I've been a magic hobbyist for about 3 years now so I certainly don't have the experience/history that many have on here, but this truly floored me. I've seen parts of Osterlind's Penguin Live where he talks about this being real for him and figured "ok, great... glad he believes in these tricks". Well, he proves it in this one (and probably others as I have not watched all 13) that this is no trick. After watching this I tried this on my wife with 3 pieces of fruit... it worked the first time (a testament to the solid explanation and while it is short I'm not sure what else there was for him to say other than practice, practice, practice and he helps there too). Given the 1/3 change I figured I'd give it a try on my kid... worked again. I'm slow... takes me longer to get it to the tune of a couple minutes for a 1 in 3 chance... but 2 hits 0 misses so far is pretty good. This is awesome because it's real!

Great deal of information, presented with a streamlined approach and practice techniques.

I would recommend using it in conjunction with his book CMR: Osterlind's Approach, that way you will know all the subtleties to make it work and learn from Richard's mistakes so you won't repeat them.

I gave it five stars for the reasons stated above, but please remember that Richard only covers one approach and if you plan on doing it for pay you might want to look into the other more thorough resources as well so you will have a variety of techniques available at any time.

This is as real as mind reading gets. Richard Osterlind gives you an insider's tour into one of the most baffling effects in mentalism. It's not a trick. It's a technique. The Amazing Kreskin made an international reputation using this exact technique, as the conclusion of his show. Now, it's possible for the magic and mentalism community to learn it from a master mentalist, Richard Osterlind. Opportunities like this are rare. The value of learning this technique is priceless.

Good, but brief,explanation, just wish there was more of a live performance and examples. Although I will say that it is one of the clearest and simplest descriptions of muscle reading I have seen.

For years I've been trying to learn how to do this through written material and through this lesson it clicked for me. With this technique, and learning how to practice it, I finally can do contact mind reading. This is something I will do the rest of my life.

Thank you Richard