Posts Tagged ‘sports anxiety’

We all have an inner guidance that is greater than our conscious mind. In watching the Olympics it is obvious that some of the athletes have been trained to tap into this power. Some have headphones on right up to their race – what do you think they are listening to?

I always teach the athletes I work with to access the part of their mind that is beyond the conscious mind. This means to tap into their subconscious or unconscious mind. To best illustrate this, you might think of a computer or ipod with all of the amazing capabilities they both have. The face of the computer is the conscious mind and all the programs and capabilities the computer has is the subconscious or unconscious mind. Wouldn’t it be valuable to learn how to operate your subconscious mind to peak performance levels? That subconscious mind is running your body, after all. We all have and are born with this ‘hardware’ but usually it is our parents, teachers, friends, who add to or build our software. These software programs may or may not be working for you; few of us know how to use them. I teach my clients how to switch to the program they want to use when they are competing (or in other areas in life that doesn’t have extreme competition).

State of mind control is the most important talent to develop. We each have an inner switch (like a light switch) that allows us to turn on the confidence or turn off the negative chatter. There are many modalities I teach to allow my clients to be able to consistently accomplish this power. Think of the implications here – how these skills could improve performance or how these skills might improve your life.

My CD called Power Circle presents a state of mind switch that is easy to listen to and easy to follow for learning to retrain your brain to be confident. This is one technique that everyone can easily accomplish with a little effort!

There has been a lot of news lately about local and national sports figures making mistakes, poor decisions, and public apologies (just like the rest of us!). The pressure to maintain a positive image, to serve as a role model, and to perform has never been greater, it seems.

Almost every athlete I see is anxious, experiencing a fair amount of anxiety or fear about performance in their sport. By the time these athletes reach age 14, 15, 16, they have developed an actual pattern for their anxiety. It’s an ingrained, automatic response, which becomes more and more intense as the years move on. Some of my clients even argue that they need their anxiety to perform! These patterns can – and should – be broken so optimum performance levels truly can be achieved.

I have developed many different programs using NLP (neuro-linguistics, guided imagery, and trauma therapy) to help all types of athletes handle their stress, and alter their states of mind. Managing stress is possible and stress management techniques can be applied to most high-performance situations.

To train yourself to get into a desired state of calm, the CD Stay Focused is a treat. It allows you to learn how to go into and stay in peripheral vision, which allows your nervous system to actually experience calm. Listening repeatedly to this program helps you to learn how to get calm rather quickly. Stay Calm is a guided imagery program that helps you to learn to go from sympathetic nervous system to parasympathetic nervous system.

Get calm, stay calm, and improve your performance today!