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. 2015 Aug 27;9:229. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00229

Table 1.

Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness, and Knowledge.

Session 1 Module 1: Inhabiting your body (180 min)
   • The body as the primary focus of attention
   • Mindful awareness of the body; body scan
   • Research on interoception, optimal performance, and mindfulness
   • Experiential Exercise: straw breathing
   • Home practice assignment
Session 1 Module 2: Getting out of your own way and letting go (180 min)
   • The wandering mind and recognizing how “story” influences performance
   • Mindful movement; seated meditation
   • Research on the default mode network
   • Experiential exercise: Efforting versus letting go
   • Home practice assignment
Session 2 Module 3: Working with difficulty (180 min)
   • Confronting avoidance in the face of difficulty, by working with the body
   • Seated meditation focusing on difficulty; seated meditation focusing on letting go
   • Research on pain and negative affect
   • Experiential exercise: ice bucket
   • Home practice assignment
Session 2 Module 4: The pitfalls of perfectionism and the glitch in goals (180 min)
   • Identification of strengths and their “dark side”
   • Mindful walking, seated meditation
   • Research on perfectionism and self-criticism
   • Experiential exercise: Compassionate inner coach
   • Home practice assignment
Session 3–8 Six, weekly, foundational Practice Sessions (90 min)
   • Check-in
   • Supporting practice through injury and discussion
   • Mindfulness practice