Ajamu Ayinde, Medical Hypnotherapist and Master Mental Coach

Ajamu has provided hypnotic support to clients in thirty states and thirteen countries via Skype and Zoom. His work has been featured in local and national newspapers, magazines, internet radio, and cable television. He was the subject of a documentary film by History on Video which showcased African Americans in the field of holistic medicine.

Ajamu is the recipient of three awards in hypnotherapy: 

• 2004 International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) Therapist of the Year (cancer)

• 2012 NATH Outstanding Transpersonal Contribution (sports)

• 2017 NATH Most Unique Contribution (childbirth)

Ajamu Ayinde was born and raised in the South Bronx, surrounded by poverty, crime, and hopelessness. His mother and father read Dr. William Kroger's book, Childbirth with Hypnosis in 1968 and his mother gave birth to Ajamu without even an aspirin.  

In early 1973, his mother completed the Silva Mind Control program and used what she learned daily with her children to program them for success.

In 1982, Ajamu learned self-hypnosis using the late Dick Sutphen’s mail order hypnosis cassette tapes. Hypnosis saved his life. It helped him become a gentleman and a scholar and avoid gangs, guns, and prison. His positive, focused state of mind helped him to earn full scholarships to boarding school and later to a competitive college where he majored in Asian Studies and excelled in theatre arts, dance, and martial arts.

Since 2000 he has traveled across the US and to Canada and England to train physicians, nurses and other health professionals in various aspects of hypnotherapy. His informative presentations have been offered at SUNY New Paltz, Bard College, Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley-(Broadway campus and Mary’s Ave. campus), St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Morehouse School of Medicine, Orange County Dept. of Health and the Dutchess County Dental Society. 

Ajamu offers classes in: Basic Hypnosis, Sports Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis.

Ajamu Ayinde, B.C.H. is a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA) and a Certified Medical Hypnotherapist with advanced training in pain management, childbirth preparation, and catastrophic illnesses.  

He has been certified in Medical Hypnosis by Bruce Kaloski, Ph.D., Patricia Scott, Ph.D. and is a certified Trainer of Melissa Roth, renowned Medical Hypnosis pioneer.

He is a Master Mental Skills Coach and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through the American Board of NLP.  

He is a Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Trainer through the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists (NATH) and he completed his training in 1998 with the late Dr. Allen Chips, Executive Director of the NATH.  

He was the Mental Skills Coach for the Vassar College Fencing team for two seasons.       

He specializes in sports and performing arts enhancement, hypnotic childbirth, and empowering people of color. 

Medical Hypnosis is a complementary, evidence-supported approach that works alongside conventional medical care to support whole-person healing. Recognized by the American Medical Association and other leading health organizations, hypnosis is used to reduce stress, ease fear and discomfort, and strengthen the body’s natural healing response.

This modality is effective because it employs the link that exists between the mind and the body. Medical hypnosis works on different conditions such as pain, allergies, excess weight, phobias, and unhealthy habits such as smoking. Certain issues may require a medical release from one’s primary care doctor.

How it works:

I will assist you to enter an altered state of consciousness to create improvements in your health and wellness. All forms of hypnotherapy involve the induction and deepening of the hypnotic state. Hypnosis is achieved through simple visualizations like imagining descending a staircase combined with progressive muscular relaxation.

Once you are in the altered state, you are open to beneficial suggestions. The reason hypnotherapy works is because the “hypnotic” state is a state of heightened receptivity to suggestion. Once you are hypnotized, I can give you helpful metaphors, stories, quotes, or direct suggestions that are designed to reprogram your subconscious mind and help you break old patterns and create new ones.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP is a way of understanding and duplicating human excellence. “Neuro” represents our nervous system. The term “Linguistic” refers to our internal and external language. The word “Programming” helps us recognize that the ways that we think, speak, and act are habitual and serve as a kind of operating program. NLP helps you recognize the limiting patterns in your personal and professional life and adopt new, more resourceful patterns quickly and easily. NLP can be employed to achieve a wide range of goals.

I developed Mental Coaching in 1995 from a synthesis of hypnosis, NLP, sports psychology, and cross-cultural spirituality. My study of Olympic level and professional athletes revealed that there are six psychological skills that allowed these athletes to reach extraordinary heights. These six core mental skills are conscious relaxation, visualization, positive self-talk, goal setting, motivation, and focus. Students, athletes, executives, artists, and parents will find these skills extremely valuable when seeking to achieve higher levels of performance. Mental coaching provides the weekly encouragement and accountability needed to reach your important life goals.