How mindfulness training quietly gives elite athletes an edge

By Enio Sacilotto | March 19, 2021

By Luke Fox, Sportsnet, @lukefoxjukebox June 17, 2020, 1:41 PM “It’s the moment, man. It’s the moment. You gotta get in the moment and stay in it. Just stay in the moment.” — Michael Jordan In an enduring scene from the ultimate episode of The Last Dance, Michael Jordan is fresh off victory and still in…

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To Train an Athlete, Add 12 Minutes of Meditation to the Daily Mix

By Enio Sacilotto | March 19, 2021

By Gretchen Reynolds, NY Times, June 21, 2017 If athletes practice meditation for a few minutes a day, they may become better able to withstand the mental demands of hours of strenuous physical training, according to an interesting new study of Division I college football players. The study, which compared different types of mental training for…

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HOW TO CREATE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE FOR ATHLETES AND COACHES

By Enio Sacilotto | February 26, 2021

By Enio Sacilotto My life mentor Jon Lee Kootnekoff told me many years ago, “An attitude of gratitude is altitude”!  It took me several years to figure out precisely what this means.  The Harvard Medical School definition of gratefulness, “With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives … As a result, gratitude also helps…

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