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"I've lost my confidence and I feel so nervous and fearful...I feel like giving up...how can I change things?"
A question I am asked many times, but
don't worry...there really is something you can do!  Start by talking to a
Sports Psychotherapy-Counsellor who is trained to unravel the logic behind your thoughts, feelings, and reactions;
someone who understands exactly how you are feeling and why; someone who can help you identify and change those Automatic-Negative-Thoughts,
someone who in the long-term, can help you to help yourself.
You will learn from the process that you do have
options, and using Hypnotherapy to overcome your fears and anxieties is a really easy option to start changing
all those "what ifs...?" into "I can cope...".
You may not become the next John
Whittaker, Carl Hester, or Pippa Funnel, the next Bode Miller, Hermann Maier, or Martina Ertlbut, but you may enjoy the delights of hacking down a country lane
or popping over a clear round course or doing an unaffiliated dressage test, and if you’re a skier, you may just want
to enjoy skiing with friends and family, progress from beginner runs, and see more of the mountains than usual. For many of
us, this is as big an accomplishment as receiving an Olympic Gold Medal; It is to these people, I dedicate this website.
Have you lost confidence riding or handling your horse or pony?
Did you have an accident some time in the past and now
you are nervous about something similar happening again on perhaps even a different horse?
Have you started riding late in life, and the amount you
need to know feels daunting?
Have you just bought your first horse or pony and it seems very different to perhaps the Riding-School horse
that was so familiar?
Have you just returned to riding after a long break, and your confidence is not what is was
and this makes you tense?
Do you feel that you are not achieving all that you and your horse are capable of, or you
have lost your motivation to keep trying?
Do find yourself
making excuses as to why you can’t ride today, tomorrow, in that area, or at that time?
...if your answer is yes, then this website is for you...
The power of your own mind holds the key to reaching your goals; change how your sub-conscious mind thinks using Hypnotherapy,
and you can change how you feel, think and react in any given situation... I can help you.
People come to horse riding from all walks of life, sometimes it‘s the realisation
of a childhood dream, sometimes the re-kindling of a long lost hobby, or the interest arrives by accident, often through cross
contamination... "if you can't beat them, you might as well join them", but we all have different stories to
tell about our fears and anxieties and how they have affected our lives as horse riders.
The fascination we have
with the horses is so embedded and entrenched in our psyche as human beings, that often it is hard to explain to someone who
has never been bitten by this bug, why those of us who have, are prepared to put ourselves through so much anguish, financial
hardship, anxiety, fear and often discomfort to achieve our goals. Giving up riding altogether when things seem hopeless is
often not a perceived option. In an attempt to hang on to a way of life that we feel lovingly entrapped in, we will continue
to keep our treasured four-legged friends as companions or pets, acknowledging inwardly that we feel frustrated with ourselves
and helpless to make changes, but not knowing where to turn to so that we can begin to try to make those changes.
Each day we hope that for some reason, something has changed, we live in the hope that just one day, the feelings of fear,
and dread that prevents us from riding with confidence, will some how disappear from our minds and bodies whilst we sleep
through the night. We imagine the change could happen because the sun is shining on us, the wind has died down, the road works
have finished, the litter has all been collected, that blooming dog is indoors; the jumps are more inviting; the poles are
more solid; the cross-country ditches are shallower, the ground is good, or the fences not so high; the dressage judge will
miss that spook, you will remember to breathe, the horse strikes off on the right leg, or better still, the horse has read
the dressage test beforehand!
Here you will find everything you need to know about Self-Hypnosis
Audio CDs, mp3 downloads, Face-Face Hypnotherapy, Face-Face Consultations
and Telephone Sport Life Coaching for nervous horse riders (and nervous skiers because you have almost
identical fears and anxieties), all designed to help nervous riders and skiers; whether beginner or experienced, to boost
confidence and overcome their feelings of anxiety, panic, fear and tension, no matter what the cause or how long the feelings
have been around.
If you don't live local, why not set up One-to-One Telephone Sport Life Coaching?
The first thing to do is to ring the Here To Listen Practice (Manchester) on 0161 7890547
or email me to check that Telephone Life Coaching is the right approach for your issues, and to answer any questions
you may have.
Once you have agreed to proceed and paid for the session, a date and time will be booked for
the first session (at a suitable time for you and myself). You will be responsible for making the call (we use a
standard rate landline number), if you are unable to make the call at the time arranged, and you have not given 24 hours notice
of this, you will lose the booked session.
If you need to cancel, or rearrange a call time, 24
hours notice must be given to avoid the loss of the booked session. If we need to cancel or rearrange
the time or date, as much notice as possible will be given to you, and you will be credited if an alternative time cannot
be agreed.
Payment for each session must made in advance of the session.
At the end of the first session you are
under no obligation to book another one, the choice is entirely up to you.
Calls can be booked for daytime or
evening sessions, and you can choose a 30 minute session or 60 minute session.
We reserve the right to cease Sport Life
Coaching work with a client if we feel that it is in the best interests of the client.
Any verbal
abuse or threatening language will not be tolerated.
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Nervous Skiers:
Have you lost confidence skiing or using the lifts?
Do you freeze and go tense as soon as you see the lifts?
Do you actually feel sick at the thought of skiing when you put your boots
on?
Have you started skiing late in life,
and the amount you need to know feels daunting?
Have you just booked your first skiing holiday and now you worrying about learning to ski?
Have you just returned to skiing after a long break, and your confidence
is not what is was, and this makes you tense?
Did
you have an accident some time in the past and now you are nervous about something similar happening again?
Do you feel that you are not enjoying all the ski
runs that you could, feel trappedon nursery runs, greens and blues and want to progress?
Do find yourself making excuses on holiday as to why you can’t ski
today, tomorrow, in that area, on that type of snow, or at that time of day?
Do you miss out skiing with your friends and family because of your limitations?
...if you answer is yes, then this website is for you...
The lure of the majestic mountain ranges the exhilarating fresh air, awesome scenery outdoor eating and partying, and the
comrade of other downhill skiers and snowboarding is an intoxicating formula. We approach our first skiing or boarding lessons
with enthusiasm, knowing that hundreds have done this before, so how difficult can it be? The first few lessons are over,
and we feel we have got to grips with the basics, snow ploughs are getting easier, and we can link our turns, and we feel
ready to tentatively ski on easy green or blue, all goes well, then, as we try to move from this gentle gradient, the fear
sets in...
You can't understand why, you don't seem to have any great apprehension about falling, the snow
is perfect, the sun is shining, but tension and anxiety just keeps building, and then you are gripped by fear. When you eventually
get to the bottom of the run, legs like jelly, the prospect of repeating this terrifying ordeal is the last thing you want
to do, yet everyone else is keen to do just that, so you make an excuse and sit the next up-hill lift out...and this was meant
to be a holiday, you had been looking forward to it, planned it months ago, carefully choosing the best resort, having yet
more lessons, making sure you have the right skis and boots, yet still the fear factor just won't go, and you wonder if
you will ever be able to join the fun on the mountains properly, or be forever forced to limit your skiing to the most simple
of slopes.
Whilst you are reading this, you can probably think of any number of reasons why you have believed in
the past that "today will be different", "but unfortunately, once trapped into the fear, panic, anxiety, and
loss of confidence cycle, it can be really difficult to break it.
So next time your Automatic Negative Thoughts,
those thoughts that jump into your mind before you have chance to challenge them, stop you in your tracks, make you fearful,
anxious and tense, remember, you do have an option, you can change those thoughts, you can change those feelings and you can
change the reactions that they create.
NEWS...
The Nervous Rider Confidence Action Plan: Double CD, that combines a collection of Self-help homework exercises, a relaxation technique than can be performed
at times of stress. A Hypnotherapy Session to boost confidence, and lots of useful information about stress,
anxiety to help you understand why your body reacts as it does. This Action plan will help you become a more motivated, positive,
confident rider with a relaxed, calm outlook, so that you and your horse can both fulfil your potential.
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