Do you find yourself battling performance anxiety, mental blocks, or inner distractions that undermine your edge in competition? These barriers can be frustrating—but they don’t have to define your outcomes. At Within, we help you reprogram your subconscious to build elite mental toughness and a peak-performance mindset, so you can consistently compete at your highest level.
From boxing and javelin to chess and e-sports, we help athletes across all disciplines unlock their peak mental performance.
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If you face pre-game nerves, underperform under pressure, or hold back in key moments, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to stay stuck in that cycle. Sports performance hypnotherapy reshapes how your mind approaches training and competition by eliminating the subconscious blocks that limit consistency, confidence, and drive—so peak performance becomes your baseline.
At Within, our approach is built around performance metrics and mental precision. Many athletes report noticeable gains in focus, resilience, and competitive consistency after just a few targeted sessions. By working directly with your subconscious performance system, we help you remove mental friction and rewire your mindset for sustained excellence.
It’s time to reclaim your focus, sharpen your instincts, and fully access the level you’re capable of. You deserve mental conditioning that works as hard as you do—and we’re here to deliver it with precision, strategy, and proven tools that bring real results.
Real people, real stories, real breakthroughs
Kevin
“I love working with Lucia, she is truly a gem of a human being. Lucia is a great listener and very easy to talk to. Sometimes I haven’t been able to put into words a particular issue and Lucia was intuitive enough to help me frame it in new…”
Gabriela Naballes
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Lucia for her unwavering dedication and exceptional professionalism. Lucia’s authenticity and genuine support have been instrumental in helping me overcome my challenges…”
Kristin Coiner
“Working with her has truly been a transformative experience. She has an incredible gift for helping you see life from a new and empowering perspective. From the very first moment, she created a space that felt safe…”
At Within, we combine clinical precision, competitive insight, and proven mental conditioning strategies into a focused sports performance hypnotherapy process designed to drive measurable, lasting improvements from within.
We address everything—from the root causes of performance anxiety to the mental blocks that interfere with peak execution. Because no two athletes are the same, we tailor every part of your program to fit your sport, goals, and mental performance needs.
Here’s what you can expect during your sessions:
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We start in a focused, judgment-free space where you can speak openly about the mental challenges affecting your performance. Together, we identify when performance blocks began, what situations trigger them, and how these patterns have shaped your results, training mindset, and competitive identity.
By analyzing how your mind associated performance with pressure, criticism, or fear of failure, we lay the groundwork for breakthrough change.
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Next, we go deeper—into the subconscious patterns that continue to fuel hesitation, overthinking, or inconsistency. Often, these responses were formed as mental safeguards, but now limit your potential under pressure.
We bring these patterns into conscious awareness. As you understand how they developed, you begin to see how they’ve been quietly influencing your confidence, focus, and consistency.
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As you become more attuned to your subconscious—responsible for nearly 88% of your reactions—you’ll begin identifying the mental loops, habits, and emotional triggers that disrupt your performance under stress.
This awareness is a turning point. It gives you the ability to step back, reset, and train your mind to support high-level execution, even when the stakes are high.
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Once those patterns are identified, you shift into control. This is your mindset recalibration—and you hold more control than performance anxiety has led you to believe.
Using hypnosis, we help calm mental interference and replace it with new mental strategies: cues and internal language that foster resilience, focus, and mental recovery during performance.
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This final stage is about consistent mastery—not perfection. Rather than pushing through nerves or trying to override stress, you develop a new internal rhythm. One that lets you stay present, calm, and driven under competitive pressure.
Instead of reacting from fear, you compete from focus. With sports hypnotherapy as your edge, you’ll train your mind to match your physical skill—and step into competition with clarity, confidence, and control.
Take a Step Forward & Leave Performance Anxiety Behind
Book your free consultation to discover how personalized sports performance hypnotherapy can help you break through mental barriers, reduce competition anxiety, and reconnect with the most capable version of your athletic self.
We have no limits - We offer online consultations
Conveniently located at 58 Kennedy St, Alexandria, VA 22305, we offer in-person hypnotherapy sessions for those nearby and secure virtual consultations for people across the globe.
Whether you’re just a few blocks away or halfway around the world, you’ll receive the same dedicated care, personalized guidance, and unwavering support on your journey to overcome performance blocks and unlock your authentic athletic potential.
We believe your mind holds the key to lasting change, and we’re here to help you unlock it. At Within Hypnosis, we promise to meet you with professional care, deep respect, and an unshakable belief in your potential. If something doesn’t feel aligned, we’ll adjust. If you feel unsure, we’ll slow down. You’re never alone in this process.
Your transformation is real, and we’re committed to helping you experience it safely, clearly, and with purpose. Because the greatest change starts from within.
You’re not just another athlete—you’re a complete competitor with a unique story worth honoring. At Within Hypnosis, we approach every session with genuine understanding, expertise, and a profound commitment to helping you achieve meaningful, lasting performance transformation.
I am a certified clinical hypnotherapist specializing in Sports Performance Hypnotherapy. With years of experience training and supporting athletes, I’ve helped numerous competitors overcome performance barriers, transform mental patterns, and step into their most powerful athletic selves.
Beyond working with clients, I also serve as an instructor of hypnotherapy at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute (HMI), the first nationally accredited college of hypnosis in the United States. To learn more about my background and certifications, you can visit our About Us page.
At Within Hypnosis, we believe genuine transformation begins with understanding. As a Master NLP Practitioner, I offer more than techniques—I offer you a comprehensive process designed to help you break free from performance-limiting thinking and create lasting, empowering athletic change.
You’re not broken. You don’t need to fight yourself. You simply need the right tools to unlock the change that’s already possible within you.
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Have questions about enhancing athletic performance through hypnosis? Here are some of the most common ones we receive, and how we approach them at Within.
Yes. Hypnosis helps you access and reshape the subconscious patterns that influence your competitive mindset. Rather than relying on willpower alone, sports performance hypnotherapy works with the deeper parts of your mind. This makes it easier to respond with focus, composure, and peak performance—even in high-pressure competitive situations.
Many athletes notice a shift after just one session, with significant improvements often seen within four sessions. That said, every athletic journey is unique. Your progress depends on the complexity of the patterns we’re addressing and how fully you engage in the process. We’ll tailor the pace to match your performance goals.
Learning to manage anxiety and respond to it more effectively, rather than reacting automatically, is a process that can unfold over several sessions—sometimes just a couple, sometimes more, depending on your individual path.
Many clients notice meaningful shifts after just one session, and many experience significant progress by the fourth.
Still, every journey is different. Your results will depend on your readiness for change, the specific patterns we’re working with, and how actively you engage in the process.
Absolutely. Hypnosis is just as effective online as it is in person. We guide you through every step and provide mental training tools you can apply between sessions, so your progress becomes part of your daily athletic routine.
Hypnosis is similar to a daydream or deep focus. People with phobias often access this state even more easily because of their vivid inner worlds and focused attention.
This is a common concern. If your mind tends to analyze or feel anxious, relaxing into hypnosis might seem challenging—but we guide you gently. You don’t have to force anything. Our job is to help you feel comfortable and supported, so the state occurs naturally.
Hypnosis is much like meditation or deep focus. In fact, athletes who struggle with performance pressure often respond well because of their strong mental awareness.
Hypnosis is similar to a daydream or deep focus. People with phobias often access this state even more easily because of their vivid inner worlds and focused attention.Hypnosis is similar to a daydream or deep focus. People with phobias often access this state even more easily because of their vivid inner worlds and focused attention.
If your mind feels like it’s racing or you’re experiencing anxiety, it might seem difficult to relax or settle into the hypnotic state—but that’s something we fully understand and work with during our sessions. You’re not expected to quiet your mind on your own—we’ll gently guide you there.
Hypnosis is a natural state of focused attention, similar to daydreaming or becoming absorbed in a thought. In fact, people with anxiety often reach deeper levels of hypnosis because they tend to have strong internal focus and active imaginations—both of which support the hypnotic process.
Yes. Hypnosis is a safe, natural state of focused awareness, especially when facilitated by a trained professional. There are no substances involved, no side effects, and you remain in control the entire time. For most athletes, the experience feels calming, empowering, and deeply restorative.
Hypnosis has been recognized by the American Medical Association since 1958 and is used worldwide to support mental and athletic performance enhancement.
Hypnosis has been recognized by the American Medical Association since 1958 and continues to be used successfully around the world.
Yes. Whether you’re facing competition nerves, fear of choking under pressure, performance inconsistency, or mental blocks in training or competition, hypnosis helps by addressing the subconscious patterns behind those challenges. We work at the root level—not just the surface symptoms.
Traditional approaches often work with the conscious mind through talking or structured exercises. Hypnosis goes deeper, helping you shift the emotional and mental programming that drives performance anxiety.
At Within, we also give you simple mental tools to support your athletic growth. Hypnosis doesn’t replace other methods—it strengthens them, helping you experience faster, more lasting performance improvements from the inside out.
No. Hypnosis doesn’t erase memories. It shifts the way you relate to them. You’ll still remember the times you felt nervous or struggled—but without the shame, fear, or harsh self-criticism. What changes is how you carry those memories and how they affect your current performance.
Yes. Many of our athletes arrive after trying sports psychology, mental training programs, or self-help strategies without lasting results. Hypnosis works at the level where performance beliefs and response patterns are formed. It can help you make changes that feel real, sustainable, and aligned with who you want to become as a competitor.
We work with athletes at every level—from recreational to elite. Whether you’re a high school competitor, collegiate athlete, weekend triathlete, or professional, sports hypnotherapy can help improve focus, confidence, and consistency under pressure. Mental conditioning is a key to success in any sport.
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