Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 >20+ years ago, I read something about Russian athletes staring into a >completely white field of view. (To do this at home, the book >suggested placing table tennis balls, cut in half, over the eyes >looking into the concave surface with background lighting to create >a consistent view in all directions.) I saw this in the now out of print book Red Gold by Grigori Raiport, a sports psychologist for the Soviet Olympic team who defected. They are called Ganz Field goggles. Raiport syas that " German psychologists have discovered that exposing the retina to a completely white field for a time can synchronize brain waves, creating a trance-like state in which the individual feels relaxed and receptive " . He doesn't say too much more about it, but recommends the practice for calming the mind. Steve Justus Westminster, CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 " joe_absfit " <info@A...> wrote: > 20+ years ago, I read something about Russian athletes staring into a > completely white field of view. (To do this at home, the book > suggested placing table tennis balls, cut in half, over the eyes > looking into the concave surface with background lighting to create > a consistent view in all directions.) This exercise was designed for relaxation and calmness but not only. It improves attention span, ability to concentrate on various parts of the body, visualization, etc. Usually, this and other exercises of this sort were very helpful in the process of training in mental techniques, especially, autogenic training and its modification that were very popular in the ex- Soviet Union. I applied this exercise with military pilots and cadets 25 years ago for deeper relaxation after flights and mastering pilot skills in relaxed, trance-like states. A few sessions of this exercise can be enough to get relaxed in few seconds through visualization of the white background with the tennis ball. Vladimir Stefanishin Grand Rapids, MI, USA http://www.proself.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Steve, The Russians used the white field and other colors, mainly for relaxation. There are also several American practitioners who use looking at colors in treatment of patients with various problems; I am not up to date on all of the work as I was 20 years ago. In fact, I corresponded with several people in the United States who used this method, so maybe if we put the word out somebody may be able to find someone who does this kind of work to find out more about it, and what it does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yessis, Ph.D President, Sports Training, Inc. www.dryessis.com PO Box 460429 Escondido, CA 92046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Message: 23 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 06:55:41 -0600 Subject: Re: Soviet technique? >20+ years ago, I read something about Russian athletes staring into a >completely white field of view. (To do this at home, the book >suggested placing table tennis balls, cut in half, over the eyes >looking into the concave surface with background lighting to create >a consistent view in all directions.) I saw this in the now out of print book Red Gold by Grigori Raiport, a sports psychologist for the Soviet Olympic team who defected. They are called Ganz Field goggles. Raiport syas that " German psychologists have discovered that exposing the retina to a completely white field for a time can synchronize brain waves, creating a trance-like state in which the individual feels relaxed and receptive " . He doesn't say too much more about it, but recommends the practice for calming the mind. Steve Justus Westminster, CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Dr. Yessis writes: >Steve, > >The Russians used the white field and other colors, mainly for >relaxation. There are also several American practitioners who use >looking at colors in treatment of patients with various problems; I am >not up to date on all of the work as I was 20 years ago. In fact, I >corresponded with several people in the United States who used this >method, so maybe if we put the word out somebody may be able to find >someone who does this kind of work to find out more about it, and what it >does. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Yessis, Ph.D >President, Sports Training, Inc. >www.dryessis.com > >PO Box 460429 >Escondido, CA 92046 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for the aditional information, Dr. Yessis. If you have any other links on this, please post it. I had no idea that colors were used, or what they might be good for, but the whole concept is interesting. Steve Justus Westminster, CO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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