Is yours a Happy Body?

Do you talk with your body? What do you say? Do you ever even look at your body and you as being different from each other, or do you lump them together?

Our Body has more consciousness than we do really. When I say "we" I am referring to the essence, the beingness, the life force of us...and this aspect of us does not judge. Judgment and consciousness does not co-exist.

How can this be you might wonder? There is something called magnetic imprinting, which holds our energy, life force, personality, spirit, what ever name we give it, to the physical form we call our body. Call me crazy, that's ok, I've heard that before. This, difference, is why a lot of types of rehab and therapies don't work so well. They address the physical body and not the energetics that truly hold things together, or the psychological aspects which sometimes does not reflect the body.

How do I talk with my Body?

What our bodies do respond to, is what we say to them. Unfortunately mostly unconsciously. This self talk is highly effective. The judgments we constantly batter ourselves with create exactly what we are judging our selves about. Isn't that ironic?
Your body listens to you and gives you exactly what you tell it. You say, "wow, I'm fat!" and it gets heavier. "I feel like crap today"...what does that create? You say, "I'm getting old!" and it ages. "My hair is thinning..." and it complies. What if you were to say, "Hey, looking good today! How does it get better than this?" Do you suppose your body would change for the better?

Most of us treat our pets better than we do our body. What if we were to change that, and start treating our body with as much kindness and gratitude as we would for our pets or our children? We can start right now, with an apology for not listening, not honoring and not truly caring for our body.

Exercise or exorcise?

What happens when we force our body to do something? Does it say "no" in it's own way sometimes? Like getting sick or injured? When we make it do something it does not like, it usually creates a way for down time.
When we make it do an exercise it does not like, it hears exorcise and freaks out! No way - I'm not doing That! I want to stay!

What would happen if you asked your body a question?

A huge reason most diets and exercise programs do not have lasting effects is that they are forced on the body without taking into account what the Body itself would like...not kidding. Our bodies have their own sense of what they'd like to look like, for example. Really.

Honoring the body by asking it what it would like.

What would it be like to honor your body, and listen to your body when making any choices that involve it?

Like eating... What would you like to eat body?

Getting dressed... What would you like to wear?

Exercise... How would you like to move?
Sex...Who would be nurturing for you to have sex with?

I'm aware that this way of including the body in the choices we make is not a normal thing to do. Is the normal way working for you? Normal is like using a shoehorn to stuff us into a box we will Never fit in. May as well use a shovel and throw dirt onto our coffin. Are you happy? With your body & your life? Truth? If not, I can facilitate something different for you...contact me & ask me a question...

Energetic Processes for Optimization

Energy Transfer - Access Instant Healing

This energy transfer, as my colleague Jola is calling it, is truly a phenomenal addition to more traditional therapeutic models and comes from the same foundation as the work I do with clients.

Whether facilitating an emotional or physical component back to a healthy state, this energy transfer is my modality of choice. It can be very quick, it is easy on the patients body, and provides the patient with the energy that speeds up the healing process.

Please read on for more information...

Beyond the Physical

Let's face it - at a certain level of skill and on court ability, the main thing that separates those that win and others is mental toughness.

Their are many methods of mental training available, and, all are beneficial for those that truly apply themselves.


Performance & Body Optimization offers tools for the players and coaches that help to continually keep us in the "zone". Simple, easy to remember, and actually funny. The humour helps keep things fun which helps us retain the changes possible.

The "zone" itself actually appears to be a space we can continue to generate for ourselves and others. One way to do this is to change every conclusion we have about our game to a question. This allows for change. If I have decided that my backhand sucks - it will suck. If instead I can remember to ask something like "wow, how does it get better than that?" and truly wonder, then things become easier.
It's like building a muscle, you have to work it for it to get stronger. These methods are the same in that respect. Repetition and vigilance are keys for more strength.

This is not a specific sports psychology modality - it is a method of applied consciousness designed to increase the athletes awareness and abilities to be more aware of everything in the midst of a match and to minimize emotional distractions. One of the byproducts of this seems to be the body itself does not have to work as hard to perform to the same high level. This we call "elegance" -
getting the most result with the least effort required.

Does this sound like something you would like to add to your game? To your toolbox of tricks to offer to your students?

Contact me. I can facilitate the process with ease for the teaching pro or the student. High level, elite athletes welcome...

Performance & Body Optimization

So, thanks for asking for more information about this revolutionary approach to changing how the body responds to external stresses.

What is the pain you have from playing? Physical, mental, emotional?

Like it to go away? Tennis – Golf – What else?

• Does your body limit your performance by injury & breaking down?
• Are you ready to function from elegance instead of effort & trying?
• Would you like to play without stress, upset & negative thoughts?
• Would you change your POV allowing you to play better & have more fun?
• Would you like to be truly mindless when playing – and what is that?

Performance & Body Optimization tools and techniques have been developed to assist us in changing the ways we think and function. Applied to bodies, these tools help speed recovery and restore optimal function…with total ease. How does it get better than that?

Check back soon and often, as this site will be updated with posts that will include what this all looks like and sounds like.

Our Point Of View creates our reality

What does this actually mean?

Depression & Athletic Injuries

Unfortunately, depression among athletes goes underreported due to the fear of being perceived as “weak”. Athletes are taught to be tough and strong, therefore depression is not something that many want to face.


Since research has indicated that there is a strong correlation between injury and mental illnesses such as depression, it is imperative that athletes seek therapuetic interventions to assist them with their recovery.


“A 2001 study … found that 96 percent of coaches and 97
percent of athletes said mental health is extremely important
to overall performance. That’s good news. However, 85 percent
of coaches said their athletes come to talk to them about mental
health, though only 68 percent of the athletes said they could
go to their coach about such issues”
(http://www.psychologyofsports.com).


Unfortunately, athletes who experience symptoms of depression are reluctant to seek help, due to the perception that depression carries a cloak of shame. Athletes are taught to be tough and by admitting to a psychological or emotional problem, an individual’s confidence is threatened. Athletes are trained by their coaches to ‘play through the pain and struggle through adverse problems on their own without letting anyone see them cry.


So where am I going with all this? What’s my point, you might be asking? I went through my own very challenging version of athletic depression, and, found some amazing tools and techniques to help myself and others. Help get us out of the depression that can come from a total life change due to an injury. Out of my injury and recovery, “Performance & Body Optimization” was born.