I asked him what he wanted from the session. His answer came very quickly without hesitation. He wanted the drive to swim and increased physical prowess in swimming so that he could reach his goal of a healthy and fit individual. He bluntly said that hearing, feeling, and seeing would all include him being healthy and happy with glowing health.

When I asked him where and when he wanted this goal to take place, he was confused. I said, "Would you like it to happen now, in a month, etc.?" His response was that he wanted it now, but I got the definite feeling he meant yesterday. He said this goal would affect his entire life, because good health makes everything better.

I asked if he thought there was anything different between his body and the best swimmers out there, or whether it was a mindset problem. He said it was probably all due to his thought patterns, which made me very happy.

He said he had all the resources he needed to accomplish his goal, and that it was just a matter of changing the thoughts that went through his head of apathy into drive. His specific problem boiled down to apathy (his words). He wanted the drive and determination to swim. His goals would then come to fruition.

At this point I asked him if there was anyone in the sports arena that he had heard of through magazines or television that he admired for characteristics that he would like to possess for use in swimming. His answer was Jacque Cousteau. I asked what it was about Jacque Cousteau that drew his admiration. He looked up to this model for his huge drive, his wealth of caring deeply, and the fact that the man had been healthy his entire life.

I followed this with getting information on belief systems. I asked him to close his eyes and think of something that he knew to be universally true, something he didn't doubt for an instant. His universal truth ended up being that his wife loved him. I asked him to visualize this and tell me where and how he saw it. The truth took a colorful image of his wife and was placed to his left and slightly down, he said, as he smiled, it was because she was short.

I then asked for a personal truth that was the essence of who he was, a truth that defined who he was, and had no doubt about its validity. This truth was that he was a literate person. This personal truth was placed directly in front of him and slightly lowered as well. This time the image was black and white, but clear.

Before putting him in a trance, we did the 'Zone' exercise. I asked him to think of a situation, event, or circumstance where time wrapped him up. A situation where time seemed to be being pulled by a 747 in take off, a situation where time speed by with force. He instantly came up with a situation. I asked him to tell me what it was. The situation was a weeklong event where he was preparing for an athletic event and camping. The whole experience was warm, colorful, clear, and his visual range was wide. He was taking in everything. The color he associated with this speed up time was green.

He was then asked to open his eyes, shake his body, and then close them again. This time I asked him to think back to a situation where time was the opposite, where time was like molasses and crept by slowly. He didn't want to tell me what was happening, but he did say that the whole event was clouded in grey, washed out, and with no noticeable temperature.

I had him envisage the green color filling his insides, while the world around him was grayed out and faded. I asked him to come up with a signal that could cue him to enter the zone. He came up with a gently balled fist. I had him see himself with the fast internal clock, while the outside world moved slower. He was told he could use this to see all that was going on so that he could respond ideally and perfectly. I mentioned that by having this sped up internal clock he was that much faster and more alert than anyone else, and that this allowed him all the time he needed to succeed at what he was doing. He responded very favorably.

I continued by telling him that it was now time to do hypnosis. I explained hypnosis as a relaxed, focused state like the 'zone' where one can achieve goals. I brought him through the Dave Elman induction. At the point where one is supposed to lift the client's wrist, his wrist was loose and limp, like a wet towel.

I directly went to the block removal section. I had him see the part of himself that wanted Cousteau's drive, the health, and vigor of an expert swimmer in one hand. In the other hand I had him place the part of himself that held him back from accomplishing these goals. I talked him through seeing that each side had its merits and reasons for existence. I explained that people and events of the past might be replaying themselves in his subconscious, but that this was now the time to release them and see them in a new light.

I had him imagine both his hands directly in front of his mind's eye. I asked him to turn the hands to face each other, and look into each other. I asked that both polarities see and express the merits and reasons for each part's existence. I asked him to move a finger when this had occurred. It was very rapid.

I guided him through bringing these two sides together to incorporate the good both possessed. This also went quite quickly. He physically moved his arms and hands to his chest at the step when this new, improved aspect of himself was brought internally. He smiled even in the trance.

The New Behavior Generator went very smoothly. Throughout the exercise he smiled, and his whole mood lightened.

He had a physical response to the Super Swish. When I asked him to see a huge image of himself as healthy and successful, he glowed with happiness. Each time I had him open the camera's shutter and throw the unwanted image away, his body mirrored the action, and a smile came to his face. It was interesting to watch.

After the block's removal and the Super Swish I recited the Sermon Script. He was very relaxed at these times, and seemed to be enjoying himself. After the second time, I had him implant his new beliefs into his personal belief and eventually his universal belief. Once again, there were signs that this made him happy. I ended with the caterpillar metaphor.

He came back, at my counting, with a large smile. I asked him how it went for him. He said it was great. I asked him how he felt. He said motivated to go and swim. I personally felt very god about myself.