Mental Fitness

"Repetition rewires your brain, even if it's only in your mind.

Your brain doesn't wait for reality to rewire, it starts rewiring from rehearsal.

Your brain can't tell the difference between a real experience & an imagined one. 

When you visualise a behaviour, the same neural circuits begin to activate.

This is called mental rehearsal.

• Athletes use it
• Performers use it
• Neuroscientists study it

When you imagine yourself doing something, your motor cortex & prefrontal cortex light up as if you're practising it in real time.

Repeated mental rehearsal strengthens the neural pathway ...

so when you finally take the action, your brain already knows what to do.

That's why visualisation can reduce fear, increase confidence, & accelerate skill-building.

You're not "just imagining". 

You're literally training your brain."

Thanks Dr Tara Swart