Jose Silva began his journey as a humble radio repairman in Laredo, Texas, and later as an electronics instructor with the United States Army Signal Corps.

Despite his career in electronics, Silva had a keen interest in hypnosis and the workings of the human mind. He spent his days working at his job and his nights studying the work of thought leaders like Freud, Jung and Adler.

The turning point that rocketed Silva towards his breakthroughs was a simple question.

Through his professional knowledge, Silva already knew that reducing the resistance in an electrical wire allowed more electricity to flow through it (known as Ohm’s law). Using this theory as an anchor, he then wondered…

“What would happen if you could reduce the resistance in the human brain?”

Would doing this cause it to be more efficient at absorbing information, and perhaps even grant it access to reservoirs of previously hidden creativity and intuition?

Driven by this theory, Silva began a thorough process of research and experimentation, starting with his own children. By training them to function at brain frequency levels known as Alpha and Theta—levels of deep relaxation that most people experience while meditating or in light sleep—he was able to significantly improve their grades at school, and even found evidence of enhanced intuitive functioning within them.

In the following years, Silva began sharing his methods with other people in his community. What he found was that by teaching people to consciously guide themselves to the Alpha and Theta level of mind through Centering Techniques, he could show many of them how to, while fully conscious, reprogram their minds like a computer.

The results that followed were highly encouraging. A considerable segment of Silva practitioners began reporting a variety of benefits, from stress relief to enhanced creativity and intuition to even potentially accelerated physical and emotional healing.

In short, people who used The Silva Method were often able to achieve greater control over their emotional state, their habits, their careers and finances, and their health.

The media, thought leaders and the masses take notice.

Jose Silva’s discovery, which he called “The Silva Method”, went on to become the basis of many personal growth programs in the United States, and was covered in various media including the New York Times and The Washington Post. His first book went on to become an international bestseller, selling over 6 million copies.

Many personal growth icons have also enthusiastically endorsed The Silva Method. Jack Canfield, for example, has since called it the source of the human potential movement, and “one of the most profound approaches to human potential development I have ever discovered”.

Although Silva passed away in 1999, his teachings continue to be spread worldwide through the Silva International organization. Today, over 6 million people in 110 countries, including doctors, entrepreneurs, artists and celebrities, have used our training to improve their lives in many inspiring ways. Which is why we’re confident that no matter what your personal objective is, you too can experience positive results.