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Ever experience racing thoughts where you just can’t seem to focus or even interfere when going to sleep?
It’s certainly not uncommon but it sure can be annoying!
What if I were to tell you that there was a quick and easy way to help relax that overactive mind?
In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), there is a super simple way to help calm the mind.
It is called getting into the Learning State or getting into Hakalau.
It enables the mind to shift the attention from concentrating on what’s going on inside you to what is going on outside of you.
By switching, you essentially relax more into your outside environment enabling you to take in far more of what’s going on and then eliminate the internal chatter that can be very distracting.
This translates to improving retention of whatever you are focusing on, or even relaxing the mind enough to fall asleep more easily.
In fact, using this method has been used very effectively with children with ADHD or even to improve grades in school.
Are you in?
It’s crazy easy and here’s how it works.
Simply look ahead and then look upward at about a 20 degree angle (like you’re looking in between your eyebrows).
Concentrate on a specific spot for about 20 seconds.
Start to notice your peripheral vision improving. See the entire area expanding without moving your eyes as you concentrate more on those outside points.
For example, if you are looking at a point on a wall, you will now perhaps see the corners of the walls and other objects you may not have noticed when using your regular central vision.
After about 20 seconds, lower your eyes back down and notice the continued peripheral vision that expands around you in what you see and how you feel.
Now you are in a more open state and ready to take in much more than you would normally so you can focus or learn or sleep or whatever you want to do.
If you come out of the state, it only takes 20 seconds to get back into the Learning State! And the more often you do it, you will just start doing this unconsciously.
Enjoy this easy and effective tool and let me know how it’s going for you:).
Here’s to calming that mind,
Jill
P.S. If you want to learn more NLP techniques or chat about how it can help make shifts away from some unwanted behaviors, I’m happy to chat:). Please click box below.
“It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our abilities.”
Live well and love more,
Jill Gordon
CHHC, MHt, MNLP, MTT, MSC, CLC
Certified Holistic Health Counselor, Master Certified Clinical Hypnotist*, Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming*, Master Certified Life and Success Coach*
*Board Certified with IBCP (International Board of Coaches and Practitioners)
www.JilltheHealthCoach.com
