To be in a Flow State or in The Zone is just a matter of mindset. It’s the mental state whereby a person performing an activity is completely immersed, fully engaged, highly focused and deeply concentrated. A mental and emotional place where time seems to stand still, nothing else matters. On your marks, get set, flow.

Take athletes for example. Athletes train incredibly hard and stretch their bodies to the limit, but their mental and emotional health is stretched just as hard. The secret to their success is their ability to get in The Zone or in the Flow State.

Hypnotherapy in sport has both therapeutic and performance-enhancing functions. Sports performance at a high level requires an intensive yet relaxed concentration which is in fact, a state of hypnosis itself. It’s well documented that high level performers are able to go into active trance-like states when performing at their best, often referred to as being in the zone or the flow.

Concentration, relaxation, self-belief, the ability to accept success, a winner mentality, mental strength and the ability to draw upon physical resources more effectively, are all major benefits achieved through hypnosis for sport performance. Drawing more effectively on the mental and physical resources athletes possess and being able to hold on to powerful mental images of success and winning are all part of the hypnotic training for athletes.

Hypnotherapy teaches sports men and women how to achieve this state of heightened focus and concentration even in the most highly competitive and stressful situations, learning how to reduce stress while maximising performance. Most successful athletes learn to achieve this state spontaneously and today sports psychologists, trainers and coaches seek to indoctrinate a success belief in athletes, teaching them to programme themselves to achieve maximum performance.

During hypnotherapy sessions, personal issues of any kind can be discussed and worked through whether related or unrelated to the sport.

My clients are tennis professionals, golfers, footballers, basketball players, rowers, showjumpers, cyclists, marathon runners and athletes. I work with endurance sportsmen and women and most recently with clients training for the Marathon des Sables.

I also work with young people from training academies, semi-professional sports people and also clients who would simply like to have the motivation to exercise and take up a new sport.

If you would like to up your game, get in the zone and in the flow state, get in touch today.

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