| Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to drive | | | | repetition, your subconscious will manifest |
| a golf ball as easily as you drive a car? To | | | | those statements as reality for you. |
| know exactly which direction to go and know | | | | |
| that you absolutely have the power to do so? | | | | Note that the subconscious does not process |
| Well, you actually CAN do that. And it is | | | | negatives; it only responds to action words |
| really quite simple. | | | | and commands. So focus only on the desirable, |
| | | | not the undesirableT want, because your |
| What’s the catch, you say? Well, no | | | | subconscious will deliver whatever it’s |
| catch, but there are three requirements: You | | | | told. Do you want a clean shot into the 9th |
| must have an open mind, understand the power | | | | hole…or into the sand? It is immaterial |
| of your subconscious, and trust the fact that | | | | to your subconscious mind (and your car and |
| your golf game is all in your head. | | | | your golf clubs!) if you are a handicap |
| | | | golfer or a scratch. |
| The subconscious mind, which is 88% of our | | | | |
| mental capacity, drives all our behavior. The | | | | Top athletes Tiger Woods, Michael Weiss, and |
| conscious mind, which is only 12%, houses all | | | | Venus Williams, to name just a few, use |
| our logic, reasoning, decision-making skills, | | | | hypnosis to enhance their focus and their |
| and willpower. As you can easily see, the | | | | performance, and for very good reasons. |
| bulk of our power comes from our | | | | It’s painless, it’s non-invasive, |
| subconscious. The good news is that this | | | | anyone can do it, and it works. A far cry |
| massive storehouse of power is easily | | | | from the “squawk like a chicken or sing |
| manipulated by our conscious mind. The even | | | | like Elvis” stereotypes, hypnosis has |
| better news is that we can align both these | | | | been used for centuries, and is fast becoming |
| storehouses so that we have 100% of our power | | | | mainstream as a beneficial therapeutic |
| supporting us in attaining our goals. Think | | | | modality for a variety of issues, including |
| of it like this: the subconscious is a | | | | sports improvement. We all experience |
| machine…just like your car or your | | | | hypnotic trance every day. It’s just |
| computer. Both are powerful machines, but | | | | about as “scary” as having a |
| they are really just useless heaps of metal | | | | massage; in fact, hypnosis does for the mind |
| without an effective driver or operator. The | | | | what massage does for the body. So if you can |
| conscious mind is the driver, or the | | | | have a massage or you can go to sleep, you |
| “brain” and the subconscious is | | | | can be hypnotized. |
| the “brawn,” which is extremely | | | | |
| obedient. It indiscriminately follows any | | | | Understanding this theory of the mind |
| order it is given, like a willing slave. Does | | | | empowers us to access and utilize the |
| your car care whether you drive to Savannah | | | | enormous power we were born with so that we |
| or Hilton Head? Of course not. So, you have a | | | | can be the golfer we want to be, live rich, |
| choice: you can drive or be driven. You can | | | | full lives and attract the ideal mate, create |
| allow your subconscious to keep driving you | | | | a fulfilling career, earn a dream salary, and |
| the way it has always driven you, or you can | | | | free the inner winner. There is simply no |
| take the wheel and command it to drive in a | | | | need to live as a hopeless victim of our |
| new direction. The subconscious is a | | | | subconscious. We were born to win, and |
| collection of all the experiences, | | | | winning can be our default setting. Hypnosis |
| information, and perceptions we have filed | | | | is a powerful modality in which we can |
| away in there for future reference. Left to | | | | harness the vast personal power that we ALL |
| its own devices, it will continue to drive | | | | innately have. It has nothing to do with |
| your behavior with all your deep-seated | | | | intelligence. Do you know a naturally |
| beliefs like “I’m a handicap | | | | brilliant person who can never seem to get |
| golfer” or “I could never be | | | | out of his/her own way and constantly |
| scratch.” The subconscious figures that | | | | operates beneath his/her potential? |
| if you haven’t given it another | | | | Conversely, do you know someone of average |
| command, you’re happy with these. | | | | intelligence who is wildly successful and |
| Remember, this is not your intelligence! So, | | | | always wins? It's an unequal world in many |
| it is up to you to use your intelligence and | | | | ways, yet when it comes to personal choice |
| reprogram your subconscious with new, | | | | and living up to our own potential, we are |
| powerful, positive beliefs, such as | | | | all equal. Just like we all have the same 24 |
| “I’m becoming the golfer | | | | hours in a day and seven days a week, we all |
| I’ve always wanted to be” or | | | | have the ability to plug into our own power |
| “My long drive soars over the green | | | | source. |
| like a bird in flight.” With time and | | | | |