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 |