Overview
- First book to offer a clear understanding of mindfulness paired with exercises to help athletes optimize sport performance
- Built on an empirically supported mindfulness in sport intervention, Mindfulness Meditation Training for Sport (MMTS)
- Designed for the sport psychology practitioner and athlete to improve the ability to focus and cope with difficult emotions
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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An Introduction to Mindfulness and Sport
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Mindful Meditation Training for Sport (MMTS) 2.0
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Research and Future Directions
Keywords
- Understanding of Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Sport Permance
- Mindfulness-of-Breath Mediation Practice
- Mindfulness Meditation Training in Sport (MMTS)
- Concentration and Optimal Sport Permance
- Mindfulness Practice in Sport
- De-activate Patterns of Emotional Response
- Self-Compassion and Sport Performance
- Strenthen Attentional Control
- Negative Mind State Fire-drill
- Body Awareness and Self-Regulation
- Power of Core Values
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Mindfulness in Sport Performance and Flow
- Future of Mindfulness in Sport
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Joshua Summers is founder of Sati Solutions, a mindfulness-based consultancy in Boston, MA. For twenty years, Joshua has trained extensively in yoga and mindfulness meditation both in Asia and the United States, with two months of intensive training in a Burmese monastery. He now teaches yoga and meditation internationally and consults with performers and athletes on mindfulness skill-sets for optimal performance. Joshua also holds a masters degree in Oriental Medicine and has a private acupuncture practice in Boston, MA. He earned his BA from Columbia University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Power of Mindfulness
Book Subtitle: Mindfulness Meditation Training in Sport (MMTS)
Authors: Amy Baltzell, Joshua Summers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70410-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70409-8Published: 01 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09955-8Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70410-4Published: 28 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 196
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Positive Psychology, Sport, Popular Science in Sports, Sport Psychology