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Chandigarh, India, october 2015The next Congress, titled "7th International Congress on Mental Training and Excellence", will take place in Chandigarh, India at Panjab University hosted by Professor Jitendra Mohan, who has been elected as the President of this congress, in late October 2015. This congress is likely to include the areas of sports, business and management, education, health and well-being, performing arts, and Yoga. Professor Lars-Eric Unestahl, President of Scandinavian International University in Orebro, Sweden, founded the International Society of Mental Training and Excellence in Malaysia in 1989. This society was formed immediately after the meeting of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) met in Singapore during the same month. This new society was formed to bring together a group of scientists and practitioners to present the latest evidenced based research and applied treatments based upon work in real world settings. The International Society of Mental Training and Excellence met for the first time in Orebro, Sweden in 1991 hosted by President Lars-Eric Unestahl. Further meetings occurred in Ottawa (1995) hosted by Professor Terry Orlick, Salt Lake City, Utah (1999) hosted by Professor Keith Henschen, and in St. Petersburg, Russia (2003) hosted by Professor Pavel Bundzen. The Society has now expanded its emphases to other areas: developmental hypnosis, developmental coaching and fast method changes such as EMDR, NLP, and TFT etc. The next conference was held in Beijing (2008) in conjunction with the Olympic Games and most recently in Prishtina, Kosovo in August 2011. The first five world congresses were focused on Mental Training. Initially, Mental Training was a part of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP), until 1989, when the International Society for Mental Training and Excellence (ISMTE) was founded. The reason for this was that sports psychology was becoming more theoretical instead of being practical. In 1985, Professor Lars-Eric Unestahl suggested that Mental Training should have a society of its own. Therefore, in 1989 in Malaysia, the International Society of Mental Training and Excellence was formed. The current Board of the International Society on Excellence in Sport and Life consists of the following members: a.) Michel Gagne, Ph.D., Malaysia The most recent World Congress on Excellence in Sport and Life, held in Prishtina, Kosovo (22-26 August, 2011) had about 100 delegates from 21 countries who participated in it. The most noted names who attended were as follows along with their keynote addresses: a.) Jorgen Svenstrup (Denmark) Coaching for Excellence. The conference also saw a substantial contribution from the Indian contingent from Panjab University consisting of the following: a.) Vice Chancellor R.C. Sobti Balancing Creativity and constraints in University research. The philosophy of this organization is based upon principles of mental training developed by Unestahl. Some of the following principles are indicative of this philosophy: *Principles behind the way the ideal state of peak performance and wellbeing can be created and identified, developed and controlled. *Mental abilities can be regarded and treated the same way as physical abilities and can be trained like physical skills *Mental training is founded on personal growth and not upon comparison to others *The best solutions for any problem are already within the athlete or person *The mental trainer has the task to stimulate the solution-focused processes *Life is a "do yourself project, where no one can change anyone else *Life long development is based upon daily learning in work and home *Alternative states of consciousness facilitate the learning of new ways of looking at life The congress now emphasizes applications in the following areas; sport, performing arts, school and education, work and business, and health and relations. The training that is designed by Lars-Eric Unestahl, can be completed in about four to six months of daily practice. The training begins with basic mental training for the first six weeks followed by self-image training, goal-image training, mental skills training, attitude training and finally emotional training. Over these 135 days the athlete becomes efficient in each area in a systematic way and can then be able to call up these changes with triggers. The next Congress, titled "7th International Congress on Mental Training and Excellence", will take place in Chandigarh, India at Panjab University hosted by Professor Jitendra Mohan, who has been elected as the President of this congress, in late October 2015. This congress is likely to include the areas of sports, business and management, education, health and well-being, performing arts, and Yoga. Welcome to India
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