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How can Horseback Riders benefit from Self-Hypnosis?

Firstly, what is Self-hypnosis?particular person. If someone is willing
Self-hypnosis is a process ofto take the time and mental discipline
communicating with oneself, directingnecessary to improve their riding
one's own attention in specific ways inability and awareness of themselves and
order to produce states that aretheir horses, with self hypnosis, the
commonly recognised as trance states.results will be extraordinary, positive
Neither sleep nor unconsciousness,and lasting.
hypnosis is a state in which a personHypnosis is simply a state of mind, in
has shut out distractions and is free tomuch the same way that happiness is a
focus intently on a particular subject,state of mind.
emotion, or memory or goal. The hypnoticContrary to what most people believe,
state is an optimum state for makingthe mind under hypnosis is still alert
changes in your attitude and approach toand very much in control. If you cannot
horse riding.hear anything, then you cannot benefit
Why would a horse rider want to changefrom self-hypnosis. Hypnosis is a state
their attitude or approach?of heightened awareness. You remain
Because her competition nerves arefully alert, in fact more alert than
hindering her performance duringusual.
contestsAny one can be hypnotised. In fact, it
Because she wants to get rid of theis often a learned trait. You can teach
debilitating residual fear after a horseyour body and mind to go into trance,
riding accidentand get better and better at it as you
Because she wants to get rid ofpractice self-hypnosis. We are
ingrained riding habits that limit herconstantly hypnotising ourselves.
progressSometimes we are our own worst enemy,
Because she wants to master new ridingwhen we call ourselves names, or put
skills fasterourselves down and reinforce fears and
Because she wants to stay motivated tolimitations. It can become a habit and
reach her riding goalsif you do it long enough you will
Self-hypnosis can be a very powerfuldevelop a belief that will get the
tool in the mental skills toolbox of theresults you fear. Ex:
rider. However, if you think hypnosis is* Boy, my jumping is getting bad
no more than a stage trick or is* I am so bad at setting the horse up
performed only by charlatans, yourfor a jump
doubts will impede any positive results* I will never jump higher than 90 cm,
that you may get from a hypnoticnever
session. Therefore, you must beThese are auto-suggestions or negative
open-minded to some degree to theaffirmations. More appropriate
possibility that you can improve yourauto-suggestions to give yourself under
riding ability through the power ofself-hypnosis would be:
auto-suggestion.* My jumping is getting better and
In reality, trance states are nothingbetter every day
special; we go in and out of these* I am very good at show-jumping, it is
states several times during the day.easy for me to set up my horse for a
Day dreaming, a well-known trance state,jump
is a form of self-hypnosis. You have* I will easily jump higher than 90cm
hypnotised yourself when you drive to...and because the trance state gives
work on auto-pilot. Afterwards youyou direct access to your unconscious
remember little of the journey, but ifmind, you will embrace these suggestions
you suddenly had to react fast to avoidwithout reserve and accept them as the
an accident, you would have. You are notpure, unadulterated truth.
asleep during hypnosis. You are aware ofImagine what might happen if you changed
every thing that is being said. You canthe suggestions that you give yourself
remember everything afterwards.on a daily basis? If you used the
True, effective self hypnosis should behypnotic trance state to give yourself
designed and created by the very personempowering suggestions to improve your
who will ultimately use and benefit fromriding, reduce your anxiety about and
it, incorporating the precise words andexponentially increase your self-esteem?
phrases that mean the most to that



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