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Hypnotic
Performance Improvement
By Charles
Wm. Skillas, Ph.D., DD, BCH, FNGH, CI
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Become
expert by rehearsing under hypnosis,
and keep your feet dry!
There is an aspect of
the subconscious mind that makes hypnosis of unprallel
utility in increasing performance in all endeavors requiring
practice to perfect. This aspect is the subconsciouss
inability to distinguish real from imaginary. This derives
from the subconscious minds need to protect us from
any danger, real or imaginary, since it cannot discern
the difference.
The subconscious operates
on programs put into it. An imbedded program creates
a habit, which is an automatic response to sensory inputs.
Programs are consciously created, and with repetition
are imbedded into the subconscious. Think of the subconscious
as a computer. A habit is a program that has become
imbedded into the subconscious computers hard drive.
The summation of programs on the hard drive determines
our behavior and response to life. If the habit (imbedded
program) makes the golf ball fly onto the green in one
stroke, it is because the conscious mind got out of
the way and let the imbedded program operate unencumbered.
When our mothers taught
us to tie our shoelaces, we had to consciously do it
very carefully at first slowly moving our fingers in
the proper motion to accomplish the correct knot. As
we continued to tie our shoelaces repeatedly, the program
(habit) became imbedded in our subconscious. In time,
we did not have to think about tying our shoelaces,
it just happened as we activate the imbedded habit and
the subconscious tied the knot. Actually, if we consciously
try to tie our shoelaces, once the habit is embedded,
we will probably make a mistake because the conscious
mind gets into the way of the perfect automatic subconscious
program.
Take golf, for instance.
We can consciously create a single stroke program in
the subconscious by visualizing the ball coming off
the clubface, flying through the air and going into
the cup on the green. The conscious visualization actuates
the subconscious to create the necessary coordinated
body motion program to accomplish the conscious imagery.
If we do this many times, the programmed action becomes
imbedded into the subconscious mind. This then becomes
a program on the subconscious hard drive. When the golfer
meets that visualized situation on the golf course,
the real life sensory inputs line up with the visualized
sensory inputs and the subconscious executes the perfectly
coordinated body motion to accomplish the feat, provided
the conscious mind is out of the way. The conscious
mind can be by-passed by putting oneself into self-hypnosis.
The same technique can be applied to any sport or artistic
endeavor where repetition is required for excellence.
By consciously visualizing the desired result, the subconscious
continuously rehearses the performance and hones the
bodys movements to perfection. The efficacy of this
technique is demonstrated by the fact that most great
artists and sports people use it.
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