A brief mindfulness and yoga intervention with an entire NCAA Division I athletic team: An initial investigation.

Abstract

Whereas traditional sports psychology interventions emphasize controlling or reducing distress, mindfulness-based interventions teach tolerance and acceptance of negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In the present pilot study, an entire men's Division I athletic team (n ϭ 13) provided voluntary consent and participated in a brief mindfulness-based intervention. Over 5 weeks, the team attended eight 90-min group intervention sessions immediately followed by 1-hr Hatha yoga sessions. Completer analyses showed that following the intervention, participants reported greater mindfulness, greater goal-directed energy, and less perceived stress than before the intervention. Compared with a nonrandomized control group (student athletes from various club sports; n ϭ 13), intervention participants reported greater goal-directed energy and mindfulness. We also explored written feedback from players to identify ways to improve the intervention. Implications for practitioners for improving mindfulnessbased interventions are discussed.

Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in High School and College Athletes for Reducing Stress and Injury, and Improving Quality of Life

“…Benefits of increasing mindfulness and positive thinking promotes mental flexibility by accepting observations and acting within personal values. 6 Student-athletes who participated in a mindfulness-based intervention demonstrated higher goal directed energy, as well as increased awareness and attention. These traits can be transferrable to improved sport participation such as increased awareness and internal focus on specific tasks, and enhanced decisionmaking skills during different situations.…”

“…5 Regardless of the method of mindfulness used, all 3 studies supported the utility of this strategy as a way to potentially mitigate emotional stress and/or physical injury. Two studies 5,6 found the use of mindfulness-based interventions to be effective for increasing mindfulness and positive thinking in student-athletes. Benefits of increasing mindfulness and positive thinking promotes mental flexibility by accepting observations and acting within personal values.…”

“…The mindfulness interventions used in these studies included the mindfulness-acceptance-commitment (MAC), 4 a modified version of the MAC, 6 and the mindfulness meditation for sport training (MMTS). 5 Regardless of the method of mindfulness used, all 3 studies supported the utility of this strategy as a way to potentially mitigate emotional stress and/or physical injury.…”

“…Baltzell et al 6 Sessions were led by a sport psychology consultant, and were comprised of presentations covering sport psychology topics relevant to soccer: (1) introduction to sport psychology, (2) psychology of soccer, (3) group development (4) teamwork, (5) talent development, (6) motivation, (7) • P-value of .01 to examine between groups:…”

Efecto mediacional de la conciencia plena entre la práctica del yoga y la rumiación en adultos de Lima Metropolitana

“…Esto se sostiene dados los resultados de investigaciones antecedentes, en donde se ha observado una relación inversa entre la conciencia plena y rumiación (Raes y Williams, 2010;Sauer y Baer, 2012); así como una relación directa entre la práctica del yoga y la conciencia plena (Shelov y Suchday, 2009;Wolever et al, 2012;Goodman et al, 2014).…”