Brainspotting for Athletes
Brainspotting for Athletic Performance
What is Brainspotting?
Brainspotting is a mind/body approach, unlike other talk therapies, that uses eye positioning to access the neurological system in order to expand on positive experiences or clear unhelpful, negative experiences from the neural network.
Our brain and body hold trauma memories as a way to safeguard us from letting something bad happen again. Trauma is something that puts your body into one of the responses of fight, flight, or flee, and could be many things
A blindside-hit
Physical/ sexual/ verbal/ emotional abuse
An embarrassing moment
Being yelled at by a parent or coach
A bad play or bad game
Injury
Concussion
Seeing a peer get hurt
The brain cannot differentiate between physical or emotional trauma so they are held the same way in our brain. This is why mental health is a critical component of an athlete’s performance. It is also the reason that traumatic events from all areas or periods of time in life can be addressed for peak performance.
Trauma causes maladaptive neuropathways to develop and if there is no intentional and targeted work done to create a new healthy pathway, your brain will use the trauma pathway, which causes the athlete to lose their finely tuned and practiced movements.
Brainspotting is the tool that accesses the deep brain in order to clear the maladaptive pathways and memory networks associated with the trauma so the athlete can perform at their best; calmly, with excitement and trust in their training and ability.
Additionally, Brainspotting can enhance an athlete’s positive performance or help them get into a flow state for an upcoming competition by strengthening healthy neural pathways
How Brainspotting Helps Athletic Performance
Reset the brain to perceive less threat so you can respond quickly based on your training, not from a fear or trauma reaction
Increase agility
Increase speed
Stop unconscious muscle guarding
Help body and mind work together
Faster recovery times
Strengthen interpersonal relationships and increase team bonding
Increase audio, visual, and physical reaction time
Increase performance intuition
Decrease performance anxiety
Enhanced motor control
Helps with focus and competition preparation
Who can benefit from Brainspotting for performance?
Individuals - Working to improve their athletic ability, overcome injury, prepare for a competition, or plan for retirement
Teams - Develops strong team cohesion, and addresses individual challenges in a group setting to increase support and empathy towards one another
Groups - As one heals, we all heal: Groups of athletes not on a team together can benefit from the normalization of athletic challenges no matter what sport they play. Group brainspotting protocols allow the entire group to process and rewire neurocognitive and neuromuscular pathways in a setting with peer-to-peer support
Who can get Brainspotting performance coaching?
Brainspotting for athletic performance is a service that is accessible to folks worldwide. The capacity in which Bree works with clients is determined during a free consultation, which can be booked HERE
Bree is available for
Brainspotting for individuals
Brainspotting for groups of athletes from various sports
Brainspotting for teams
Talks/workshops to educate about Brainspotting
Family members
Athletic departments
Coaches/trainers/admin
Please contact Bree directly to discuss group work, team work, speaking engagements or workshops
Call or Text: 509-818-6819