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Handle Fear on the Golf Course with Golf Psychology, Self Hypnosis and NLP

December 18th, 2009

Fear on the golf course can come in many shapes and sizes and it can result in a multitude of problems ranging from lack of enjoyment, through poor scoring and frustration to outright anger. Most golfers will have experienced fear on the golf course, either personally or from watching a playing partner.

As an amateur golfer, although my golf is very important to me, my livelihood does not depend directly on my ability to score well. However, I can think of many times, especially in my younger days, when I was uncomfortable, nervous, scared and downright terrified on the golf course.

You may have read on another of my articles. entitled Channel Your First Tee Nerves into Unconscious Golf Resources for Better Golf, about my nerves on the first tee in the Golf Illustrated Junior Vase at Hexham in the early 70s. When the starter announced on the loudspeaker system that they were expecting great things from me after my hole in one there the previous day, I could hardly stand up, let alone hit a good drive down the middle.

I’ve experienced similar feelings when I’ve arrived on the first tee and found I was playing with some or other golfing celebrity. I’ll never forget Bill Shankland, my then golf coach, asking me to stand in for him in a game in late-June of 1970. Bill explained that he was injured and could I take his place in a friendly fourball the following day. He went on to explain that there’d be no pressure as I was playing at my home club and partnering the club pro, Colin Christison, a man I’d played with many times before. Bill also mentioned that one of our opponents would be Ian Connelly from Welwyn Garden City, later to become Nick Faldo’s first coach and someone I also knew. I was a bit nervous plying with two pros I’d watched playing in the Agfa tournament at Stoke Poges, but I knew them both and felt I could handle it. The next day, I got to the club and as I joined my playing partner Colin walking to the first tee, I noticed that there was quite a crowd of my fellow club members behind the tee. I nearly collapsed when I walked through the crowd and Colin introduced me to our other opponent. It was Tony Jacklin, back in the UK to prepare for the British Open after winning the US Open a few weeks earlier. I was terrified and it took a lot of quiet calming words from Colin to get me through the first nine holes. I started to enjoy the experience as I loosened up on the second nine. Like most people back in the early 70s, I had no knowledge of golf psychology and the best advice available was to pull yourself together and get on with it. That was difficult and the effect didn’t last!

I’m sure that I would still be very nervous if I found myself unexpectedly playing with a US Open Champion. The difference is now that I have the means to relax myself using a variety of golf psychology techniques and really get the most from the experience. I’d probably play my normal game.

So what techniques would I use? Well the quickest technique would be to use my finger-thumb NLP Resource Anchor that would both relax me and get me into a confident and resourceful state. If I was still nervous, I could use self-hypnosis, some simple deep breathing exercises or, even better, the Balance Your Golf Mind and Body for Better Golf – Focus on your Hara technique from another of my articles.

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Self Hypnosis Techniques for Success

December 9th, 2009

Your reality is largely shaped by the beliefs that you hold. Beliefs can be compared to software that programs how you experience and relate to the environment around you. Who you are and how you relate to the world is controlled by your beliefs. In order to change yourself and your life, the place to start is with your beliefs. The major difficulty in dealing with beliefs is that most of those that affect you are harbored in your subconscious. Many of these subconsciously held beliefs sabotage your conscious efforts to improve your life and remain beyond your conscious control and awareness, impeding you from realizing your full potential. The subconscious is responsible for approximately 90% of a persons mental and physical functions so it makes sense to use the subconscious to create success in all areas of life. Self-hypnosis is a tool available to everyone and you can use it to penetrate the resistance to your conscious efforts and tap into the source of your own personal power. Anyone can generate the thoughts that have the power to change their lives: mentally, emotionally and physically. Know what your objectives are before beginning any session of self-hypnosis. Your objective can be anything; losing weight, improving your health, having a better relationship or making more money. Many people who use self-hypnosis claim that even when they had concentrated their efforts on only one or two objectives that other aspects of their lives improved beyond that which they had focused their intentions. Before starting a session, take note of your state of mind as well as your physical and emotional states. Determine how long your session will last. A session of self-hypnosis consists of four stages. 1. Induction 2. Deepening 3. Trance 4. Awakening Induction Induction is the intentional shifting of awareness from your normal state. Begin to relax by using deep breathing. Taking deep breaths in a rhythmic pattern will begin to relax the mind and body. Another method that can be used in the induction phase is to focus your sight on a single spot, letting your vision naturally blur and allowing the eyelids to close on their own. Deepening Deepening is similar to induction but extends to a deeper level of relaxation. Count down from a number of your choice until zero. Synchronize the count with your deep breathing and gradually put yourself into a deeper state of relaxation as each number is counted. There is no need to pick too high of a number: between 3 and 10 is optimal. If you prefer not to countdown, try visualizing some peaceful, beautiful location. This place could be imaginary or somewhere you have actually visited. Trance Trance is also known as the Auto-Suggestion phase as this is where you will be repeating to yourself a script which describes the positives changes you wish to take hold in your subconscious. This script will be something that you have written in advance. It can be as short as a few words or as long as a few paragraphs. Most importantly, the script should be written in terms of implementing positive chance and avoiding terms describing making changes to negative behaviors or circumstances. For instance, if you are trying to lose weight, repeat something such as, “I eat healthy everyday and feel fulfilled” but do not repeat something like, “I will stop eating so much chocolate”. Once you have become more comfortable and familiar with entering into the trance phase you may decide to try making a longer, more comprehensive script to read or you can record your script to play back during this time. To enhance the effectiveness of the trance phase create the emotion within yourself of how you will feel once you have realized your objective. For someone beginning self-hypnosis, the most asked question is “How do I know when I am in trance?” The reality is that it is different for every individual. Trance is a natural state that exists in everyone. Have you ever been driving and suddenly realized you have gone miles without being aware? Have you ever been so involved in some activity that you lost perception of time? These are examples of natural trance. With time and experience you will recognize your own personal signals to indicate when you are in trance. Signals can be physical, emotional or mental. Below is a small list of examples of possible signals to give you an idea of what to expect. Emotional * Tranquility * Euphoria * Neutrality * Forgiveness * Unconditional Love * Detachment Mental * Altered time perception * Clarity * Wisdom Physical * Tingling * Warmth * Light headed * Floating or levitating Awakening The final phase of your self-hypnosis session is Awakening which simply means returning to your normal state of consciousness. Obviously, it is best to comeback gradually and not with a jolt. This can be accomplished by using the same countdown method as used in the deepening phase except with each step increasing to your normal conscious state. The effectiveness of self-hypnosis is in balancing the intentions of the conscious with the subconscious. The conscious mind is rational and envisions the changes that you want. The subconscious is creative, intuitive and powerful. It creates a reality based on beliefs of which you are too often unaware. By using self-hypnosis, you can program your subconscious mind to work for you to create the life you desire. Results will not appear immediately but with practice and patience the results will be dramatic and well worth the effort.

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Cure Your Insomnia With 8 Quick Steps With Self Hypnosis

December 5th, 2009

Insomnia is a very common symptom of stress and depression. Whether you wake up during the night and have a hard time falling back to sleep, or you have a hard time falling asleep initially, you have insomnia.
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF INSOMNIA
PSYCHO-REACTIVE INSOMNIA: Psycho-reactive Insomnia is generally caused by tension. The person’s mind is keeping them awake with worry. In addition, they may begin to worry about getting to sleep because they have to awaken in the morning. Insomnia sufferers often worry that they may become ill or die from lack of sleep.
ENDOGENOUS INSOMNIA: This is often caused by a discomfort within the body ranging from indigestion to pain.
EXOGENOUS INSOMNIA: This is caused by disturbances outside of the body such as noise or a partner’s snoring. This is the easiest type of insomnia or sleep disturbance to cure.
FUNCTIONAL INSOMNIA: This is caused by a physical problem in the subject’s sleep-wakefulness center in the brain.
Many insomniacs develop a phobia of getting into bed because they expect to lie awake. This negative type of expectation can cause a bout of insomnia all by itself.
HERE ARE THE FACTS
1. Nobody has ever died from or become ill from not sleeping enough. The body and mind will always get at least the minimum amount of rest that it needs, no matter what. If you lose some sleep one night, the next night you will get enough sleep to make up the loss.
2. Our internal clock brings about a valley of fatigue in cycles. Every four to six hours you will experience the maximum amount of fatigue, and this is when it is easiest for you to fall asleep. After that you will experience a renewed level of energy and it will become difficult to fall asleep.
3. Many people are sure that they have not slept a wink, but research labs have proven that we all sleep during the night. Sometimes you believe that you’ve been lying awake thinking, but actually you have been sleeping lightly and dreaming.
4. Trying to fall asleep: There is a law of nature called “The Law of Reversed Effect.” The law says that if you “try” to do something, you will get the opposite. And the harder you “try,” the more you will get the opposite. So, trying to fall asleep will insure that you will remain awake. Do not “try” to fall asleep, and do not try to will yourself to sleep. Merely allow yourself to fall asleep.
5. Alcohol will put you to sleep: This may be true, as alcohol is a depressant. However, as soon as the drink wears off, you will awaken abruptly and it will become harder than ever to fall asleep.
6. Sleeping pills will help: During sleep it is the dream phase in which we get our rest. Sleeping pills suppress the dream phase of sleep (REM sleep). That is why one generally awakens feeling more tired than before going to sleep after using drugs.
EFFECTING A CURE
1. figure out what time you feel the most fatigued in the evening. From that point forward, every evening at least an hour before that time, take a bath that is slightly warmer than body temperature for 20 minutes. A shower will not have the intended effect.
2. Drink a warm beverage, preferably not tea because of the caffeine, which will wake you up. It’s best to drink warm milk if you can tolerate it.
3. Stop thoughts of problems that you have. Do not think about what you need to do tomorrow. If you are worried that you will forget what you have to do tomorrow, write it down.
4. Avoid stimulating thoughts and TV shows. If you must read, then read something that is tiresome.
5. Reserve your bed for sleep. Watch TV or read only from a chair or while on your couch.
6. Get into bed at least 20 minutes before your valley of fatigue. Once you are in bed, if worries start to pop into your head, repeat this mantra several times to yourself, “I’ll think about it tomorrow.” This will help to stop the excessive thinking. Do not try to make your mind blank and don’t try to fall asleep. Just allow yourself to rest.
7. For Endogenous Insomnia, you should eliminate the discomfort to the best of your ability.
8. For Exogenous Insomnia, make your room as quiet as possible. If your partner listens to loud music, you can move to another room. Running a fan motor can bring on sleep, as it will tend to muffle loud noises. The monotonous drone of the fan usually proves to be quite hypnotic and relaxing.
HYPNOSIS FOR INSOMNIA – PSYCHO-REACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL INSOMNIA
Practice hypnotherapy for insomnia every day. Stress worsens and can even cause a sleeping problem. Self-hypnosis CD’s can help you to swiftly manage stress. Post-hypnotic suggestions for coping, and to encourage the anticpation of sleep can help. Your sub vocalized motto should be: “I fall asleep promptly, and sleep soundly and restfully all through the night.”

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Reducing Stress with Self Hypnosis

December 4th, 2009

 

Reducing Stress with Self HypnosisBy Alan Crossley, C.Ht, NLP

We are constantly bombarded through the media with advertisements that are designed to make us feel unacceptable, unhappy, unfulfilled, over weight and in need of a quick fix.  Of course the quick fix is always the product or service being offered.  

Do you suffer from indigestion due to over eating…then drink this pink liquid and feel better…then do it again later so we can sell you some more pink liquid!  The last thing the people who make pink liquid want you to do is to learn to eat slowly, appreciate your food and stop when you begin to feel full!

The same is true with the economy, we have been conditioned to buy..buy..buy and never feel satisfied or fulfilled.  We always FEEL like we need the next best cell phone, or that cool pair of $150.00 running shoes because we have been programmed to respond that way through a constant stream of advertisements that tell us we are not good enough the way we are or with what we have. 

It’s no wonder that so many people are over stressed. Where are the positive, uplifting messages and images that tell us we are ok, that we can be happy, that we did a good job and that there is hope. 

Within each of us is a part of us known as the sub-conscious or unconscious mind. This part of our minds has the ability to process millions of bits of information every second and has access to everything we have ever learned or experienced in our lives, even if we can’t remember it consciously.  

Making friends with your unconscious mind can provide you with access to unlimited resources to make the changes you desire in your life. This includes finding new ways to help you reduce stress and increasing a sense of balance and calmness.

 

Here are 5 tips to help you begin to reduce the amount of stress in your life.

1) Reduce the amount of advertising and negative media that you allow in your life.  It always take effort to change the habit of listening to the radio or sitting in front of the tv. Don’t eliminate the entertainment, just the news and commercials! Switch to an MP3 player for your music source, watch DVDs or Video Tapes instead of sitcoms, or get yourself a Personal Video Recorder and fast forward through commercials!

2) Listen to your internal voice and notice whether the things you say to yourself are positive or negative.  When you make a mistake do you say to yourself “that was stupid” or worse “I’m so stupid” when faced with a challenge do you say “I can’t do that”?  Begin to re-state you internal dialog in a positive way when you catch yourself saying something negative, such as “I can’t do that…yet..but it’s going to be fun learning how” or ‘how can I learn to do this…and enjoy the process”. 

3) Make a list of things you are proud of, people you love, fun times you have had in the past.  When you are feeling stressed, go through the list and take the time to visualize those people, places and things and notice how it changes the way you feel.

4) Change your physiology!  When you are feeling stressed, change the way you breath, hold your shoulders back, stand or sit up straight and image what it would feel like to have just won the lottery…. How does that change the way you feel?  Change your physiology, then change your breathing and you will change the way you feel!  You can learn to control your state instead of allowing your state to control you!

5) Use self hypnosis recordings to empower yourself and tap the resources of your unconscious mind.  Hypnosis is deeply relaxing and allows your body to rest and repair while providing a positive experience.

 

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Self Hypnosis Techniques to Help you Sleep

November 12th, 2009

Many people in our stress filled environment have trouble falling asleep.
However, there are certain self hypnosis techniques that can help with your sleeping habits.
While self hypnosis should not be used to reduce sleeping times, as not just your mind but also your physical body needs to rest, it can be used to reduce the amount of time spent lying in bed waiting to fall asleep.
Practice the following form of minor self hypnosis technique to help you sleep. While the first few nights, this can take up to an hour to actually work, as your mind becomes accustomed to this “shut-off ” cue, you will fall asleep faster and in a more relaxed way:
Make sure everything is ready for you to fall asleep before you begin, as it can become a bad habit to stop in the middle of self hypnosis to go check that the door is locked, or the alarm is set. If you tend to do this, make a list of pre-bed things to do, and tick each item off.
Begin while lying on your back in your bed. Make sure you are comfortable, with your arms lying by your sides. If you are worrying about something you need to do tomorrow, take a moment and write it down. Tell yourself you will deal with it tomorrow (or whenever you will be dealing with it) and push it from your mind. Go back to your position.
Contract and relax each set of muscles in your body, starting with your toes and ending as high up as you can control. (For some people, this ends with shoulder contractions). Remember that you are trying to relax, so don’t worry if your body is not cooperating.
Focus on your breathing. With your eyes closed, tell yourself that you are becoming very relaxed and calm. If you need to have an image in your head, choose something calm and soothing, such as the sky. (This can also be done with your eyes open. Choose which is more natural for you).
Instead of counting sheep, simply count slowly down from a number. Try starting with 30, although some people may need more and others less.
Count slowly and with each number, tell yourself that you are becoming sleepier.
When you reach zero, tell yourself that you are so sleepy; you might not even be able to open your eyes. Relax and let yourself drift away.
This technique may take time to work. If it does not work the first time, try slowing down the countdown, or choosing a different image.
Many people try to use self-hypnosis as a method in order to function on less sleep, forgetting that our body’s needs are separate from what our mind thinks you can hypnotize yourself into thinking you do not need to eat, but you will still need to eat, and the same goes for sleep.
Self hypnosis cannot actually replace sleep, it only makes it easier to fall asleep and for some people, can improve the quality of their sleep.

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Self Hypnosis – A Higher State of Mind

November 3rd, 2009

Self hypnosis is a state of mind that can occur naturally and may be defined as a state of intensely focused concentration also known as a trance and is characterized by the individual’s eagerness to follow suggestions. Self hypnosis is a skill that should be learned properly before experiencing any effects.
Before starting on self hypnosis, you need to know the steps on how to do it properly. You should also be in the right type of environment when doing self hypnosis. Set up a schedule for practice time and keep records of your self hypnosis attempts. You will need a comfortable place to lie or sit down; a quiet and peaceful environment, and the willingness and ability to follow instructions.
The first thing to do when starting self hypnosis is to choose the most important goal. It is recommended to start with a single goal, maybe two at most. These goals should be measurable like counting the number of days you haven’t had a smoke, or the number of pounds you have lost in a week. When starting self hypnosis, try using your own induction process, or if you find it difficult to relax, try using an induction tape and work better on your relaxation.
Here are some simple steps on how to go about self hypnosis:
- Find a comfortable, private, peaceful and quiet place to sit or lie down. Some people may recommend sitting down since lying down may make you more inclined to fall asleep.
- Close your eyes and start the induction process. Rid your mind of any feelings of stress, fear, and anxiety. If you find it difficult to concentrate, do not force your thoughts out, instead, let them go away naturally.
- Starting with your toes, allow the tension in your body to slip away. Visualize the tension leaving your toes, continue through to your calves, thighs, moving up to your face and head.
- Breathe slowly and deeply. Visualize the tension leaving your body as you exhale.
- Once you’ve reached a point of extreme relaxation, start addressing your main concern or goal and use the present tense. Use positive words and repeat your statement as many times as you want.
- As soon as you are done, slowly count up to 10 and ease yourself back into a normal state of relaxation. Allow yourself to have a few minutes before opening your eyes.
Remember, relaxation is an important step when it comes to self hypnosis, so you should practice and find a way to help yourself relax. Come up with the right kind of suggestions and use them during self hypnosis and at any other times of the day. You can also try auto questioning. This can help ease your subconscious into a receptive state of your suggestions.

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Anchoring Resources for Better Golf – An Experience With Self Hypnosis for Golf

October 11th, 2009

NLP anchoring provides a very effective method for stacking and anchoring our past resources and positive experiences. We can call upon these resources whenever we need them for golfing excellence.

The round of golf I played a few days after my first NLP course sums up my experience of using resource anchoring to build and hold together a really good round of golf. I was just so calm and composed. Despite not hitting the ball that well, I hit 16 of the first 17 holes in regulation and hit a long drive up the middle on 18. That’s when I suddenly realised what was happening and I started thinking “all I need is a par” to have my best round here. I completely lost it for 3 awful shots then suddenly remembered about my NLP skills and got back in the zone and almost holed a tricky shot from the over the back of the green.

This article takes that idea a lot further by providing a self-hypnosis script that installs that concept in your unconscious. That makes sure that you don’t have to consciously remember to use your anchor whenever you need it. Your unconscious is programmed to make it happen.

Now I’m making the big assumption here that you know how to take yourself into hypnosis – If you do, then you know what to do with the script below. If you don’t, then find someone to help you or learn how to do it for yourself or just give it a try – what have you got to lose?.;

Assuming that you’re relaxed, and whether you’ve formally taken yourself into hypnosis or you’re just sitting there relaxed, just continue with these words:

Now relax as you travel through all those wonderful golfing experiences in your memory and your imagination. Relaxing more and more, as you are seeing those courses and imagining talking with those friends and golfing partners – the people who make your golfing experience so good. If you’re not familiar with self-hypnosis, just relax, switch off the phone, turn down the light and just quietly read these words slowly to yourself.

And as you see all those wonderful golf courses, you are building an image of the most wonderfully relaxing golf course. And I don’t know if you are imagining your perfect golf course and clubhouse or if you are remembering your favourite one, while you are relaxing deeper and deeper and more and more contentedly into the armchair in your favourite clubroom. After a few moments relaxing there, you see a door and realise that it’s the door of the locker room and when I count to four, you’re going to step through it.

Relax more deeply and allow your mind to drift down to golfing heaven as one… two… three… Four! You open the door and step through and as you look around, you see your friend and playing partners and as they greet you warmly, you feel a warm glow of relaxing confidence as you know, just know deeply, that you are going to have the most wonderfully relaxing game of golf ever.

As you look around, you see another door and realise that it’s the door to your locker, even if you don’t have a locker, and as you count from one to four, you reach forward happily and expectantly to open the door and look inside, knowing there are some powerful messages there for you.

And as a result, you relax even more and allow your mind to drift down, as one… two… three… Four! You open the door and find your golf clubs, the clubs that remind you and fuel your imagination of all the golfing abilities you use to get the most out of – your rounds of golf: your relaxed grip, the stance that provides the relaxed balance and stability to your swing and that wonderful tempo that smoothly swishes the club through to a perfect finish. And most importantly, you are relieved to find those most reassuring course management skills that let you get the most out of your mind as you play.

As your mind wanders, you look deeper and deeper down into the locker and notice a special journal, real or imaginary, and when you count to four, you are going to pick up and open that book.

One…two…three…fore! And you open that special journal, the storehouse of all your most wonderful golfing memories; the greatest shots you have ever played and imagined. The memories wash over you and imbue you with a feeling of more and more relaxed confidence.

And as you step out onto the first tee, taking out your driver, planning the shot carefully and preparing to repeat the best driver shot that you have ever played or imagined. When you’re ready you step forward into your stance, you see the ball there glowing white and illuminating the area where you take your stance. It doesn’t matter now if the ball is on a tee or sitting on the tee, as you step into the glow, take your stance, swing smoothly and watch the ball sail perfectly down the fairway or to the green. And as your friends and playing partners congratulate you and you feel a warm relaxing feeling of contentment well up inside you, you bring your hands gently together into your grip and gently squeeze your hands on the club as you hang on to the wonderful feelings for a few moments, before stepping out of your stance and the residual glow from the ball, a s you feel yourself putting the club back into the bag. That’s right.

Now, you are surveying a long fairway wood shot into a distant green and you take out your fairway wood, plan the shot carefully and prepare to repeat the best fairway wood shot that you have ever played or imagined. And as you step forward into your stance, you see the ball there on the fairway glowing white and illuminating the area where you take your stance. I t doesn’t matter now if the shot is over bunker or lake, or whether it’s a more straightforward shot, as you step into the glow, take your stance, swing smoothly and watch the ball sail perfectly onto the green. And as your friends and playing partners congratulate you and you feel a warm relaxing feeling of contentment well up inside you, you bring your hands gently together into your grip and gently squeeze your hands on the club, as you hang on to the wonderful feelings for a few moments, before stepping out of your stance and the residual glow from the ball. Before putting the club back into the bag. That’s wonderful … great golf is so relaxing.

Further into the round, you are facing a mid-iron shot into a smallish green, it doesn’t matter if it’s a 5, 6 or 7-iron that you’re choosing. You are relaxed and confident as you plan the shot carefully and prepare to repeat the best iron shot that you have ever played or imagined. And as you step forward into your stance, you see the ball there glowing white on the fairway and illuminating the area where you take your stance. And it doesn’t matter if you plan to land the ball gently by the flag or caress it and let it run up there smoothly. As, you step into the glow, you take your stance, swing smoothly and watch the ball sail perfectly onto the green and finish really close to the hole. And as your friends and playing partners congratulate you and you feel a warm relaxing feeling of contentment well up inside you, you bring your hands gently together into your grip and gently squeeze your hands on the club as you hang on to the wonderful feelings for a few moments, before stepping out of your stance and the residual glow from the ball, putting the club back into the bag. You just know that’s how a great golfer plays mid-irons.

You’re now on one the large undulating greens, looking over a longish putt. And it doesn’t really matter if you are planning to play the putt, gently taking all the borrow and letting the ball just drop slowly into the hole or if you are taking a more direct route, as you confidently plan the putt and prepare to repeat the best putt you have ever played or imagined. And as you step forward into your stance, you see the ball there glowing white on the green and illuminating the area where you take your stance. As, you step into the glow, you take your stance, putt the ball smoothly and watch it roll steadily and unerringly into the hole, as you punch the air in delight. And as your friends and playing partners congratulate you and you feel a warm relaxing feeling of contentment well up inside you, you bring your hands gently together into your grip and gently squeeze your hands on the club as you hang on to the wonderful feelings for a few moments, before stepping out of your stance and the residual glow from the ball, putting the putter back in the bag. Tiger woods dreams of moments like this. Doesn’t he?

Now, imagine your next round of golf. It doesn’t matter if it’s next weekend or some other time in the future. And as you prepare to play each and every shot or putt, you see the glow of the ball on the ground illuminating the area of your stance and when you are ready to take the shot, you step into the glow, take your stance, feel the relaxing glow all around you, and as you bring your hands gently together into your grip, gently squeeze your hands together on the club, remembering all those feelings of relaxed confidence and elation. And you hit the best shot ever, continuing in this way and completing the best round of golf you have ever played.

Now’s the time to thank your unconscious mind for this self-hypnosis experience and ask that part of you to repeat this wonderful experience for you with every shot and round of golf that you play.

And as you emerge from self-hypnosis, in your normal way or by counting up from 1 to 5, you just know now that your golf is improving and more confident every time you play.

Now that’s a new experience. Isn’t it?

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95% of Attempts to Perform Self Hypnosis Fail Because of a Few Basic Mistakes

October 2nd, 2009

This may come as a surprise… but most of the people who attempt to perform self hypnosis by reading an e-book or by watching a video cannot perform it.

Self Hypnosis is very easy. However, most people fail to perform it simply because it never happens. They wait patiently and practice for some time regularly only to be disappointed in the end. Why?

One of the main reasons why people performing self hypnosis for the first few times never meet with success is because they expect it to happen. They wait for the magic to happen.

This is a very big mistake. You would know it if you have ever tried to “watch” when you go to sleep; it becomes very frustrating because you never go to sleep at all! Watching prevents you from sleeping. This is because sleeping, just like hypnosis, requires you to lose concentration rather than focusing.

Another reason why the trance state never happens is because you don’t practice enough.

Keep in mind that very few people manage to enter the trance state in the very first attempt. Most people fail to enter for the first few attempts, but then suddenly one day the magic happens and they find themselves in a very pleasant state. However, until that day they kept on trying. Most experts would advise you to perform or at least attempt to perform self hypnosis at least twice a day: half an hour session in the morning after bath and half an hour in the evening just before bed.

Most people try to perform self hypnosis without first learning how to relax properly.

Relaxation is a very important groundwork for performing self hypnosis. Deep relaxation can help you to get into trance state very easily. Before learning to perform self hypnosis it is advisable to first learn how to relax deeply. A simple method is to tense the muscles of the limbs for a few seconds, then relax by imagining that you are letting go of the tension with every breath.

You cannot expect anything that requires hard work to give results unless you are motivated enough.

Of course, those who have performed self hypnosis for a few times can perform one more time even without motivation. However, if you are performing for the first time it is extremely important to have a strong motivation. When you attempt self hypnosis for the first time, it is advisable to have a very strong motivation, the desire to excel academically for example.

If you say you cannot enter trance then you probably won’t.

This is a mistake made by many people. If you predict that the magical trance state won’t happen, then the prediction will fulfill itself. There is no doubt about it. Of course it is human nature to become discouraged after a few failures, that’s why losers continue to lose and winners continue to win. One way around it is to read success stories, ones with success after repeated failures.

When I first made an attempt at self hypnosis, I was disappointed. However, I quickly realized the mistake that I was making, and in my third attempt I entered the magical trance state. If you avoid the mistakes outlined in this article I am sure you will soon see some positive results.

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Self Hypnosis: The Trance Induction

October 1st, 2009

This articles lays out the benefits of self-hypnosis and the techniques for going into a trance. Self-hypnosis is taught to all of our clients and nlp training students in New York who enjoy the benefits of being able to go into trance whenever they want or need
Why learn self-hypnosis?
Things can make us feel overwhelmed. During the past week I was working on my personal tax return as well as several client projects. The financial markets were in melt-down and my wife was fretting over the beating our investments were taking. One of my colleagues called me with some outrageous demand on my time I felt like screaming at him. However I was able to use self hypnosis to relax, refocus and respond in a calmer and more resourceful way!
In these troubling times it is easy to feel overwhelmed when we need all the calm and concentration we can muster. Of course we learn meditation or other techniques to find a calm space inside, however for a more rapid solution, self hypnosis may be the answer.
This makes self hypnosis a wonderful skill to have. We can become instantly calm and relaxed. This allows us to make better decisions, let go of uncomfortable memories and perform better in any area of our life we wish.
What Hypnosis Isn’t
There is a myth that we lose control when in a hypnotic trance. This is not true. Hypnosis allows us to become stronger and more resourceful.
As for the belief that you may lose control, I am reminded of the story of the lady who went to a hypnosis stage show. She volunteered to be one of the audience members hypnotized on stage and proved her-self very adept. She carried out every outrageous suggestion that the hypnotist gave; she quacked like a duck, and walked like a chicken. However, when the hypnotist suggested that the stage was a disco and everyone should dance she stood perfectly calmly and perfectly still, not joining in. After the show, the hypnotist approached her privately and asked her why she had joined in with every activity except the dancing. She replied, “Well, you see, in my religion, we don’t dance”. The fact Is that you are fully in control during hypnosis, it is just that critical voice that often stops you from enjoying yourself that is silenced.
How to start self hypnosis
What is the first step in self hypnosis? It’s experiencing a hypnotic trance. A hypnotic trance is really little more than a very deep and profound level of relaxation. It goes without saying that you should not experience trance while driving a car, operating machinery or being otherwise involved in something that requires you attention.
Find a suitable chair to sit in. We suggest it is not too comfortable so you don’t get so relaxed you go to sleep! Choose a time to practice when your can be undisturbed for 20 minutes.
The following represents one way to begin to experience trance. Become familiar with the instructions so you can easily give them to yourself without having to read them!
1. Once you have selected a chair, select a point on the wall in front of you and above eye level and stare at it.
2. Notice your breathing, breathe in, and relax out. With each breath out, feel a wave of relaxation wash over your body, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.
3. Feel yourself sinking into a wonderfully relaxed state and say the following to yourself three times:
a. I am going deeper into trance
b. Any noises I hear will taker me deeper into relaxation
c. If anything around me requires my attention, I will instantly awake, refreshed and alert
4. Go even deeper into a state of deep relaxation. Feel your eyes getting more relaxed and feeling heavy. Still looking at the point on the wall, allow your eyes to open and close, opening as you breathe in and closing and you breathe out. When your eyes are totally relaxed allow them to remain closed, relaxing even more with each breath.
5. When your eyes feel so relaxed that you feel you could not open them if you tried, only then test them. Try to open them or notice if they just remain closed.
6. Feel your eyes stay closed and know that you are now in trance. As you relax even further, feel how good that feels.
7. Congratulate yourself on having a great hypnotic skill.
8. Now you can tell yourself: “I can easily and rapidly return to this relaxed state whenever I wish by squeezing my left forefinger and thumb together and breathing out to a count of 3-2-1.” Repeat this instruction 3 times.
9. Tell yourself that you will become happier, healthier, more confident and more successful with each day that passes. Repeat this three times.
10. Now say “As I count from one to three I will come fully awake feeling alert and refreshed. 1 I am beginning to awaken. 2 eyes opening, feeling good. 3 feeling fully awake, alert and great!
Congratulations on taking your first steps into learning self-hypnosis. We teach self hypnosis on our NLP training in New York, and hypnosis courses in New York.
Shawn Carson is a Hypnotist and Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner and Trainer offering NLP training in New York. He is also a certified coach and offers NLP Practitioner Training for Coaches in New York. www.nlptrainingnewyork.com Tel:212-714-3574 email:iphnewyork@aol.com

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