Sport & Business Performance
Unlocking your potential
Discover how Free Minds can enhance your sport and business performance through the power of hypnotherapy. We're here to help you achieve peak performance and overcome mental blocks.
How does Hypnotherapy help with Sports & Business performance?
Focus on Success and Strategy
You might be highly confident in your ability to perform but feel that something is still missing. Some people describe this as a ‘winning edge’ or being in the ‘zone’ - basically, being highly focused and driven in that all-important moment.
Successful athletes & business people are often able to control their state of mind so they have a psychological advantage, which prevents them from underperforming or giving in to their nerves.
This means they can become totally absorbed in what they are doing, barely noticing outside distractions when performing at their best.
Hypnosis can often help individuals access the ‘zone’ and engage a persons mind in a positive way to help them focus on their goals and achieve them.
Holistic support tailored to you
Free Minds provides a unique, holistic approach to improving your sports and business performance. Our tailored frameworks help you excel in both environments.
Reinforce Self- Belief
Being able to control negative thoughts and emotions is the basis of sports & business psychology. Hypnotherapy can help to remove negative thoughts or beliefs from your subconscious mind, replacing these with feelings of confidence and self-belief.
Maintain Healthy Habits
Hypnotherapy can be very helpful for instilling habits that will have a positive impact on training and performance. For example, hypnosis can help you to maintain or improve good nutrition. If your relationship with food may be negatively impacting your performance, hypnotherapy can help you view food as a source of fuel for the body.
Self-care and relaxation are important for all of us to make time for but particularly so if you are putting yourself through rigorous training to achieve sporting success or working long hours to deliver exceptional results in your business. We need our minds and bodies to be equally well-rested to perform at our best.
Hypnotherapy is a well-recognised form of relaxation therapy. It can reduce stress chemicals and bring the body back to balance. Regular sessions ease built up pressure and tension, helping you to learn how to look after yourself.
Mental Imagery
Picturing future success in your mind is incredibly important for instilling self-belief and this can be achieved by various hypnotic techniques, such as neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Developing the ability to visualise your successes, almost in a trance-like state, can be helpful for athletes who may need to perfect their technique in minute detail, for example in diving or gymnastics. This can help athletes to envision themselves practising in slow motion. In Business, you may be visualising yourselves in a room pitching business ideas and strategy to clients.
Equally, revisiting a previous winning performance or a successful business pitch in the mind can be helpful. A hypnotherapist can help you set up mental anchors to trigger that resourceful state again when required.
Recovery From Injury
The use of mental imagery and other hypnosis techniques can not only help athletes to perform at their peak during competition. It can also aid in recovery from injury.
Sports injuries can often invoke negative feelings, as the process of recovery can be long and frustrating. However, growing research suggests that, by using specific mental skills and maintaining a positive growth mindset, injured athletes can place themselves in a stronger place for recovery.
A Public Speaking Aid
Public speaking anxiety, often called glossophobia, affects up to 75% of people, including highly skilled professionals. It’s not about lack of knowledge; it’s about subconscious fear of judgment or failure.
Hypnotherapy addresses these fears at their root by:
- Accessing the subconscious mind to reframe limiting beliefs.
- Reducing automatic stress responses like racing heart, shaky voice, and blank mind.
- Installing positive associations with speaking, so pitches feel empowering rather than threatening.
Enhanced Focus
Improves concentration and attention to detail, crucial for success in both business and sports.
Stress Reduction
Manages stress levels, allowing individuals to perform under pressure with composure and clarity.
Increased Confidence
Builds self-belief and assertiveness, empowering individuals to take on challenges with confidence.
Overcoming Mental Blocks
Addresses subconscious barriers, unlocking potential and facilitating breakthroughs in performance.
Goal Setting & Visualisation
Helps clarify goals and mentally rehearse success, enhancing motivation and achievement.
Performance Anxiety Management
Provides techniques to manage anxiety, ensuring optimal performance in critical moments.
Accelerated Learning
Facilitates faster learning and skill acquisition, vital for staying competitive in business and sports.
Motivation Enhancement
Boosts drive and determination, maintaining momentum towards achieving goals.
Overall Wellbeing
Boosts drive and determination, maintaining momentum towards achieving goals.
Improved Decision Making
Enhances clarity of mind, leading to better decision-making in high-pressure situations.