Lynn Seiser Phd

Where Ever the Head Goes, the Body Follows Lynn Seiser Phd

We often hear that performance in sports and in life is anywhere from 50% to 90% mental and the rest physical. It's more inspiration than perspiration. Yet, most coaches spend all their time with purely repetitive physical practice and exercise. While we are taught to train more and to trust that training, we may need to learn to train using our intelligence or our training will fail us when the time comes that we need it. In sport psychology and counseling psychology we know, where ever the head goes the body will follow. Our behavior is usually motivated by emotions and emotions are created by how we think about the task at hand and our ability to handle it. It's not just what you are doing, but what you are thinking when you are doing it. This applies to every second of every minute of every hour that we practice and every day in everything we do in our lives. While we are often coached and counseled to keep our mind in the game and to pay attention to what we are doing, we seldom hear the specifics on how to do that. If physical skill acquisition takes repetitive practice, so does the mental strategies, skills, and discipline necessary to perform at an enhanced level. We often hear and talk about the neuro-science of the mind-body connection. This notebook presents specific methodologies for achieving mindful and intelligent mind-body unification. This book is a personal notebook meant for students and friends on the specific mental skills needed and necessary in the martial arts, it applies to our everyday lives and is based in sound psychological research and practice.