Adapted from my book: On The Verge: Wake up, Show up and Shine
I spent hours on the ice tracing figure eights. Over and over. On the edge of a thin blade.
I can still taste the cold damp air of those early mornings before school. The rink was hushed. Everything was still.
I loved it.
The precision of movement.
The silence.
The rush of being alive.
On the ice, my senses lit up. Time slowed down.
That’s where I found flow.
When I close my eyes long enough, I can still feel it.
My pulse steadies.
My body hums.
Remembering then shifts my state now.
This isn’t just memory. Science backs it.
Visualization rewires us.
It changes our neurochemistry.
And it’s powerful.
You’ve felt it too. In the game. In the woods.
Go back there. Relive it.
There’s power there. Use it.
My place of freedom and peace was in the theatre. I loved that all the misfits gathered together to express themselves and never judge anyone.
Imagery is powerful. I did research on imagery years ago for its effects on exercise adherence and excessive exercise.