Mini-Meditations for Athletes

Relaxation & Recovery Series I

Series of 4 relax and recovery mini meditations that will balance your body and mind and wipe away tension or stress. Relaxation is essential for great performance in all sports and athletics.

Included in this series download:

• Mini-meditation full body relaxation
• Mini-meditation breathing in deep self belief & joy & exhaling residual tension
• Mini-meditation visiting your sacred nature place for inner peace, relax & recovery
• Mini-meditation (guided visualization) performing your sport with ease, flow, relaxed, confident and focused

Each download includes two versions, one with an explanatory introduction and another with only the meditation.

It is loads more effective when you are performing your sport in a state of relaxed, calm and focused. Many athletes have not fully experienced this awesome feeling nor have they experienced the amazing results it brings. Many athletes perform in a state of tension which does not allow their body to create everything that is possible in their sport. All world class champions have learned that relaxing the body and the mind is a big key to ultimate performance.

Here are 10 top reasons why meditation is so powerful for YOU as an athlete!

1. It's proven to make you happier, relaxed, gain inner peace and sense of positive self.
2. It's proven to speed healing (Mayo Clinic) and that's awesome for athletes
3. It's proven to help clear your mind and your body of left over tension and stress
4. It's proven to help deal tremendously better with emotions
5. It's proven to assist in deeper more rejuvenating sleep
6. It's proven to regulate blood pressure and increase the overall immune system
7. Its proven to allow your breathing systems to fully regulate themselves
8. It's proven to make you healthier (I think I said that one already)
9. It's proven to make you smarter ~ brain function improves (Harvard Medical)
10. It's proven to help you more easily see the awesome beauty, love and all around wonderful stuff in your life

Isn't it totally awesome that you can receive all of those incredible benefits by just meditating a few minutes each day!

Why do these mini meditations work: Being relaxed, calm and confident is simply a habit. It's simply training your mind to be calm and centered at any time that you like. These mini-mediations will help you train your mind AND your body to gain that relaxed focus along with shifting you from self doubt to self belief.

It's like strengthening your body, if you do these exercises regularly you will strengthen the positive sense in your mind and be able to more easily train and compete in a relaxed, calm, confident focused state of both body and mind. AND that is what will bring you awesome results in your sport!

A runner must be able to relax mid stride for ultimate endurance, a swimmer must be able to relax and allow the water to help her for more speed. A mountain biker must feel confident and relaxed in order to receive ultimate results. A golfer must be relaxed and cam through their swim in order to create the right shot. All sports are performed at a much higher level when the athlete is able to relax and be centered and focused. When you are relaxed and centered before training or competition it makes a significant difference in your performance. Also, relaxation is essential for optimal recovery when training and competing.

Why these specific mini mediations: These specific meditations are derived from ancient cultures that are known to be highly effective in body mind balance for ultimate athletic performance. Indigenous peoples have been doing them for thousands of years and have gained great results from them. However, it's super important to remember that you will receive much more in the way of results if you are consistent in doing them.

How to do them: Out of this series choose a few (or all four) that you feel connected to and do them once a day for at least 2 weeks and you will find a fantastic shift! The ancient wise healers and teachers taught that consistency is a powerful key to great results.

When you do these mini meditation exercises regularly you will find that they will give you a sense of peace and balance which will allow your body and mind to perform at much higher level physically and mentally. The meditations will train your mind to easily relax which will also add clarity, calm and confidence to your performance.