Self-Hypnosis and Mental Imagery For Enhanced Running

Posted on June 30, 2011 in Personal Development, Self-Hypnosis | No Comments

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 English [...]

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The Relaxation Response For Enhancing Sporting Performance

Posted on June 28, 2011 in Hypnosis, Life of Adam, Personal Development | 4 Comments

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 just us hypnotherapists and other kinds of complementary [...]

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How Is Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis Useful When It Comes To Running?

Posted on June 27, 2011 in Hypnosis, Personal Development | 2 Comments

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 throughout my life and [...]

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What Is The Actual Evidence For Using Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy To Stop Smoking?

Posted on June 23, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | 2 Comments

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 stop smoking remedy to many people. [...]

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The Somatic Awareness Rapid Hypnosis Induction

Posted on June 22, 2011 in Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Training | 6 Comments

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 Suggestions in the Dental Setting’ which I have found to be extremely interesting as it charts a number of evidence based rapid hypnosis inductions. Though the article is aimed [...]

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