Cascade Hypnosis Center Blog Flow and Incremental Success with Hypnosis

Note : This article originally appeared in the 5-PATH ® IAHP Journal Winter 2016 Edition Flow and Incremental Success with Hypnosis There's a state of being we can get to where everything just seems to flow so easily. You've likely been in this state before. It feels comfortable, and while there you may not even realize it. Some people call it flow, or the zone, and I believe we can purposefully help ourselves, and our clients reach this state with regular practice and a few key insights from recent scientific discoveries. Flow is Optimal at a 4% Ratio of [Difficulty/Ability] There are a lot of books written on the topic of flow, but a particular book caught my attention because it identifies a specific formula for reaching this optimal state. In Steven Kolter's book, The Rise of Superman, we reach the state of flow when: "there's a very specific relationship between the difficulty of a task and our ability to perform that task. If the challenge is too great, fear swamps the system. If the challenge is too easy, we stop paying attention. Flow appears near the emotional midpoint between boredom and anxiety, in what scientists call the flow channel-the spot where the task is hard enough to make us stretch but not hard enough to make us snap." What is the ratio between the difficulty of the task and our ability to perform it? You guessed it, it's 4% according to Kolter and his research. The task must be 4% more difficult than our ability to perform it. Here's a few ways we can help our clients achieve this 4% in the Hypnosis office. Age Regression, then Focus to Reduce Feelings of Being Overwhelmed [...]The post Flow and Incremental Success with Hypnosis appeared first on Cascade Hypnosis Training.