Wouldn’t you know it?
Some people won’t even take a deep breath to see if it makes them feel better or perform better ….
UNLESS you can provide scientific proof for the process.
11 years ago I wrote an article for a website about Dan Gable’s LBA Success Formula.
LBA stands for:
Listen, Believe, Apply.
The editor of the website rejected the article, the first time this group had ever done so, because “it wasn’t scientific.”
I actually did fall out of my chair when I read her reply. I also spit out my coffee and ran to the toilet.
I thought to myself:
Let me get this straight. An Olympic and World champion who coached for 21 years at the collegiate level and won 15 team national championships in that time frame – and you want “science?”
How about you listen to what this coach is saying? Maybe he’s got something there for you.
What’s the fear? What’s the hangup?
After all, part of the reason you “apply” what you listen to and believe is to determine whether or not the action works.
If you find out, after listening and believing that the action doesn’t work – then move on to something else.
Let’s say you golf or play tennis. Take a deep breath before each shot and see what happens.
Take a series of deep breaths when you feel nervous or anxious.
And see what happens.
If you’re a surgeon or an artist or a musician, incorporate deep breathing into your routine, and then you’ll have your own science – which will be classified as anecdotal – but who cares?
By the way, there is scientific evidence to support the Chicago Cubs using deep breathing on their way to breaking the 108-years long curse of the Billy Goat.
You can do a search for studies on deep breathing – or you can just start doing it.
I teach a number of powerful ways to breathe deeply in Theatre of the Mind.
I don’t want to spoil the movie for you – or in this case, the audio program, BUT, you can even inhale all the way to your heels.
It’s not scientific. We don’t have lungs in our feet.
But you can actually imagine you’re doing this and when you do so, you may feel SOMETHING uncanny taking place.
In Chinese martial arts, this is called “the yi moves the qi and the qi moves the blood.”
Said differently: “Your intention mixed with imagination, moves the vital energy and the vital energy moves the blood.”
This is an example you can FEEL if you listen, believe and apply.
Matt Furey
P.S. Theatre of the Mind is a product I created with Nightingale-Conant – the top self-development company in the world. It’s over 10 hours and contains a number of visualization CDs that will guide you to your fondest dreams and goals.
