Simple mind-energy secrets for peak performance

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--- , " sunsidhe " <sbjames wrote:

> Performance when fatigued or ill

> I posetd a few weeks ago about improving chess performance. Had

>an extremely useful reply from Sandy. Since that time I've had 8

>or 9 wins - including one against the strongest player I've ever

>beaten. Both my skill and my " luck " appear to have improved.

 

Good for you!

 

> Have only had 2 bad results - drawing with a weaker, though not

>too bad player, and losing to a peer.

>

> The draw happened when I was really quite ill; the loss happened

when I had had virtually no sleep.

 

Those are different situations.

 

Ill effects can best be alleviated with a combination of self-

hypnosis and energy drills.

 

Using Elman hypnosis, go to a relaxed state of body, then a relaxed

state of mind. Then focus your intention by going, " I'm going to

count from 1 to 3. At the count of three I will be talking to the

part of me that controls my health and my thinking abilities.

1...2...3...(snap your fingers). I feel sick. I don't want to feel

sick. I want to feel health and clear headed enough to play my best.

I do know that the following energy drills will clear my mind and my

body of stress and help me play my best. I visualize myself doing

the K-27's thump, the thymus thump, the Sp-21 thump, the belt line

flow, the Connecting between Heaven and Earth, and the Wayne Cook

posture successfully. " Now see yourself feeling better, feeling

ready to do your best. 1...2...3...and that scene disappears from my

mind. "

 

Now I am going to count from 1 to 5, and be wide awake feeling much

better, knowing that as soon as I reach beta I am going to do those

drills. 1...2...3...on the count of 5 I will open my eyes, be wide

awake, and get up and do those drills. 4...5...eyes open! Wide

awake. Now stand up and do those drills.

 

You can use the same type of self-communication for " no sleep " . At

mind level of intention say, " I've no sleep and I feel like shit. I

don't want to feel like shit. I want to feel find, to feel better

than before. To Feel good enough to do what I need to do to win. So

I'm going to count from 1 to 5 and on the count of 5 I will be wide

awake, feeling fine, feeling better than before. 1...2...3...on the

count of 5 I'll open my eyes, be wide awake and feeling fine.

4...5...open my eyes, feeling fine, feeling better than before.

 

Now, when you get up from your sitting position, do 3 Fire Breaths

and that will energize your energy fields starting at the Crown

Chakra and flowing quickly through you to the Root Chakra...being

sure to breath in deeply through your nose, and exhale quickly

through your mouth.

 

> Most chess calculation is done

> subconciously, relevant variations just seem to " pop into your

> head " .

 

This was important, but since it's not really an integral part of

where the poster actually came from, I'll ignore it for now. PLus

I've written enough for this post.

 

> However, when tired or ill this doesnt seem to wrok nearly as

> well andone can even find that normal " thinking habits " are

> myseriously suspended.

>

> So, the question I have is... is there any way of minimising the

> damage to performance that poor physical condition causes?

 

Yes.

 

See above.

 

>Avoiding playing when tired or ill isnt usually an option, most

>games are part of team events. At the moment my solution to these

>problems is " caffeine " - is there anything else one can do?

 

Yes.

 

See above.

 

Black Coffee is good, and stimulates you.

 

Coffee with sugar, sweet & Low, or cream is not good for you. Go

with fresh black coffee.

 

Alpha is good, but is not good for anything that takes action. If

you use alpha or theta use it in the planning stages and the pre-

programming success portions.

 

Energy drills that hook up the mind and body in beta is best for

action. something like doing the Wayne Cook just before action

(playing) is best.

 

While playing, just leaning forward on the table and putting your

forehead into the palm of your left hand, as you use your right hand

to move your pieces, will help to instantly relieve any stress.

 

Stress causes 50% to 80% of the blood to leave the prefrontal lobes,

the lobes you use for critical thinking, strategies and tactical

thinking. Just putting your hand there will cause the blood to

refill the prefrontal lobes and give you back your thinking

abilities.

 

And...

 

Watch your negative self talk, ie, " I can't think because I'm sick "

and similar negative programming.

 

Use instead, " even though I feel like warmed up dog turds, I can

still think great and play great. I am good. I know what I'm doing.

I can do this! " , then continue playing.

 

> One unrelated question; I once read in some Abe-Hicks material

that

> when one enters a state of meditation one often has sudden

twitches.

 

This unconscious releasing and muscle twitching is normal for all

that actually reach a state of physical relaxation.

 

> Never experienced it until recently, but in my last few sessions I

> have;

 

Normal. See above.

 

> also once or twice its felt like parts of my body

> are " dissapearing " .

 

I'm sure you've also felt your head seem to expand very large.

 

Also normal.

 

That is the 3rd eye actually opening and expanding.

 

>This was quite scary - warm relaxed and

> concentrating is one thing, " where's my chest gone? " is quite

>another! Anyone have any explanations?

 

Normal, and good that you are actually staying awake while deepening

into your theta state. You need that bridge of awareness, or you can

never go past simple hypnosis. You want to be wide awake while at

theta so that you can reason with and think through what you are

actually working on with both brain hemispheres at a level of mind

that can pick up from the subjective dimension the information and

the facts that you need.

 

Sandy Godheart