This free poker article on the Shuffle and Breathe technique, a simple method that anyone can use that can significantly improve your poker results (and many other things as well)
That’s because the technique is not a game tactic, but a mental approach based on the ancient art of Tai Chi and meditation.
The Shuffle Up and Breathe Technique is not designed to teach you the game of poker, strategies or etiquette. It is designed to help you realize the poker skills you already have and develop the discipline to use them wisely.
Let’s start with what the technique does:
First, it’s important to note that having the best poker skills in the world won’t do you much good if you can’t use them when the going gets tough. As with any game, sport, or profession, you don’t win by being an expert in armchair theory! If you let your mind or your emotions take control, you are blocked, you become a purely reactionary player.
So the technique is designed to balance and control thought and emotion. To form a mind, body and breath connection.
It is a fact that the mind always follows the breath. When your mind is busy, you find it hard to breathe. When your thoughts start to slow down, you regain control of your emotions and, most importantly, your game.
That’s why you can use the “Get up and breathe” technique to:
a) Control your breathing.
b) Calm your mind
c) Before, during and after each game, or even at any other time in his life.
The technique will help you live and focus in the present moment. Not the past or the future, but right now. It really is about getting into “the zone”.
Use it to reduce stress
Lots of life is stressful, but when you add poker games with perhaps thousands of dollars at stake to the mix, you can end up tired and sick. If you can reduce that stress to a level that you can always handle, you will feel better and play better.
In addition, by using this technique, you will improve in the discovery of what you say and in that of others, in the control of emotions, in the development of discipline and in the management of time and money.
All of these skills can be used at the poker table, in the office, or in any meeting. Learning how to balance is the key to success in all areas of life, especially poker. Consistent use of this technique will result in a clearer mind that makes clearer decisions and better math and moves with great error reduction.
So at last, how do you do this amazing technique?
It is simple. Focus on the tip of your nose and follow your breath with your full attention. All the way in and out again. You will even feel the friction of the air as it enters and leaves.
It is easy. Your mind will follow the breath and will instantly begin to calm down. Use this technique before, during and after each game.
Personally, I use it every time I’m dealt a hand. If you practice this technique every day, you will find a dramatic increase in your skills and the quality of your likes.
Good players define luck as the point where skill meets opportunity. Get ready for it!
Just remember to mix and breathe.