"I am going to count from ten to one, and as I am counting, I want you to concentrate on becoming more comfortable and more relaxed. To do this, we need to find a chair or someplace where you are very comfortable. If at any moment, you feel like coughing, laughing, passing gas, scratching or moving in any way so that you are more comfortable than you are, do it. As in life, if something is bothering you, fix it, and it will immediately go away and stop bothering you.

"For a moment here, I want you to move all your toes, then your ankles, then flex your legs at your knees, and then your legs at your hips.  Take a deep breath and then exhale.  Now move your neck.  Now move your arms at your shoulders.  Now at the elbow.  Now at your wrists.  Now move all your fingers.

"Good.  By moving these muscles, your body applied electrical energy which cause them to tension.  Now, as you are here, you are feeling these muscles relax...feeling that electrical energy lessening from the muscles.  This relaxation feels really good.

"Ten, just concentrate on relaxing just your feet. Let all the muscles in your feet feel really comfortable. Let all the muscles in your toes feel very loose and limp; very relaxed. You can only hear my voice.  And this wonderful wave of relaxing pleasure runs all the way down your ankle, passed your heal, all the way down to your toes.

"Nine, just relax your leg muscles, knees, thighs, and shins. No longer worry about your feet. Just let all of the muscles in your legs get very loose and limp; very comfortable and very, very relaxed. Very relaxed. Let your thigh muscles relax. Let all the muscles in your shins get very loose. And this wonderful wave of relaxing pleasure runs down your legs, passed your knees, past your ankles, all the way down to your toes. Very relaxed, and very, very comfortable.

"At eight, relax your neck, back, chest and stomach muscles. Take a deep breath...and as you exhale, feel how your body naturally relaxes. Its a good feeling. Let all the muscles in your neck feel really loose.  You can only hear my voice. Let your stomach muscles feel very relaxed. And this wonderful wave of relaxing pleasure splashes onto your neck, then runs down your back, passed your chest, past your waist, passed your knees, past your ankles, all the way down to your toes. Very relaxed, and very, very comfortable.

"Seven. Now relax your arms, hands, and all your fingers. Let all the muscles in your fingers relax.  If something is bothering you, fix it and become more comfortable. Also, if something should happen that is life threatening, you  will immediately awaken, feeling awake, alert, and concerned, and you will do all you can to fix any such problem so that it cannot harm you or the people for whom you care. But as this is not the case here and now, let all the muscles in your arms feel really comfortable. And this wonderful wave of relaxing pleasure comes in from your fingertips, pushing all of the stress and fatigue out of your body. It feels so good. It comes up your arms, splashing on your neck, running down your back, down your legs, all the way down to your toes. Very relaxed and very, very comfortable.

"Six. You might feel like you are awake, like you are not hypnotized, but, for some reason, you are very relaxed. If you feel this, this is normal.  Don't worry about it.  You might feel like millions of cotton balls gently pressing down all over. If you feel this, this is gravity.  Don't worry about it.  I want you to imagine that you're floating down on a cloud. The farther down you float, the more relaxed you get. The more relaxed you get, the better you feel, and the better you feel causes you to float down even more. Always getting more relaxed. Always feeling better.  Always floating farther and farther down.

"Five. Your feet and your legs feel great, just the way they are. Take a really deep breath.  And you find that you can only hear my voice.

"Four. As you exhale, relax. Your neck, back, chest, and stomach muscles feel really good. Your arms, hands and your fingers feel just fine, just the way they are.

"Three. And you are floating even farther down, always more relaxed. The more relaxed you get, the better you feel, and now you are feeling really good.

"Two. And you will remember everything you need to remember. To forget means you know something and then have to black the thought out. On the other hand, it is so easy to not remember some things. We will try to remember things you have had to forget, and if need be, make them so that you just don't remember them. Take a deep breath...and relax......

"One."

(note...begin visual imagery)

"You find yourself in a wide open field. This meadow is a valley surrounded by high hills. You can see evergreens and forest on the hills and mountains beyond, in all directions. There is a stream a safe distance away.

"Looking around, you see animals, birds, butterflies and other insects. Nothing here is giving you any reason to be afraid. You only feel relaxed, and you feel you want to explore this area. "

{Note:  the easiest way, in my opinion, to deepen the effect of hypnosis is to make an objective statement, and to follow with a subjective question.   For example:}

"You see a house.  What color is it?
There is someone coming out.  Do you know this person?
Look into the sky.  What do you see?
You hear people talking inside.  What are they saying?
You drink some water from the stream.  How does it taste?"

{In this way, the objective statement gives you control of direction, while the subjective question draws upon the person's imagination, and brings them deeper into their subconscious.}

"Where do you find yourself in this memory? Who is with you? What are you doing here in this memory?  Okay, good."

"I want you now to go back in your life memory to the very first time you ever hit a golf ball where, at the moment you connected with the ball that this was a perfect shot, it was going to go right where you wanted it, and indeed, as you watched, it went there or better than you expected, giving you that new and special feeling about golf that you hadn't beheld before this day.  Now, I want you to jump ahead to each time you felt this one feeling, and in doing so, I want you to analyze what is consistent with each of these situations, to identify what behaviors worked best in your favor as well as what wasn't important at all, so as to develop an instinct that will allow you to earn this feeling and accomplishment more often.  Raise your hand when you are done."

{wait one to five minutes}

"Lower your hand.  Okay, now I want you to go back to the first time you ever hit a ball where you felt negative and miserable about the hit as it happened and/or about the outcome.  I want you to compare this to what you just learned from your analysis of the best hits, and see what you could have done to make the situation better.  Now, I want you, with your imagination, to apply what you believe you should have done and then replay this ball, but this time, using your imagination will apply your logic, so as to experience an alternative outcome.  Now, jump ahead in your life memory to the next time you ever hit a ball where you felt negative and miserable about the hit as it happened and/or about the outcome, and analyze it as you just did, and then move to the next miserable hit in this way, and the next, until you have analyzed every swing you have ever experienced.  Raise your hand when you are done."

(Wait one to five minutes)

"Lower your hand.From what you have just learned, I want you now to isolate all feelings which you know have effected or caused you to have a miserable game.  I want you to number these feelings and tell me how many there are?

Okay, now I want you to run the following routine for each of those feelings.  As you run these instructions, you will objectively analyze what you have experienced, without any sensations from these events, especially excluding any fear or any pain.  You will do all of the instructions for the first feeling, and when you accomplish that one, you return and start it for the next feeling.

You see a sign on the wall which reads "START" in a room which is fairly pleasing and comfortable.  There is a small red flag on a pole here.  As you leave, you take it with you.

I want you to isolate the current feeling in your mind.  Now, I want you to go back in your life memory to just before you ever had this feeling, and set the temporary flag here and call it "THE BEGINNING."

Now, reliving the event in an objective way, without fear or pain, tell me what happened to you so as to create this feeling.  Once you have discovered what caused you to have this feeling, at that point where you feel this feeling, I want you to go back to THE BEGINNING and this time through, using your imagination, I want you to create an alternate situation with the best resolution.  Tell me when you are done.  I now want you to throw the original memory and original decision into the garbage can, even if it is to simply cut out the original memory and decide to reverse the original decision so as to not feel this feeling anymore.

You can now recover the flag.

I want you now to see if there are any more feelings left in your original list, and if so, I want you to take the next one and return to START and begin the process again for that next feeling.  Note that the more you run this mental machine, the faster it will run, and thus, the amount of time it will take to accomplish this task will shorten to very little real time.

Once you have completed all of the feelings in your list, I want you now to release all anxiety you have had because of these feelings, and to, forever more, give yourself the maximal amount of comfort and relaxation in dealing with situations which have caused you stress in golf in the past.  Raise your hand when you are done."

(wait one to five minutes)

"Lower your hand.  I want you now to find that anytime you step out onto a golf course, you instantly find yourself with three options.  You need to tell yourself if you want #1 professional filtering, which is at all times until you step off the golf course when you get into your car, into the clubhouse, or finish the last hole of the set; #2 practice filtering, which is any time you are on any green or any hole, but turns off between holes; or #3 casual filtering, which turns on only when you are preparing any swing, chip or putt.  Make this decision the instant you step on any golf course.  You can, at any time, change your filtering just by saying "Switch to" and either #1, #2, or #3. However, these are in no way excuses to be rude to others."

"The instant you select #1 professional filtering, you will instantly find that you cannot hear anything that does not apply to you and your game.  This will only be breached in times where your life may be in jeopardy or an immediate emergency.  But here, where it's safe, you will find that you cannot hear anyone that you choose does not matter to your game.  Since your caddy matters, as long as you choose that he or she matters, you will be able to hear his or her comments, but these will, in no way, break your concentration, nor will they affect your filters."

"The instant you select #2 practice filtering, you will notice that nothing feels changed until you step onto the start of the hole.  From that point, up to your ball going in the cup, nothing will distract you, unless there is an immediate emergency or environmental condition which will affect you as a golfer.  This filter will include anyone that does not matter to your play, except those of whom you want to give you suggestions about your play.  If you are in a tutorial situation, you will find that whatever suggestion is made to your play, you will immediately adapt the suggestions with which you agree."

"The instant you select #3 casual filtering, this only turns on when you are about to make any individual swing shot, drive, chip, or putt.  You will, in no way, be distracted by anything, for any reason whatsoever, from the time you begin your approach to the ball, through the swing, and until the ball stops moving."

"Now, allow your mind to listen to useful information you absorb information from others on the course whether or not you are listening, and then analyze, learn and immediately adapt useful knowledge, when it can be easily included into your play.  You will never break your concentration.  In this way, you allow your subconscious to listen and adapt while your conscious mind is still focused on the task at hand."

"Okay, now I am going to count from five to one.  When I get to one, you will totally awaken from this place, this state of mind,
and you will feel energized, you will feel love, you will feel great joy and happiness, and it's all because you simply want to feel
that way.

"Five...four...three...two...one...wake up..."

© 2000 David I. Brager

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