| imes in life, the simple things are the most | | | | meditative trance called Hakalau. During Hakalau, |
| important, and being able to change your focus is | | | | the individual goes into peripheral vision, breathes |
| certainly something very simple and valuable to | | | | in to the count of 8 and out to the count of 4 |
| do. I suppose that “change your | | | | using a “haa” breath. This regulates |
| focus” has a double meaning. It could | | | | breathing, and changing the brain waves, inducing |
| mean, change what you are looking at with your | | | | a state of deep relaxation, in which it is impossible |
| eyes, or it could mean, change what you are | | | | to hold onto any negative thought, idea or notion. |
| focusing on within your mind and thoughts. Now | | | | Using peripheral vision alone, it is a resourceful |
| you might have the belief that, being a training | | | | state for learning, as your mind is open to the |
| company in NLP and Hypnosis, that we mostly | | | | ideas that a teacher may give you. If you just |
| specialise in teaching others how to change their | | | | try out using Foveal and peripheral vision, you will |
| focus within their mind and thoughts, and this | | | | notice that Foveal vision, comes with a degree of |
| would be true. A lot of what we teach on our | | | | tension, and tension is not so good for learning. |
| NLP and Hypnotherapy courses is about changing | | | | We learn best in a happy relaxed environment as |
| what we are each doing in their heads. However, | | | | this helps us to associate the knowledge we |
| there is a valuable technique that we teach on | | | | receive with feeling good and therefore makes us |
| both our NLP and Hypnotherapy course, which is | | | | much more likely to retrieve and use the |
| a simple process of changing the way you focus | | | | information that we have stored in the future. |
| your eyes and the benefit of this technique is | | | | Peripheral vision so easy to do, that I’m |
| endless. | | | | going to teach you right now. Simply find a spot |
| The technique is called the peripheral vision and | | | | on the wall, just a little above your eye level, on |
| basically means expanding your vision to see into | | | | which to fix your gaze. Without moving your |
| the periphery. This is the opposite of foveal vision, | | | | eyes, begin to become aware of the things |
| the acute concentrated vision that you would | | | | around that spot, allowing your awareness to |
| have if you were for example, threading a needle. | | | | expand further and further out. Take your hands |
| If you think about threading a needle and focusing | | | | out in front of you and wiggle your fingers, |
| your attention in that way, you could easily miss | | | | moving your hands further back toward your |
| all of the other things that could be going on | | | | head, past your eyes and level with your ears. |
| around you. When in peripheral vision, your focus | | | | See how far back you can move your hands, |
| is so expanded, you almost feel that you could | | | | whilst still being aware of your fingers moving, |
| see behind the back of your own head! | | | | with your gaze still fixed to the spot on the ceiling. |
| So why learn peripheral vision? The Hawaiian | | | | If you want to, when you have achieved |
| Huna’s have known of its benefits for | | | | peripheral vision, you can try using the |
| many decades, using it as part of a deep | | | | “Haa” breath at the same time. |