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- Welcome To This Week's Adam Up |
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The start of the new academic year is
underway. I had a thoroughly enjoyable week off last week. I had a 'staycation' with my wife and children and we had numerous days out and then staked out at the Bournemouth Air Festival for four days. As a family, we never tire of watching the Red Arrows while holding ice creams on the beach. This week I have been catching up and we also had our regular peer support group for hypnotherapists comprising of a
series of mini-lectures by different presenters, which is a format we'll be adopting every September.
It was thoroughly enjoyable and highly informative and really helped me get driven, motivated and inspired ready to teach again later this month after several weeks away from the classroom.
Peer Group Meeting Last Night
New Academic Year - Course and Seminar Dates
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As you can see we are moving away from Bournemouth for many of our seminars and courses next year. In particular we have positioned some of our courses near London Heathrow as we do get many participants from abroad and we hope that this will be more convenient for those of you who would like to attend from outside the UK. To find out more about any of these courses or seminars please visit: To Register and Pay:The Seminars can be booked and paid for online at: EventbriteThe Diploma and Cognitive Behavioural Courses -
you will need to get in touch with us.
Contact details at the bottom of this e-mail
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Heavy Legged? - Sport Related Or Just Too Long On Your Feet - Here Is A Technique To Combat Heavy Legs |
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Before I left, I wrote about an experimental running
technique I had been using and today, I wanted to share another technique that I use at the tail end of my efforts/intervals sessions and throughout a lot of my Sunday long runs.
It is a process that I use for running, but I have had great feedback from individuals who have used this process when playing tennis, football and rugby too. SO please do adapt it to suit while maintaining the underlying theory and principle. I have even used it at
the end of a 9 day training course I have been running where I have been on my feet for a lot longer than I am used to.
One of the main challenges a runner faces is our response to our body. In particular when running, we have to cope with our legs aching, feeling heavy and it may result in us wanting to stop, slow down, or even cut our run short.
Feeling heavy-legged is a symptom many runners have to put up with at times, especially if marathon training and during those
heavy mileage training weeks. As I stated within my previous blog entry here, I wanted to offer up processes that I have been utilizing during my current marathon training that are forming part of my ongoing research.
This self-hypnosis process is one whereby you are required to practice this process a few times, perhaps once or twice a day for a week before you then start to apply it during your runs. Installing it during self-hypnosis and then practicing it as a cognitive strategy when
running is the best way to derive benefit from this process.
The aim is to be able to use your mind and your perception to positively affect how your legs and feet feel when running. Have you ever been performing at your peak and felt like your feet were positively bouncing off the floor when running? Or perhaps you had a pair of shoes that felt like they had a special bounce to them? Well, that sort of bounce is going to be combined with a lightness in the legs for you to use when
running.
Do use this in a safe manner. We are usually far more capable than we might feel at the time, and it will be safe to push ourselves further and faster even when feeling heavy-legged. However, ensure that you do all you can to recover properly and ensure you do not do anything that will cause injury.
Six Step Technique To Combat Heavy Legs |
Here is a simple self-hypnosis session to use and combat heavy legs then. Follow these steps....
Step One: Induce hypnosis. You can do so by any means you desire or know of. You can use the process in my 'Science of self-hypnosis' book, use the free audio here at this website to practice or have a look at the following articles as and when you need them; they are basic processes to help you simply open the
door of your mind:
Heavy Arm Self-Hypnosis Induction Method Using Eye Fixation for Self-Hypnosis The Chiasson Self-Hypnosis Method Hand to Face Self-Hypnosis Induction Using Magnetic Hands for Self-Hypnosis The Coin Drop Self-Hypnosis Induction Once you have induced hypnosis, move on to step two. Step Two:
Imagine being out on a run. See the sights, hear the sounds, notice your feet upon the floor, notice how you feel to be
running. Make it as vivid as possible.
Let every sight, sound, feeling take you deeper and ensure you are more deeply hypnotised. Spend enough time of this step to get into deep hypnosis, get absorbed and focused and then move on to the next step.
Step Three: Start to imagine that you have helium filling each leg when you lift it off the ground, so that they feel an injection of lightness
that then fades as you place your leg back to the floor.
As you pick your legs up, they rise almost automatically, they feel lighter and lighter and are drawn upwards with more and more ease. As your leg reaches the height of the raise, the helium dissipates as the leg is placed down again.
When you have really developed a sense of lightness and imagined it being there in your legs, move on to the next step.
Step Four: Imagine that on the soles of your feet, or
on the soles of your running shoes, is the bounciest rubber material. It is a material that seems to enhance, advance and exaggerate the lightness that you feel each time your feet hit the ground.
Notice that each time your feet hit the ground, the rubber bounces them back upwards again.
Alternatively, you might imagine big, powerful springs on the soles of your feet that propel your feet upwards as they hit the floor with each step. Or yet another idea is to imagine your feet
landing on a trampoline each time they hit the floor, and they bounce upwards with each step. You might imagine having pistons firing. Use whatever you prefer; mini space hoppers attached to your feet, individual pogo sticks on each foot, do whatever seems the most effective for you and the person you are.
When you have fully imagined, as vividly as possible, that your feet are bouncing as you run, then move on to the next step.
Additional - Use your senses: With the above
two steps, use your senses and imagination to advance your experience. For example, you might imagine a colour in your legs that represents the helium sensation. You might imagine a bouncing sound as you feet bounce off the ground, you might recall times when your legs have felt at ease and let that feeling spread into your legs throughout these previous two steps. You may even like to bring it all together, imagine your entire body movement is almost like Tigger bouncing, or like another
cartoon character who seems to move with ease (if you have ever played subway surfer - a free iPad app my nephew plays - you might imagine you got some of those shoes that make you jump over trains), or even model a runner or animal that runs in a bouncy, seemingly light way.
Step Five: With each step, just begin to affirm to yourself or repeat a cognition to yourself that enhances the movements, the lightness and the bounciness. For example:
"Lighter legs, lighter
legs"
"I have bouncy feet, bouncy feet"
"Running like this is easier and easier"
"This feels more and more comfortable"
"Running is so enjoyable"
As you say the words, invest all your belief in what is happening. That is, believe what you are telling yourself, and believe that your legs truly are feeling lighter, believe that your feet are bouncier, believe that you are more comfortable as you run. Undeniably convince yourself and you'll notice the effects much
more.
Just continue with this step until you reinforce any effects occurring, all the time tell yourself you are deeper hypnotised, more focused and absorbed in the process, then move on to the next step.
Step Six: Exit hypnosis. If you follow the protocol from my books or teaching, count yourself up and out from one through to five. Otherwise, wiggle your fingers and toes, take a few deeper breaths and open your eyes to bring the session to an end as you reorient
yourself to your surroundings.
As I said earlier, you can now practice this in depth during self-hypnosis once or ideally twice daily for at least a week. Do continue practicing it in hypnosis for several weeks, but after the first week of practicing and installing it, use it when out running - engage in the imagery, the cognitions and invest the belief so that you bounce along with light feet during your runs. It'll make some runs a LOT of fun too.
Happy bouncing folks! Remember
it is not exclusive to runners and can be used to lighten your legs and get you feeling bouncy whenever you and wherever you choose.
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Adam Interviews Gary Turner This Week
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The next podcast will be available tomorrow (Friday) and information about it can be found at http://hypnosis-weekly.com.
This week - Interview with Gary Turner - Professional discussion with Gary Turner about the use and effectiveness of hypnosis with weight reduction.
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Joke of the week: I got sent numerous jokes while I was away, it was tough to pick winners, there are then 3 jokes this week....
- Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A. Frostbite.
- Q. How do crazy people go through the forest?
A. They take the psycho path.
- Q. What did Geronimo say when he
jumped out of the airplane?
A. ME!!!
Hahahaa, I had to share those this week. A big thank you to everyone who sends in the jokes each week, I love getting them. Articles of the week: Here are a selection of topical articles that I enjoyed reading this week, often related to the fields of hypnosis,
hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and other forms of personal development. Some may have just amused me or made me smile. My personal comments about them are in brackets and just because we feature an article here, it does not mean they represent my own views - most often, they do not! If you ever come across any related articles that you think may feature well, then get in touch with me and we can share them here:
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Adam Eason Forthcoming Courses & Events
2014/2015 |
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You will see that some of our events are now available via Eventbrite.
This means that you can pay for the tickets online.
We will still get in touch with you for any special arrangements.
We just hope that you find this a more convenient way to
book yourself onto our Seminars.
If you have any queries about any course get in touch via our Help DeskWe will be sure to get back to you
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HYPNOTHERAPY DIPLOMA TRAINING
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Our 10 Month Course is 1 weekend per month from October till July
Next course starts October 2014
Our Intensive Course is more suited to people living further afield.
Two 9 Day blocks - Next Course begins March 2015
If you want to train to be a
hypnotherapist, there has never been a better time, we are thriving in this economic climate! If you'd like to train, check out here for a course prospectus, dates
and application form for this year's diploma, fully approved and accredited in several countries... The spaces are going at some pace right now though... My training school is one of a few in the UK to currently offer the externally verified HPD (Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma) which matches government occupational standards and is the equivalent of
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Learn Self-Hypnosis!
We have new dates for my self-hypnosis one day seminar.
They also carry with them Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits with the GHR and NCH
here in the UK if you are a member of either.
The seminars have been fully booked up this year and we are offering these extra dates in response to popular demand.
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FIVE DAY COURSE
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL HYPNOTHERAPY
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Please do come and join us in the new Hypnosis Hub, - if you are a professional in the field, you'll get more business using this forum,
- if you are curious the hypnosis field, you'll learn more,
- if you are
student of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, you'll get support and resources...
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EVER BIGGER AND BETTER
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Richard Tyler
Director of BTFI Ltd, Bournemouth, UK "It is a rare occurrence to experience people that offer over and above the basics. Well, Adam Eason exceeds all expectations and sets the bar very high. Adam is a powerhouse of skill, knowledge, credibility, insight, energy and
fun! If you undertake his Hypnotherapy Diploma, be prepared to have your world rocked. I looked around to find a course that was rigorous and challenging. I didn't want a certificate for just being a bum on a seat. I certainly made the right choice. I left the programme feeling equipped and ready to work with clients. Adam does everything within his power to help you get to where you want. The rest is up to you! If you have a chance to train with Adam, seize
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