how does our brains achieve this? 'This' being improving our accuracy,
our speed, our skills and our strengths by just sitting in a lounge
chair using imagery.
The answer is, which I've mentioned breifly earlier, is that our minds
can not distinguish the real-world from an imaginary world. So simply
by using imagery (visualization, feelings and mental movements) the
mind believes we are actually engaged in the action.
The mind simply employs the same mental machinery that would be active
if you were really seeing/feeling/hearing/doing the action. That
means, the mind is engaging the same neuromuscular pathways.
It is similar to when you lift weights, over time, your muscles become
stronger. The more the mind uses the neuromuscular pathways the
stronger those pathways become, which translates into improved
accuracy, greater speeds and bigger muscles.
This is why the world's top athletes use imagery as part of their
training. It allows them to tune their skills and increase their
strength. It is as central part of their workout as is the actual
physical training.
This might seem quite unbelievable. I can understand your skeptism.
The fact is that imagery increases perfomance at all levels. It is
cold, hard, sceintific fact.
Imagery has been used in athletics training for decades, and the
imagery techniques are getting better and more effective (I will
introduce some of these skills in my next entry). Ask Tiger Woods
about it the next time you run into him on the fairway.
The take-away message for this entry is this: physical strength is
increased in both body and brain. Physical skill, or more specifically
a behavior, is developed in the brain.
So find a lounge chair, kick back and imagine yourself seeing/feeling/
hearing/doing whatever it is that you want to improve.
Cordially,
Jason W Liem
MINDtalk@email.com
www.mindtalk.no
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