Interested in sports hypnosis? See the 2/19/10 article, “Bahrke gets hip to hypnotism” on the NBC Olympic Health and Fitness blog. Here’s an excerpt, which begins with a quote from Bahrke:
“Having that good plan, getting a good visualization of where you’re at, being aware of negative self-talk, and giving yourself positive affirmations-I worked on a lot of those things, but in my heart and soul I didn’t believe it,” she says. “That’s where my hypnotherapist came into play.”
Here’s how it works, according to Randy Shaw, Bahrke’s hypnotherapist in Salt Lake City: Fear in the subconscious mind-instigated by, say, a bad crash or injury-can cause a lack of concentration and lead to a decline in performance. By accessing the subconscious mind and identifying those fears, athletes can overcome them.
“When a bad feeling comes up, it’s connected to another time when we felt like that,” explains Shaw. “What I do is help you release what happened in the past so that it has no power over you in the now.” Click here to read the whole article.
For hypnotherapists out there, I highly recommend training materials and programs by Bahrke’s hypnotherapist, Randy Shaw and his collaborator, Matt Sison.
