Presenter: Paula King, PhD
Objectives: Participants completing this presentation will be able to:
- Define IGIsm and explain how it differs from visualization and guided imagery.
- Utilize IGIsm to create an opportunity for their clients to meet and work with an inner coach.
- Integrate IGIsm concepts into their performance enhancement work.
Description: Embraced by coaches and
athletes alike, visualization is a popular performance
enhancement strategy. IGIsm
relies on the same
innate mental capacity to imagine as does visualization.
However, IGIsm
greatly broadens
and deepens the application of imagination to performance.
One fundamental construct of IGIsm
is guiding a client
in the creation of a trusting relationship with the wisdom
residing within each person. This same wisdom which heals
our cuts, grew us from a zygote to a baby, from a child to
a adult, and many trust intuitively to guide their daily
actions, still remains, for most, an illusive quality of
which there is awareness, but little or no intentional
relationship.
Yet, it is a relationship that, when entered into
intentionally, offers enormous support, problem-solving
guidance, direction, grounding of new concepts, and
conflict resolution. In the sports world, this ability
translates into an opportunity to meet and utilize this
inner power as a personal coach who is always present,
wise, and compassionate. This coach has known you always
and in all ways, and can be a valuable ally before, during
and after each performance.