Why The Sedona Method is an Ideal
and Unique Gift for the Holidays
Know Any Athletes?
Here’s Why “Releasing” is the Ultimate Way
to Improve Their Game
by www.Sedona.com
The first thing that comes to mind when searching for the perfect gift for the sports enthusiast in your life is probably NOT an emotional releasing tool like The Sedona Method. But perhaps it should be.
Conquering the “inner game” in your mind is, after all, essential to mastering any sport, from golf to running to ice hockey. Great athletes always have a secret for getting into “the zone” before a game. “The zone” is the place where you have stellar concentration and focus, where you imagine yourself making the perfect touchdown, shaving 20 seconds off your race or simply making it through the entire aerobics video (instead of just half).
“The Sedona Method is a wonderful gift for athletes and runners because it helps them master their inner game,” says Hale Dwoskin, CEO and director of training of Sedona Training Associates. “Whatever your sport or whatever the sport is of the people you care about, a key ingredient is your mental attitude and your emotional state. The Sedona method dramatically impacts both.”
The best way to succeed athletically is to allow your body to act instinctively, performing the moves it’s been trained to do. Often, if you start thinking too much, your mind will only get in the way.
In fact, sports psychologists agree that over-thinking your moves, or “psyching yourself out,” can lead to athletic mistakes, even at the Olympic level.
"The very best athletes put themselves in a bubble, just focus on the moment and let their bodies do what they've trained to do without letting their minds get in the way," sports psychiatrist Ronald Kamm of Sport Psychiatry Associates in Oakhurst, N.J. told USA Today. "At the very top level, that's the difference between the winners and the also-rans."
This is why The Sedona Method is an ideal gift for all athletes, at all levels of their game.
“As you let go using The Sedona Method you’ll find yourself being much more relaxed and in the flow while still maintaining your competitive edge,” Dwoskin says. “Athletes often report that as they let go they find themselves naturally doing exactly what is appropriate every moment. Many often even report that time seems to slow down and their senses are heightened. They also find that they're less injury prone and are able to stretch past their limits.”
This holiday season, you can delight the athlete in your life with a gift that will put them leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, or push them to reach new milestones personally.
“Releasing will help whoever you give it to not only be a better athlete but enjoy whatever their chosen game is much more as well,” Dwoskin says.
Source
USAToday.com August 14, 2008 | 
