Working definition
A three-layer visualization you runs before the Battle: the steps, the felt sensation, and the anchored positive emotion — performed in sequence, not in parallel.
How it works
Borrowed from elite sport psychology and reshaped into a Yann’s Club preparation move — shelf spine: With Winning in Mind. The doctrine builds on the foundational rule that the body does not distinguish vividly imagined experience from lived experience (see Imagination as Reality).
The three layers, run in order:
- Descriptive imagery — the steps. You close your eyes and walk through the act as a numbered checklist: Step 1, I put on the jacket. Step 2, I face the waiter. Step 3, I pay. Step 4, I tell him his t-shirt is ugly. No emotion yet. Just the script.
- Dynamic imagery — the felt sensation. You replay the same scene, this time tracking the body: heat in the chest, eyes wanting to flee, tightness in the stomach, the impulse to soften. The Interoception muscle is in play. The point is not to feel good; the point is to feel accurately.
- Positive imagery — the anchored after. You visualise yourself after the act, choosing where to look. You look at what you accomplished. You install a pride / joy / esteem signal. This is the Anchoring layer.
The sequence is precise because each layer relies on the previous one. Description without sensation produces a mental movie no body learns from. Sensation without anchoring produces fear without a graduation. Anchoring without description anchors nothing.
Signature
The image is the jealous waiter in the cafeteria — Yann walks the protocol live on 2026-02-02: t-shirt comment, eyes down, eyes back — paired with the lemon-saliva proof that the body believes what the brain simulates.
More room passes mention this doctrine in replay narrative — search the Codex for Three Types of Imagery or start from the latest entry on Weekly Sessions.
Descriptive → dynamic → positive — run in sequence before Battle exposure. Waiter + lemon demo stays in prose. Your move: Your move this week.
Your move this week
This week’s micro-action (24–72 hours):
- Pick one Battle exposure planned in the next forty-eight hours.
- Sit, close your eyes, run the three layers in order: ten breaths for the steps, ten for the felt sensation, ten for the anchored after.