Sports hypnosis works on the axiom of the mind-body connection. Up until this point in Western medicine, the mind and body have been viewed as two separate things. It has only been through more recent advances in neuroscience
Read morePositive expectation in the context of sports hypnosis.
Another important foundation within the field of hypnosis is creating a positive expectation. Expectation is a strong component in human behaviour and motivation. Whatever the outcome, negative or positive, people are always looking to fulfil expectations.
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In my own personal experience, I found that I stepped into the physiological/ psychological feedback loop when I was particularly exhausted from hard training session. This would become more apparent to me when I had had a break from training and my fitness was not at a comparable level to that of my training partners (or at least that was my belief). Now it stands to reason that if I was less physically fit, that my training partner would get the better of me, right?
Read morePower Dynamics - Change the way the world sees you
As a hypnotherapist, there are several key themes that are deeply interesting to me in both my personal and professional life. The mind-body connection is certainly one of these themes. This article more specifically looks at the link between the mind-body connection and power dynamics through the lens of my own personal experience.
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