PERFORMER - Hypnotist - Creator - ENTREPRENEURAsad Mecci
Accomplished creator, performer, and entrepreneur, Asad Mecci has spent over 25 years mastering the art and science of hypnosis and creative innovation for audiences around the world.
THE CREATOR OF HYPROV
In 2015, Asad Mecci co-created HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis with international comedy icon Colin Mochrie(Whose Line Is It Anyway?). In the show, Asad hypnotizes audience volunteers, guiding them into a state of fearless creativity before they join Colin onstage to perform improv — while hypnotized. The result is a comedy high-wire act without a net: spontaneous, daring, and wildly funny, where no two shows are ever the same. HYPROV unites the science of the mind with the art of improvisation to create something entirely original.
CO-INVESTIGATOR WITH MOUNT SINAI
In 2025, Asad was a Co-Investigator on the following research study sponsored by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07102810
Brief Title: Hypnosis-Based Machine Learning Biomarker Study
Official Title: Standardized Hypnotic Susceptibility Testing to Facilitate Development of a Machine Learning Tool to Characterize Physiological Biomarkers of Calm and Tranced States
HYPNOTIC SOUND AND CREATIVE COLLABORATION
In 2024, Asad released the groundbreaking album An Exploration of Hypnotic Sound with Grammy®-nominated artist Rufus Wainwright. The project fuses hypnotic suggestion with immersive composition, creating an experience designed to evoke peace, relaxation, introspection, and heightened creativity.
BEYOND THE STAGE
Asad is a sought-after peak performance coach and creative consultant, helping executives & their teams along with artists unlock focus, confidence, and imagination through the power of the mind. He also works as a motivational consultant in communication, mindset, and stress management. He famously helped Roberto Verri, host of Talk Television, lose 40 pounds in two months, and guided Leanne Delap to achieve her wellness goals — both stories documented in The Toronto Star and The Kit.
PEAK PERFORMANCE AND MENTAL COACHING
As a mental strength coach, Asad teaches elite athletes to use visualization and mental imagery to enhance focus and unlock peak performance. He has coached professional tennis players, elite basketball athletes, and collaborated with legendary skating coach Brian Orser to develop a visualization app that helped Yuzuru Hanyu capture Olympic gold medals in both 2014 and 2018. The app, now re-released as an audio program, available on www.asadmecci.com
His work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Toronto Star, and featured on Entertainment Tonight, MTV, HGTV, and BBC.