles, your shins, and bring it up through your whole body. Now what will happen there is you'll start to go slowly. from a beta brainwave state, which we're both in now and the people listening are hopefully in a beta, down towards an alpha brainwave state. Regardless of belief system, by the way, regardless if you're a skeptic, non-believer, believer, it doesn't matter. You just visualize the purple light and you allow that part of your physical body to relax.
And then you practice some breath work. So for me, I've studied this a lot, the 4-2-4 technique is the best for this. You inhale for a count of four, hold for two, exhale for four, which is different than box breathing. You inhale for four, hold for two, exhale for four. That will bring you down then deeper towards a theta brainwave state between alpha theta. That's the sweet spot. You don't need to be fully asleep. This is where people get it wrong, right? You don't need to be in some kind of weird out of body experience state of mind. You just need to have your brainwave state slow down. And then you visualize whatever it is you want to change. So for example, you want to lose some pounds, you visualize yourself being slimmer and going to the gym because we need action, right?
If you visualize yourself being a more confident human being, a lot of people are suffering from anxiety now, you visualize that. And what you will do is if you do that repeatedly over six weeks, you will create that new neural pathway.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Keith Barry and what is the “Unhinged” brain‑hacking tour?
0:01–1:55
2
How does self‑hypnosis work and who brings you out of it?
1:55–3:42
3
What breathing techniques help you reach the alpha‑theta brainwave state?
3:42–5:22
4
How do you use the purple‑light visualization to re‑wire neural pathways?
5:22–7:05
5
Why are imagination, intelligence and desire key to stage hypnosis?
7:05–8:58
6
Can a live seance really contact the dead, and how is it staged?
8:58–10:51
7
What dates and venues are part of Keith Barry’s final Unhinged tour?
10:51–11:39
8
How does the quick mind‑reading game reveal hidden thoughts?
11:39–12:42