Today I took a 45 minute spin class and an hour of Yoga for Athletes class.
It always amazes how quickly I can loose touch with my body...doing hip openers, focusing on opening the low back, and even the adductors (inner thighs).
Which brings me to my most simple concept today...why wait til after the holidays and a "new year's resolution" to begin the journey of focusing on my most healthy body ever?
My previous entry spoke of visualization, and anything I have ever read about visualization also stated that you can visualize ANYTHING you desire. If there is a shape you would like to see yourself in, VISUALIZE IT! ...but there is a catch...following up the visualization with an ACTION PLAN and sticking to it.
Don't wait til New Year's to get that body back...start today and live in the body, and the joy of having it today (watch yourself, don't think it is a "future" deal only...it is NOW, this allows happiness to begin today)
Have a great day!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
VISUALIZATION Testimony
WOW!
I got such a gift today, the reminder of how visualization techniques work.
Being an athlete my whole life, I had a few of my coaches (the really good ones) teach visualization techniques.
I remember being an 11 year old wondering why I was laying on the pool deck-out of the water-dripping wet, told to do this "drill".
The "drill" was having us lay on the deck, eyes closed. We were asked to envision the next event we planned on swimming at the next championship swim meet. We were asked to completely picture the entire scene, what the pool area looked like, who was there, who was timing us...all the details of the surrounding scene. We then were asked to look right at our competition in the lane next to us, then look left. We were told to get on the blocks, and BANG! the starter gun went off....we were asked to envision our dive into the pool, the feeling of adrenaline and water surrounding our bodies as we came up for a big breathe of air to surge forward in our strokes...feeling the water, and every breath....
The rest was left up to us to finish this race...and in the time we knew we were wanting to do.....
I thought the coolest part was when the coach got quiet, and he let us lay there, visualizing our swim, only telling us to sit up when we hit the wall and touched the touch pad for our time.
I did not know he had actually started his watch...and wanted to see how close to reality we would come...Would we really sit up at the right time? Our goal time?
I learned so much from this drill....I immediately understood after that why he did it. Other coaches after him had done other sorts of visualization drills, but this was my very first recollection of doing a drill that was out of the pool...something that would help my swimming more then any drill I could do in the pool.
If you would like to read another story about another successful visualization experience that I have had regarding the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon, then feel free to look into John Assaraf's (from the Secret) Vision Board Book. My story has been published on page 37.
Aloha!
Stephanie
I got such a gift today, the reminder of how visualization techniques work.
Being an athlete my whole life, I had a few of my coaches (the really good ones) teach visualization techniques.
I remember being an 11 year old wondering why I was laying on the pool deck-out of the water-dripping wet, told to do this "drill".
The "drill" was having us lay on the deck, eyes closed. We were asked to envision the next event we planned on swimming at the next championship swim meet. We were asked to completely picture the entire scene, what the pool area looked like, who was there, who was timing us...all the details of the surrounding scene. We then were asked to look right at our competition in the lane next to us, then look left. We were told to get on the blocks, and BANG! the starter gun went off....we were asked to envision our dive into the pool, the feeling of adrenaline and water surrounding our bodies as we came up for a big breathe of air to surge forward in our strokes...feeling the water, and every breath....
The rest was left up to us to finish this race...and in the time we knew we were wanting to do.....
I thought the coolest part was when the coach got quiet, and he let us lay there, visualizing our swim, only telling us to sit up when we hit the wall and touched the touch pad for our time.
I did not know he had actually started his watch...and wanted to see how close to reality we would come...Would we really sit up at the right time? Our goal time?
I learned so much from this drill....I immediately understood after that why he did it. Other coaches after him had done other sorts of visualization drills, but this was my very first recollection of doing a drill that was out of the pool...something that would help my swimming more then any drill I could do in the pool.
If you would like to read another story about another successful visualization experience that I have had regarding the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon, then feel free to look into John Assaraf's (from the Secret) Vision Board Book. My story has been published on page 37.
Aloha!
Stephanie
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