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We usually start the preparation by asking participants the question: “How many of you have experienced in your everyday life non-ordinary states of consciousness, such as intense experiences during spiritual practice, in psychedelic self-experimentation, in shamanic rituals, in sessions of experiential psychotherapy, in near-death situations, or during spontaneous psychospiritual crises (‘spiritual emergencies’).” We then draw their attention to the fact that traditional psychiatrists refer to non-ordinary states of consciousness of any kind as “altered states” and see them as manifestations of mental disease. This implies that the information conveyed by them is inauthentic and represents a distortion or impairment of the correct way of experiencing ourselves and the world.

Holotropic Breathwork

Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof

The ASM aims for the following development: (1) one should discover it's fun to move; (2) one should become an all-round, good mover; (3) this good mover will develop into an athlete; (4) this athlete will specialize in one sport; and (5), finally, the athlete will develop into a specialist within his/her sport.

The Athletic Skills Model

René Wormhoudt, Geert J.P. Savelsbergh, Jan Willem Teunissen, Keith Davids

His advice was to keep the plan simple, especially against a capable opponent. A simple plan would require the excellent execution of each engagement; for this reason, tactical success was vital. In this respect, the strategic plan survived so long as successive engagements were being won.

Strategy

Sir Lawrence Freedman

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