Category: Hypnosis on Television and radio

1. Scott Mitchell Hypnosis for darts success

   Posted on 9:51am Tuesday 13th Jan 2015

   If you watched Scott Mitchell win the spellbinding BDO World Championship final against Martin Adams at Lakeside to secure a 7-6 victory, maiden world crown and £100,000 prize bounty, you may not realise that hypnosis and hypnotherapy helped him to his winning form.
   

   ‘Scotty Dog’ as Mitchell is known on the darts circuit admitted to more than a hint of cynicism about hypnosis for sport to begin with, however after being introduced to a hypnotherapist and working with him on changing the way he approached his game he saw the remarkable results than meant that he went on to win his world championship crown.

   He explained to his local paper the Bournemouth Echo, how the feeling of letting go and relaxing felt to him..

   “As a darts player, you have to make everybody believe you can do it so to then do the total opposite and give away all your fears is a funny sensation. Deep down, I never believed it would work until we started seeing these amazing changes in me, not just as a dart player but as a person. I don’t get as angry as I used to. I would get stressed over nothing but Sharon (Scott Mitchell’s wife) has noticed a change in that over the past year. I now find ways to laugh at the things that used to frustrate me. It makes you a much nicer person and then people are nicer to you. Your whole persona feels better and that is good for your darts."

   Hypnotherapy for sports performance is much more common than you may imagine. If you take any top sportsperson then part of their training regime will be looking at the mental side of the game. If you don't think you will be able to relax enough to perfom and win then of course you will not be able to!

   I work with many clients who want to improve their sport. You may just play golf at the weekends and want to improve your game or you may have other goals to play sport for a team. If you have any questions about how using hypnotherapy for sport performance can help you then just drop me an email at [email protected] or call me on 07980 233160

2. Hypnosis on facebook are you being hypnotised by twitter?

   Posted on 9:16am Tuesday 2nd Dec 2014

   Were you looking for hypnosis on Facebook when you logged on? Did you think that you would be hypnotised by the posts as you scrolled through them? Maybe twitter is working its hypnotic magic on you instead, How is social media hypnotising us on a day to day basis?

   

   I find social media and its rise to be very interesting but I do have to admit that it sometimes seems that people are being hypnotised by facebook and twitter. Have you ever just "had a quick look" at what your friends are up to and found that an hour has passed whilst you watched videos and looked at pictures of cats?

   It's that hypnosis on social media that has pulled you in. People often think that hypnosis is a strange and mystical thing and all about taking control of your mind but it isn't that at all. It is a normal state and really just that relaxed feeling of daydreaming, exactly like you may find when you are looking at facebook. Have you ever been driving and realised that you cannot remember the last couple of miles? That's called highway hypnosis and is very common. It's a little like getting so involved in a film that you forget about the outside world and get drawn into the story.

   Hypnotherapy is different of course in many ways. As a Clinical Hypnotherapist I use a variety of techniques and it certainly isn't just closing your eyes and imagining that you are walking down some stairs. I first learnt about hypnotherapy when I had hypnosis for insomnia over twenty years ago. I slept so badly that I didn't think I could ever change things but I did and when I learnt how to relax I never looked back. It is really all about learning to relax and let go of stress and anxiety and that must be a good thing surely? When I see all the moaning and negative posts of facebook I can see that it isn't really how I want to spend my time, but perhaps you see it another way?

   So, maybe its time to find a different way to relax. It's fine to let the facebook hypnosis pull you in once in a while, but if you start to spend too much time under its spell perhaps you are missing out on what is happening for real around you.

   I know that it is great to see what your friends are up to, but if you can why not go and see them or a family member you haven't seen for a while for real!

   If you would like to know how it feels to by hypnotised, it's just a relaxing feeling and you are always in control. In fact you can listen to a free relaxation MP3 here: http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/freerelaxationdownload.html