Using Self-Hypnosis And Hypnotherapy To Enhance Focus and Concentration When Running
Today, I am talking about how I help my hypnotherapy clients (especially athletes) to enhance focus and concentration, both of which are considered vital for enhanced performance. In his 1998 book The inner game of golf, Gallwey suggests that when performing their...
Getting Into A Good Mood Using Self-Hypnosis – As Used In Many A Hypnotherapy Session
Following such an amazing weekend on the final module of my Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma training course, I am in such a good mood... Thought I'd share with you today how to get into a good mood yourself with this video clip. All about using cognitions to enhance...
Flurry Of Stories Of Hypnosis And Hypnotherapy In The News
Today I am preparing for the final weekend's tuition for my current monthly hypnotherapy practitioner diploma. I have been signing some certificates and to top it all off we are having a firewalk and a bit of a knees up afterwards for some end of course fun and...
Self-Hypnosis and a Mental Imagery Technique For Enhanced Running
When I was very young, we lived in a road that had a small green in the centre of it and I'd play football on that green for hours with my friends. Every time I went up to head the ball I'd imagine being Trevor Francis (the first million pound player ever in the...
The Relaxation Response For Enhancing Sporting Performance
Today I am introducing a well-known procedure that is referred to by many as Benson's Relaxation Response. It is something I have my sports clients learn how to do as part of their mental skills training outside of hypnotherapy sessions with me. Of course, it is not...
How Useful is Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis for Sporting Performance?
We use our legs to run, don't we? As a result, surely we just need to run and keep on running, as Forrest Gump would say. Isn't this the case? Though these days marathon running is my sport, I have played football to a moderately high standard and various other sports...
What Is The Actual Evidence For Using Hypnosis For Stopping Smoking?
The vast majority of people that I encounter with a moderate amount of knowledge about hypnotherapy, tend to think that hypnotherapy is first and foremost a great way to stop smoking. They think of it as the best application of hypnosis. It seems to be best known as a...
The Somatic Awareness Rapid Hypnosis Induction
Somatic awareness is not something typically heard of in hypnosis inductions I'd say. I have been reading a paper by Selig Finkelstein from 2003 in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis entitled 'Rapid Hypnotic Inductions and Therapeutic...
Some Hypnosis Dates For Your Diary
No usual blog entry today, just an announcement for a couple of dates of upcoming events: The Hypnosis Geek dinner - we have our next meeting scheduled for the 28th July in our usual private dining rooms. Get in touch with me if you'd like one of the few remaining...
Are Hypnosis And Relaxation Different Flavours Of The Same Thing?
Welcome to a new week! After a rainy, but marvellously relaxing weekend spent eating and drinking too much at the Cricket test match and then gardening and being with my wife, I have to get on with my marathon training and up to speed with my work and the stark...
