mPEAK

Mindfulness, performance enhancement, awareness & knowledge

Upcoming mPeak Courses

Elevated performance for the long haul.

Access an immersive training opportunity right at home with our our Live-Online course built around peak performance, resilience, focus, and flow.

Mountain environments include complexity and risk, two key triggers for the state of peak performance known as flow. Mindfulness meditation is a trainable primer for flow – allowing flow to also be accessible in daily life. Join former Freeride World Tour skier, Sasha Dingle and longtime climber and licensed professional counselor, Kate Reynolds, for a course that leverages lessons from the mountains and meditation practice to support you to perform at your best in whatever you love to do.

Who Should Attend:

This course is for athletes, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, first-responders, parents and anyone seeking to meet their goals and attain new levels of performance and well-being. Whether your performance area is your professional, athlete or family life, mPEAK takes performance to the next level in work, sport or life — wherever you care about showing up at your best, for a long time to come.

Course themes include:

Maximizing the present while working toward goals, developing resilience in the face of emotionally difficult or physically painful experiences, leveraging personal strengths, and shifting from critical to compassionate inner self talk

Program Format:

mPEAK consists of: meditation practice / experiential exercise / performance psychology / group coaching

• Inhabiting Your Body

  The first section of the course establishes the body as the primary focus of attention and platform upon which mindfulness unfolds. It is designed to introduce participants to the experience of mindful awareness of the body, including interoception.

• Getting Out of Your Own Way and Letting Go

  The second section is devoted to addressing initial challenges encountered by participants, the universality of the wandering mind and the fruitlessness of trying to stop the mind from wandering. Recognizing “story” and the way in which we think influences how we perform.

• Dancing With Pain and Working with Difficulty (Fear, Stress and Failure)

  The third section is intended to challenge the notion that avoidance is the best strategy when it comes to difficulty arising (e.g. pain, fear, stress, failure, etc.) and to use the experience of working with the body as a way of grounding oneself in the moment in the face of difficulty.

• The Pitfalls of Perfectionism and the Glitch in Goals

This final section deals specifically with the contradictory nature of some concepts and attitudes that seem to be positive, but have some hidden limitations. Perfectionism and self-criticism can seem to be good motivators, but research clearly shows that people perform more effectively when motivated by encouragement, reward and self-compassion. Specific exercises and practices will be taught to address these findings and support people in finding optimal ways to motivate themselves and achieve their goals.

mPEAK COURSE INCLUDES:

• Live-online OR in-person format

• 3-day Intensive OR 8-week course format

• Audio recordings and live guided mindfulness meditation specific to performance (walking, sitting, standing, movement practices) *Modifications always available

• Course workbook

• Individualized modifications & ongoing personalized support throughout the course

• Coaching instruction for deepening reflection, practice application, and integrating mindfulness into performance areas and daily life long after the workshop ends

• Small-group periods for discussion & social connection

• mPEAK course completion certificate *This course fulfills the prerequisite for those who wish to become certified as a mPEAK Coach. Must attend all sessions to receive certificate.