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"During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.
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- Fritjof Capra
"Being in the zone is related to the level of arousal….When this arousal is too high, the [person] makes mistakes and performance deteriorates. When arousal is too low, things don’t come together and performance falters.
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The most pervasive hypnotic technique, Relaxation, underlies most, if not all other, interventions. It is usually achieved at first in either a supine or sitting position, though it is possible to learn to relax standing up or moving.
While there are a number of relaxation processes, one that is often used involves regulating breathing and also tightening and then loosening individual muscle groups one after the other from the top of the head to the toes. The vivid sense of the release of tension is hypnotic in itself. Sometimes, the leader, manager or team member is invited to say a relaxing word with each exhalation. Learning to put oneself in a state of hypnotic relaxation before a major presentation is obviously useful. And relaxation may also be used to decrease stress and anxiety coming from any other occasions of business pressure.
However, too much relaxation can make a leader (or team) feel flaccid. So the relaxation response in certain situations needs to be balanced by hypnotic Arousal. This may be achieved by having the leader during hypnosis image himself or herself experiencing just the right amount of arousal or "juice" while doing a particular task. This imaging is hypnotically paired with a key word or self touch that will trigger the arousal response/imagery when needed during the accomplishment of the task. Often, the individual will be asked to practice in and out of hypnosis moving back and forth between triggering arousal and triggering relaxation responses to ensure that the right amount of energy will be available when needed.
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