Mindfulness and Performance

This volume gives an overview of cutting-edge research on mindfulness and its practical applications for maximizing performance and personal well-being.

Amy L. Baltzell (Edited by)

9781107427068, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 March 2017

572 pages, 7 b/w illus. 7 tables
23 x 15.3 x 3.4 cm, 0.89 kg

'Mindfulness and Performance is an extremely comprehensive volume, which summarizes the theoretical foundations, and scientific research to date regarding how mindfulness training enhances performance. It is a must read for professionals interested in sharing mindfulness and supporting athletes, musicians, and others in finding flow in sports and in life.' Amy Saltzman, author of Still Quiet Place for Athletes: Transformational Mindfulness Skills for Finding Flow in Sports and in Life

Incorporating the theoretical conceptualizations of Jon Kabat-Zinn and Ellen Langer, this volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. Leading scholars in the field present cutting-edge research and outline their unique approach to mindfulness that is supported by both theory and practice. They provide an overview of current mindfulness-based manuals and programs used around the globe in countries such as the United States, China and Australia, exploring their effectiveness across cultures. Mindfulness and Performance will be a beneficial reference for practitioners, social and sport psychologists, coaches, athletes, teachers and students.

Part I. Introduction to Mindfulness: History and Theoretical Understanding: 1. Mindfulness scholarship and interventions: a review Itai Ivtzan and Rona Hart
2. Mindfulness, emotion regulation, and performance Zella E. Moore
3. Self-compassion, distress tolerance, and mindfulness in performance Amy L. Baltzell
4. Flow and mindfulness in performance Susan Jackson
5. Peak performance: Langerian mindfulness and flow Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, Elizabeth Ward and Ellen J. Langer
6. Langerian mindfulness and liminal performing spaces Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi
Part II. Formal Mindfulness Interventions in Sport: 7. Scientific advancements of mindfulness- and acceptance-based models in sport psychology: a decade in time, a seismic shift in philosophy and practice Frank L. Gardner
8. Mindful sport performance enhancement (MPSE): development and application Keith A. Kaufman, Carol R. Glass and Tim R. Pineau
9. Mindfulness training in elite athletes: mPEAK with BMX cyclists Lori Haase, Göran Kenttä, Steven Hickman, Amy L. Baltzell and Martin Paulus
Part III. Mindfulness: Theory to Practice in Sport and Exercise: 10. Mindfulness and the Olympic athlete – a personal journey Peter Haberl
11. Mindfulness training program for Chinese athletes and its effectiveness Gangyan Si, Cheuk-Hang Lo and Chunqing Zhang
12. The mindful AFL player: engagement, mobile apps, and well-being Jo Mitchell and Craig Hassed
13. Mindfulness and exercise Rebecca Sherlock-Shangraw and Vanessa Loverme Akhtar
14. Mindfulness, eating, body, and performance Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle
Part IV. Mindfulness and the Performing Arts: 15. Langerian mindfulness and optimal performance Amy L. Baltzell and Trevor A. Cote
16. Mindfulness and dancers Gene M. Moyle
17. Attention, centering, and being mindful: medical specialties to the performing arts Patsy Tremayne and Ashlee Morgan
18. Mindfulness in music Tim Patston
Part V. Mindfulness for Coaches, Practitioners, and Mentors: 19. Interpersonal mindfulness for athletic coaches and other performance professionals Joe Mannion and Mark Andersen
20. Utilizing mindfulness strategies in mentoring and coaching socially vulnerable youth John McCarthy and Laura Hayden
21. Awareness, self-awareness, and mindfulness: the application of theory to practice Burt Giges and Gerald Reid
Part VI. Future Directions: 22. The future of mindfulness and performance across disciplines Amy L. Baltzell and Josh Summers.

Subject Areas: Sports psychology [WSDP], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Music [AV], Dance & other performing arts [AS]