| Glasco believes she can
help golfers through the power of hypnosis. A resident of a small town near Annapolis, MD.
with a home at Bryce Resort, Glasco has taken her knowledge dealt out in the small private
room of psychiatric practice to the golf course.She has developed a series of hypnosis
exercises designed to assist golfers improve their game and recorded them on a tape. "Golf Focus" is Glasco's tape that
features programs offering relaxation and visualization techniques designed to improve a
player's game. "Golf can be relaxing," said the 42-year-old Glasco, who has been
playing golf since high school. "But people lose focus. My program locks in the
knowledge they (already)have to hit a really good shot. It helps alleviate anxiety and
instills confidence." But mention hypnosis and most people take a few steps back,
shying away from another, altered state of mind.
They imagine doing strange,
uncontrollable acts. Glasco, however, a certified hypnotherapist for six years, is quick
to dispel this preconceived notion. "Hypnosis is only an altered state,
naturally," she said. "The truth is, people are not going to do anything they
don't want to do." "Golf Focus" allows for total concentration and mind
control, helping tune out surroundings to concentrate on what a golfer wishes to
accomplish. Because golf is such a mental game, it's only natural that visualization is
part of the mental regime Glasco has scripted. She instructs the listeners to picture the
golf shot they felt best about in a previous game or that of a professional golfer they
want to emulate. "And imagine stress, maybe inclement weather," she says.
"Find your center and see yourself in control. See obstacles as a challenge.
Your one focus should be to send your
ball to the target. Have a clear and quiet mind. Allow no extraneous thoughts...visualize
your ideal swing from the tee to the green and see yourself sending your ball to the
target." Side one of "Golf Focus" features a warm-up to fine-tune a
player's mental game and reaping the healthy benefits of the game; side two, with mental
instructions from "tee to green", helps fine-tune the golfer's swing. "This
is not an instructional tape," Glasco says. "It simply works with you to help
you find what works for you." After a few weeks of listening to the tape daily, a
person doesn't have to rely on it, she adds. "You can go through the routine and
simply walk yourself from the tee to the green and do the visualization in a
fully-awakened state."
"The thing I love about the
hypnosis is the human mind," Glasco says. "It's phenomenal. We know so little
about what the brain can do. We use such a small percentage of the brain, but with
hypnosis we can tap into a huge scorehouse of memory. Glasco's first foray from the greens
to the studio has carried its own lessons, lessons she's still learning. "I'm not a
marketer, but I'm learning all the time," she said. "I'm hoping to maybe speak
to some groups about the program and about relaxation in general. (The tape) doesn't have
to be just about golf." Does she think she's sitting on a gold mine? "I don't
know, but I hope so," she says.
And the smile agrees. |
