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“When you are under stress, deep breathing helps bring your mind and body back into the present.”

Mind Body Stress Present Breath

Book:Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“I began a new career studying the psychology of stress and the psychology of success. My mission was to learn all I could about playing under pressure. I wanted to find out why, under pressure, some athletes break through, as Hamilton did, while others break down.”

Success Stress Pressure Break Through Break Down

Book:Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“Whenever they feel themselves growing anxious, breathe in energy. Breathe out negativity. Breathe in relaxation. Breathe out stress.”

Energy Stress Relax Anxious Negativity Breath

Book:Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“In the same way you create stress and tension you also can create relaxation. The goal of relaxation training is to teach you how to recognize the early warning signs of tension and to counter or replace them with the sensations of relaxation. Interestingly, one way to relax tense muscles is first to tighten them more. If your shoulders feel like coiled springs, draw them up and squeeze those muscles. Hold the pose for five to ten seconds. Feel the stress and study the sensation. Then release and relax the muscles completely.”

Stress Tension Relax Sensation

Book:Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“The pattern of your breathing affects the pattern of your performance. When you are under stress, deep breathing helps bring your mind and body back into the present.Over the years I have handed out thousands of little stickers to athletes that read ‘Breathe and Focus.’ A baseball player will place the bright orange circle on the shoulder of his uniform or underneath the bill of his cap, or on the barrel of his bat. A hockey player might affix it to his stick. Firefighters I have worked with place the stickers on their self-contained breathing apparatus. The stickers serve as a reminder. Whenever they feel themselves growing anxious, breathe in energy. Breathe out negativity. Breathe in relaxation. Breathe out stress.”

Stress Stress Relief

Author:Gary Mack