Visualization for Victory!

Meditatation excercise I wrote with children in mind....but everyone can use it!

This is a visualization exercise that you can use every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to bed. When you practice this regularly you will see it will help you not only on the playing field but also in the classroom, with your friends and at home.

BEFORE BED:

Make sure you have turned off all electronics and you are in a comfortable, quiet place. You can be sitting up or lying down, whichever you prefer.

Start by taking in deep breaths through your nose. Keep your mouth closed and place your tongue on the back of your top teeth very lightly. Place your palms face up by your sides and roll your shoulders down and back away from your ears. Keep your inhale and your exhale deep and even. Try to clear your mind of everything except the sound of your breath. This is hard to do sometimes so if thoughts pop in just push them out and keep breathing. After a minute or two of this I want you to see yourself in your mind. If you have a game that day I want you to picture yourself in your uniform. You are confident, smiling and happy. You have complete faith in your ability and you know your going to have a great game. See yourself before you are up at bat and say YES as you see yourself hitting the ball with strength and accuracy. See yourself in the field and say YES to yourself as you catch the ball and make the play. You have to say YES to yourself in all aspects of your life. If you choose YES there is no room for anything but success, even if you have to keep trying by saying YES you are on your way to VICTORY in everything you do.

BEFORE YOU GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING:

You will wake up after your bedtime visualization feeling confident and energized! Before you even get out of bed take a few of those deep breathes through your nose inhaling and exhaling deeply and evenly. Close your eyes smile and think to yourself in your mind YES!! Get out of bed and do a few of the stretches you learned, get the blood flowing to your brain and go and have a great day.

THROUGH OUT THE DAY:

Whenever you feel your confidence starting to waiver, (and sometimes you will because everyone feels that way sometimes), stop what ever it is that is making you feel that way take a deep breath, refocus your energy from NO back to YES! And keep going. You can do anything you set your mind to if you say YES!

**Did you know that every successful professional athlete uses visualization to help them stay focused? You see yourself victorious, you say yes to your ability and confidence and believe in yourself and no matter what happens even if you stumble go right back to your breath and say YES!

The next time your in the game and you make the play or have a great hit when you can, take a breath, remember what you felt like when you were able to do that and try to go back to that feeling. Breath easy, roll those shoulders back and down, you are confident and strong. YES!!