Peak Recovery Training This Workshop Will Reduce Stress,Speed Recovery and Promote Healing In All Aspects Of Your Life.

Dave Ott & Dan Blackburn 2001, Cranbrook, BC. In 2000, Dan led the Kootenay Ice, a Cranbrook, B.C. Western Hockey League team, to the Memorial Cup. In 2001,at 18, he was drafted by the New York Rangers 10 th overall and went on to play for the Rangers, that same year, as one of their youngest goalies. In 2003, during summer, off season training, he injured the shoulder of his glove arm and was eventually forced to retire.

Peak Recovery Preface You need not believe or even understand the ideas presented in this workshop. You may actively resist them. You need not believe or even understand the ideas presented in this workshop. You may actively resist them. If, however, you take the time to learn and practice the exercises presented, you will discover their value and truth through increased freedom from pain and fear, and the peace If, however, you take the time to learn and practice the exercises presented, you will discover their value and truth through increased freedom from pain and fear, and the peace YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE

The Two Phases Of Peak Recovery 1. Recovering from loss, change, or giving up destructive coping choices with all the anxiety of dealing with stored emotional pain, the fear of failure, change and the unknown. 2. Recovering the Peace, Power, Joy and Love, the High Within, by crossing through the egos Final Frontier of emotions, pain and identity fear. In this Peak or Full Recovery workshop, you will learn and practice strategies and skills to assist and strengthen your ability to navigate successfully through both these phases.

Introductory Questions 1. Where in your own life do you wish to improve your performance? 2. What changes would you like to accomplish within your life to bring you more happiness and contentment? 3. What has stood in the way and blocked you from achieving these desires?

Peak Recovery Grounding in the Here & Now. Grounding in the Here & Now. Releasing Mind-Body-Emotion Releasing Mind-Body-Emotion Blocks. Blocks. Winning Thoughts & Words. Winning Thoughts & Words. Focus, Power, Zone Training. Focus, Power, Zone Training. Training Practicing The Skills of Peak Recovery

Recovery Blocks Mind Need To Recover Need To Find Peace Recovery Peace Body Emotion

Recovery Blocks Block Removal Mind Thinking, Worrying, Planning, Analyzing,Criticizing,Controlling Judging, Doubting, Conflict, Blame What If? If Only Destructive Thinking Exercise and activities like tennis, art, archery and golf, that demand Non Thinking, Now Focus. Breath and Now Awareness Tr. Stay Present. Be Here Now. Tension Release - Grounding Focus, Power, Zone Training Body Muscle Tension Weight, Junk Food, Sugar, Alcohol, Salt Illness, Injury, Addiction, Drugs Poor Sleep / Rest Cardiovascular Exercise Tension Release Exercise Good Diet, Enough Sleep / Rest Stretching and Weight Training Lots of Pure Water To Cleanse Focus, Power, Zone Training Here & Now Body Awareness Emotion Grief, Depression, Upset, Anger, Sadness, Loneliness Disappointment Anxiety, Loss Let Go Anger and Blame Breathe Into & Feel Pain Fully You Cant Heal Unless You Feel Stress & Wellness Counselling Will Speed Up This Process. Bring Emotion Into Awareness

Transforming Energy To Power Ground Like a battery, we house within Us energy that needs to be conducted and transformed into Performance Power.Performance Power. Here and Now Contact, Awareness and Focus. Without a good ground, this can not be accomplished. We establish our ground through Here and Now Contact, Awareness and Focus. To establish a good ground,breathe fully; let go & sink heavily into the floor on the out breath. Then connect with the present world through your five senses. ENERGY

ROOTSTRENGTH SEE TOUCH SMELL SENSORY GROUNDING HEAR NOW TASTE

Welcome To The Hotel California Hotel California Such a lovely Place! This can be Heaven or this can be Hell Peace of Mind results from Connection to your Here & Now World. to your Here & Now World. Pain, Fear and Anxiety from Living in the illusion of Future, Past or Fantasy. Anything from the Present that can capture your attention is a lifeline to Peace Of Mind. When you find it, its a real gift, so be grateful. CALIFORNIA HEAVEN HELL NOW IS IS The Eagles If you havent If you havent Keep Looking. Its out there! i s Living in Future or Past

Layers of Self Ego MIND BODY ANGER EMOTIONS ENERGY Spirit God MOBILIZEENERGYThroughEGOSURRENDER FEAR INCREASED & FEAR ENERGY

Cloud-Layers Of Self Magnified Mind Support/Defense Mind Support/Defense Thinking, Worrying, Planning, Judging, Controlling Analyzing, Criticizing, Analyzing, Criticizing, Body Support/ Defense Muscle Tension-Armor, Food, Overweight, Drugs Alcohol,Toxins, Pain, Waste, Alcohol, Toxins, Pain, Waste, Anger Defense-Control-Support Emotion Support/Defense Happy, Excited, Content, Carefree Depressed, Helpless, Happy, Excited, Content, Carefree Depressed, Helpless, Abandoned, Lost, Sad, Empty, Worthless, Separate, Alone Abandoned, Lost, Sad, Empty, Worthless, Separate, Alone Power, Peace,Joy,Love / Spiritual Identity Lost Identity FEAR THE ZONE THE ZONE Birth & Death Of Ego Here

EMOTIONS Happy, Sad, Empty Worthless,Bored,Hopeless,Despairing, Alone, Separate, Alone, Separate, FEAR OF Emotions, Losing Control, Death, The Unknown, The Power of, GOD-SOURCE Losing Self Fear-BasedANGERDefense BODY SUPPORT Muscle Tension Alcohol, Drugs, Food, Weight, Over Work, Sedation, Sensation Distraction, Medication MIND SUPPORT Thinking, Worrying Planning, Analyzing Criticizing, Judging Controlling LET GO TO FIND UNIVERSAL UNIVERSALGOD-SOURCEENERGY

Crossing The Final Frontier? Through Emotions, Pain & Fear Through Emotions, Pain & Fear Painful Emotions Fear of the unknown Death of of ego ego What the caterpillar sees as the end of the world, To suffer ones death and be reborn is not easy.To suffer ones death and be reborn is not easy. Fritz Perls, Founder of Gestalt Therapy Fritz Perls, Founder of Gestalt Therapy Alone Separate Inner Spirit The Master calls a Butterfly. Illusions, by Richard Bach Sad, Empty, Helpless, Worthless

2. Why do we find it so difficult to experience emotions like sadness, loss, helplessness emptiness, aloneness, worthlessness, despair? 3. When was the last time you got angry? Share this experience with the person on your right. 4. What was the painful emotion underneath the anger, the more vulnerable feeling the anger was protecting you from experiencing? Questions 1. What happens when you feel upset or any kind of painful emotion? How do you handle it? 5.If I allowed myself to feel the more vulnerable feeling of …., I frightened that…? and then…?

Healing Painful Emotions 1. Give up anger, blame or any other coping choice that stops you from responsibly feeling the pain. 2. Find and feel this pain somewhere in your body. You can not heal what you will not physically feel. 3. On every out breath, let go, give in and sink as deeply as you can into the physical experience of the emotion. Whatever pain we resist, persists, strengthens and becomes unbearable. Giving into to tears and crying can be extremely helpful here. 4. As you give into and experience this emotional pain in your body simply say,Spirit,help me heal this pain and fear. When you can ask with heart- felt surrender, you will receive your healing, release, and access to the Peace Of God beneath.

Feeling Emotions A Simple Awareness Exercise 1. Close your eyes and think of a situation as close to the present as you can remember where you felt some painful emotion like sadness, loss, aloneness, emptiness, despair etc. 2. Try to visualize this situation in your mind to the point where you begin to feel the emotion once again now. Locate it somewhere in your body. 3. Your first reaction will be to to tighten up, and stop breathing. Instead, try letting go into the physical experience with every out breath. 4. See how long you can give attention to this experience and what happens to the pain.

The Awareness and Acceptance Of where I am Are my Keys to the Kingdom Of Change. Of Change. There is no blame In being me, Nor in my defenses And Unreadyness to see. David Ott Keys To The Kingdom

Enlightenment To Awaken to Our Power and Joy, Our Peace and Love, We must be Grounded and Focused In Nowness, Empty of the Defenses of self. David Ott /80 David Ott /80

Corral Your Thoughts They Are Like Horses. They Are Like Horses. If you let them run wild all day, Its going to take a long time to get them Back Into The Corral and Saddled For Focus when you need to. when you need to.

How To Corral Your Thoughts Be Mindful In The Here & Now Frequently throughout the day, stop, breathe and sink heavily into the floor. Then use thewordsNow I Am Aware and label a sight, sound, touch, taste or smell outside, or feeling within you. Frequently throughout the day, stop, breathe and sink heavily into the floor. Then use the words Now I Am Aware and label a sight, sound, touch, taste or smell outside, or feeling within you. DAILY PRACTICE 1

How To Corral Your Thoughts Notice & Still Your Thoughts Notice & Still Your Thoughts For at least 10 minutes, in the morning, evening & before any challenge, sitting up or lying down, focus on your breathing. Let go and sink heavier into the ground with every out breath. If thoughts enter your mind, tell them gently to Be Still.Refocus on your breathing & continue to relax deeper & deeper on each out breath. For at least 10 minutes, in the morning, evening & before any challenge, sitting up or lying down, focus on your breathing. Let go and sink heavier into the ground with every out breath. If thoughts enter your mind, tell them gently to Be Still. Refocus on your breathing & continue to relax deeper & deeper on each out breath. DAILY PRACTICE 2

Your Thoughts & Feelings Create Your Reality All thoughts and feelings house creative energy All thoughts and feelings house creative energy that somehow,someway, sometime take form. that somehow,someway, sometime take form. Positive, winning thoughts create a positive Positive, winning thoughts create a positive winning reality. Negative, losing thoughts create winning reality. Negative, losing thoughts create a negative, losing reality. a negative, losing reality. What you believe you achieve. What you visualize you materialize What you visualize you materialize Focus, Power& Zone training will train your Focus, Power& Zone training will train your mind to become aware of, control and stop mind to become aware of, control and stop negative thoughts and feelings so you can negative thoughts and feelings so you can replace them with positive ones. replace them with positive ones.

Thinking To Win Your Present thoughts & feelings Your Present thoughts & feelings create your coming reality. create your coming reality. The stronger, the sooner. Think & The stronger, the sooner. Think & feel success to create success! feel success to create success! Thoughts, feelings, visions, Thoughts, feelings, visions, words, actions all create form. words, actions all create form. Thoughts seen, spoken and acted Thoughts seen, spoken and acted on take form in reality sooner. on take form in reality sooner..

Winning Words IAM I am successful! I am a winner! I am successful! I am a winner! I am determined! I am powerful! I am determined! I am powerful! I am clean and addiction free! I am clean and addiction free! I am… fill in the blank I am… fill in the blank! Speak them as yourReality Now. Speak them as your Reality Now. The most powerful preface you can The most powerful preface you can use to bring your goals into reality. Speak these ideas often to yourself Speak these ideas often to yourself andout loud. and out loud.

The more aware you are The more aware you are of what you think each of what you think each moment, the sooner you moment, the sooner you can change your can change your thoughts from losers thoughts from losers TO WINNERS ! TO WINNERS ! GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS YOUR THOUGHTS

Achieving Your Goals 1. Goal, dream or idea presents itself from your unconscious mind. from your unconscious mind. 2. Breathe fully and then connect your body heavily into floorGrounding body heavily into floor. (Grounding) 3. Visualize your goalAchieved 3. Visualize your goal Achieved. 4. Be detailed & specific in the vision. 5. See yourself, your achieved goal or visionunder awhite spot light 5. See yourself, your achieved goal or vision under a white spot light. 6. Add to the vision astrong feeling 6. Add to the vision a strong feeling of excitement andgratitude of excitement and gratitude! 1.

7. Speak out loud, in present tense, as if you have achieved your goal. as if you have achieved your goal. Example: I am addiction free! Example: I am addiction free! 8. Take action to achieve your goal. 9. Ignore specific way goal will evolve. 10. Break End-Goal into smaller goals? 11. Do the Visualizing & Feeling in a state of Relaxation before going to sleep. of Relaxation before going to sleep. Achieving Your Goals 2.

The Zone Response The Zone Response is a drug free altered state of consciousness brought about by Non-Thinking,Now-Focusedactivity, relaxed muscle tension, and full, rhythmic breathing. The Zone Response is a drug free altered state of consciousness brought about by Non-Thinking, Now-Focused activity, relaxed muscle tension, and full, rhythmic breathing. Warriors in tribal cultures often induced Warriors in tribal cultures often induced this state before going into battle through this state before going into battle through drumming and chanting because it drumming and chanting because it eliminated fear and maximized power eliminated fear and maximized power. Its characterized by a specific Its characterized by a specific brain wave known as Alpha. brain wave known as Alpha.

Activating The Zone Response Create mental state of non-thinking Alert, Now-Awareness. Full focus on present activity or skill. Relax or release muscle tension. Develop full, flowing, breath pattern. Skill or activity focused on must be learned, practiced and executed to the point where it can become a non-thinking, reflex response to present performance demands. Practice! Practice! Practice!

Benefits of Zone Training Less muscle tension. Less muscle tension. Better breathing; more available O 2. Better breathing; more available O 2. Increased circulation to brain & organs. Increased circulation to brain & organs. Better Immune Response. Better Immune Response. Faster healing and less illness. Faster healing and less illness. Fewer accidents with less time loss. Fewer accidents with less time loss. Improved digestion & higher energy. Improved digestion & higher energy. Greater power and stamina. Greater power and stamina. Focus that is more clear and alert. Focus that is more clear and alert. Improved memory and learning. Improved memory and learning.1.

Reduced anxiety, fear and doubt. Reduced anxiety, fear and doubt. More confident and positive attitude More confident and positive attitude to present performance demands. to present performance demands. A body that is clear of tension, more A body that is clear of tension, more free flowing with faster reflexes. free flowing with faster reflexes. Fewer mind, body, emotion blocks. Fewer mind, body, emotion blocks. Stronger more determined visual goals. Stronger more determined visual goals. Better able to focus under pressure. Better able to focus under pressure. Better intuitive response to situations. Better intuitive response to situations. A mind that is more still & responsive A mind that is more still & responsive to present performance demands. to present performance demands. Benefits of Zone Training 2.

Peak Recovery Ongoing Survival Skills Off Ice Focus Affects On Ice Play On Ice Play Be in present awareness. Be in present awareness. Use the words,Now I am Aware.. Use the words,Now I am Aware.. Then use your five senses to Then use your five senses to connect with the world around you. connect with the world around you. Keep feet firmly on the ground so Keep feet firmly on the ground so you can transfer energy to power. you can transfer energy to power. Keep your breath full and relaxed. Keep your breath full and relaxed. 1.

Breathe and relax muscle tension. Breathe and relax muscle tension. Guard against negative thinking. Guard against negative thinking. Avoid criticism, judgment & anger. Avoid criticism, judgment & anger. Feel, think, speak & act positively. Feel, think, speak & act positively. Use winning words like I am … Use winning words like I am … flawless, powerful, a winner! etc. flawless, powerful, a winner! etc. Be aware of your body so you can notice Be aware of your body so you can notice and relax any tension. and relax any tension. Peak Recovery Ongoing Survival Skills 2.

Surprise Gift of Peak Recovery The high, the relief, the freedom from pain and fear, the peace we sought, without success, through our destructive substance and behavior choices in the world are gifted and awakened within us as soon as we let go our destructive choices, ask for healing with heart-felt feeling and then wait in patient, stillness, with a harmless, faith- filled willingness to receive. We have lost nothing and found Our Peace & Joy Within.

Peak Recovery May You Awaken to The Power Within! David Ott, M.Ed. Recovery Counselling & Education (250) peakrecovery.com A New Beginning