by Alistair
Castagnoli
It has happened to you in the evening, perhaps after a game, while lying in bed, when there is silence, when thoughts weigh less, to hear that call, that inner voice that takes you by the hand and meditates with you on the day just lived, on your life, on the choices you made, on who you are. Thoughts, memories that evoke in us images, colors, emotions.
And in those emotions we get lost and made them our journey companion in scenarios that during daylight, with the reason, we do not have the courage to confess and explore. And stuck by those emotions, that tell us about the choices that are making us the person we are, we are moved. We are surprised, we get angry and we decide that things will change, that we need to do this and that.
It has happened to you in the evening, perhaps after a game, while lying in bed, when there is silence, when thoughts weigh less, to hear that call, that inner voice that takes you by the hand and meditates with you on the day just lived, on your life, on the choices you made, on who you are. Thoughts, memories that evoke in us images, colors, emotions.
And in those emotions we get lost and made them our journey companion in scenarios that during daylight, with the reason, we do not have the courage to confess and explore. And stuck by those emotions, that tell us about the choices that are making us the person we are, we are moved. We are surprised, we get angry and we decide that things will change, that we need to do this and that.
And while we
plan how to turn our lives into a masterpiece, we fall asleep lulled
by the emotions that define our character.
Listening to emotions is listening to an important part of us. A part that tells us how we feel and how we react to life events. And the way we act defines who we are.
Listening to emotions is listening to an important part of us. A part that tells us how we feel and how we react to life events. And the way we act defines who we are.
Emotions
describe us, rise us, but also control us.
Because
there is no absolute good, but the good we do with the tools we learn
to master.
The last 30 years of research has confirmed that the emotional circuits are located in the brain: sacrifice gut feelings for the benefit of reason or indulge irresponsibly in the signals dictated by the emotions, often condemns us to choices that do not bring us the expected results .
Mr. Spock, science officer of Star Trek – masterfully played by Leonard Nimoy who sadly passed away while we were working on this article – has always taught us how the cooperation between reason and emotion is the key for knowledge. Gifted with both emotional and rational intelligence, Spock soon realizes that knowledge is better met if we pay close attention to both logical and intuitive details (see on Discover Magazine the wonderful essay "What a Half-Vulcan Taught Us About Science" by Corey S. Powell at http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2015/02/28/half-vulcan-taught-us-science/). This cooperation is essential to get to know ourselves, to understand where we are going and to make that fascinating journey that allows us to see ourselves, others, each scenario with the everlasting new eyes of a child who loves to marvel and learn.
Neuroscience is telling us that emotions are not disturbing elements of sports performance, but useful allies if placed at the service of our knowledge and our well-being. You can do sports in many ways, but - as with life - the key point is the awareness that allows you to fully experience every action and every workout session.
The last 30 years of research has confirmed that the emotional circuits are located in the brain: sacrifice gut feelings for the benefit of reason or indulge irresponsibly in the signals dictated by the emotions, often condemns us to choices that do not bring us the expected results .
Mr. Spock, science officer of Star Trek – masterfully played by Leonard Nimoy who sadly passed away while we were working on this article – has always taught us how the cooperation between reason and emotion is the key for knowledge. Gifted with both emotional and rational intelligence, Spock soon realizes that knowledge is better met if we pay close attention to both logical and intuitive details (see on Discover Magazine the wonderful essay "What a Half-Vulcan Taught Us About Science" by Corey S. Powell at http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2015/02/28/half-vulcan-taught-us-science/). This cooperation is essential to get to know ourselves, to understand where we are going and to make that fascinating journey that allows us to see ourselves, others, each scenario with the everlasting new eyes of a child who loves to marvel and learn.
Neuroscience is telling us that emotions are not disturbing elements of sports performance, but useful allies if placed at the service of our knowledge and our well-being. You can do sports in many ways, but - as with life - the key point is the awareness that allows you to fully experience every action and every workout session.
This
cognitive-emotional awareness will define the athlete of the future:
a person who, by improving the relationship with the potential still
locked inside himself, will conquer "undiscovered
countries".
For this reason it is useful to talk about emotions in sport. To give voice to those who, when practicing sports deeply look within themselves, listen to their emotions and use them to trace the path that will lead them to where they want to go.
For this reason it is useful to talk about emotions in sport. To give voice to those who, when practicing sports deeply look within themselves, listen to their emotions and use them to trace the path that will lead them to where they want to go.
This is a path that starts from within us, from the internal dialogue between logical thoughts and emotions, a dialogue that will allow us to "boldly go where” the man we once were "has never gone before."
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