| Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy have come a long | | | | and the calming quality of hypnotherapy go a long |
| way from the primitive notions of it being related | | | | way in instilling a feeling of peace in the player's |
| to mumbo-jumbo and sinister magicians. Today, | | | | psyche. And when a player is peaceful, his mind is |
| the world is recognizing hypnotherapy for what it | | | | uncluttered - that way he can give in his 100% to |
| really is - a life changing force which allows you to | | | | a shot. He can overlook all distractions, as his mind |
| conquer your mind. And we would all agree that | | | | is completely focused on the perfect stroke. In |
| our mind is indeed the greatest instrument we | | | | his mind, he can visualize the next stroke and play |
| have to alter our life and to change its course | | | | it near precision - the results speak for |
| towards success. In the recent years there has | | | | themselves. |
| been a lot of speculation over hypnotherapy, and | | | | Tiger Woods has been quoted in the August 2001 |
| it has been found that one of the areas where it | | | | issue of Golf Magazine saying, "I always have an |
| can really work for you is to improve your sports | | | | inner peace on the golf course. I've learned to |
| performance. If you are an athlete, or aspire to | | | | trust the subconscious, and my instincts have |
| be a sport star; it would be an entirely wise | | | | never lied to me." Much of the credit for this inner |
| decision to consider hypnotherapy for further | | | | peace and calm goes to the fact that he |
| honing your skills, and come up with one winning | | | | practices hypnosis at least once a week. Jay |
| performance after the other. What's more | | | | Brunza, is the clinical psychologist who has been |
| hypnotherapy in High Wycombe and | | | | working with Tiger Woods for a long time; it is he |
| Buckinghamshire is now available at Terry | | | | who introduced Woods to the tools of |
| Doherty's clinic. A lot of athletes in the past and in | | | | hypnotherapy, the ways to conquer one's mind, |
| the present swear by what hypnosis has done to | | | | and the methods for self-hypnosis. Jay Brunza |
| their sporting performance, and how they have | | | | taught Woods how to get himself into "the zone" |
| produced master strokes in every game they | | | | at will. The zone which we are talking about here |
| have played since they started practicing it. And | | | | is a state of complete calm and focus, when a |
| no other sports person displays the brilliance of | | | | player can bring on his peak performance at will. |
| Hypnotherapy, than the Golf Maestro, Tiger | | | | A player's state of mind is a major player in the |
| Woods. | | | | kind of game he/she has. If one is calm, relaxed |
| Tiger Woods has acknowledged the fact that he | | | | and focused, the performance too will reflect the |
| turns to hypnotherapy to calm his mind and | | | | same mastery. In fact, the next time you watch |
| improve his focus before every game he plays. In | | | | Tiger Woods play, pay close attention to his face |
| fact he is said to have been practicing it ever | | | | before he tees off. You will notice that his eyes |
| since he was 13. Golf is a mind game, where each | | | | open wide, and he blink twice. Its not that he can't |
| golfer has to think well in advance what shots he | | | | see clearly, it's just a nugget of hypnotherapy he |
| she is going to play. Visualization techniques in | | | | is using to 'get into the zone'. It's done on |
| hypnotherapy help a golfer do just that. It helps a | | | | purpose, and his victories go a long way in telling |
| player to go over the winning strokes in his mind | | | | us that this post-hypnotic trigger has affected his |
| over and over again, till the stroke - every | | | | game more than we give it credit for. If you |
| muscle moved to create it, every angle in the | | | | want to avail of hypnotherapy sessions for sports |
| body needed to achieve it, is instilled in the | | | | performance in High Wycombe and |
| player's mind. Hypnotherapy also helps in calming | | | | Buckinghamshire, get in touch with Terry Doherty |
| down the anxiety and nervousness that a player | | | | on terry@mind-works.co. |
| faces before any big game. The soothing effect | | | | |