An 8-week mindfulness training course designed to help individuals achieve personal and professional goals through enhancing focus, resilience, and performance. mPEAK may be right for you if you are:
- an athlete or performer
- a business or organizational professional
- a healthcare worker or first responder
- seeking tools for managing stress and pressure
- interested in applying mindfulness to peak performance
WHAT IS MPEAK?
The mPEAK program is built around latest brain research and aims to enhance mindfulness through established and empirically supported practices and exercises, tailored to fit the needs and desires of a team, organization or individual. Mindfulness is effective precisely because it is a way of being and relating to all aspects of life, rather than a specific technique or tool for a particular goal. It is built on the foundation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) which you can learn more about here, and integrates mindfulness practices with performance science to support optimal performance, “flow,” and sustained well-being.
The standard mPEAK program includes: An intensive 3-day training, six weeks of virtual integration sessions, group dialogue, guided practices, and applied exercises. The curriculum may be customized for teams, organizations, or specific professional settings.
TESTIMONIALS
mPeak is grounded in:
- The empirically supported MBSR program
- Current neuroscience research regarding optimal performance
- Collaboration with the US National BMX Cycling Team in 2014, UC San Diego neuroscientists Drs. Lori Haase and Martin Paulu, and the UCSD Center for Mindfulness Founding Director, and former Managing director.
“I went for a mountain bike ride in the pouring rain and focused on what I was feeling: the rain on my skin, my breath ,the cold, the burn in my legs. Once I acknowledged it, it began to fade. I focused on each pedal stroke and steady climb instead of worrying about the next hill or how far I still had to go.”
“On days when I feel unbeatable, there’s a heightened awareness of everything around me. I’m more in tune with my body. When that happens, I don’t worry about anything, just what I’m feeling in the moment. That focus allows me to trust myself completely and perform without hesitation.”
“A huge benefit of mPEAK was learning to be more present in competition and daily life. I worry less and take the time I need to decide. In racing there’s no room for hesitation, and being present has helped me make better moves on the track. I notice when my mind wanders and bring it back calmly.”
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Pillar One
Inhabiting Your Body and Rooting into Presence
Participants develop mindful awareness of the body as the foundation for attention, including breath, physical sensations, and movement.
Pillar Three
Dancing with pain and working with difficulty
Participants learn to relate skillfully to pain, fear, stress, and failure, using mindfulness as a grounding resource rather than avoidance.
Pillar Two
Getting out of your own way and Letting go
This section addresses challenges such as mind-wandering, unhelpful thinking patterns, and performance-related “stories” that interfere with focus.
Pillar Three
Pitfalls of Perfection and the Glitch in goals
Participants develop mindful awareness of the body as the foundation for attention, including breath, physical sensations, and movement.
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FAQ
A refund of your registration payment (minus your $100 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit) will be made for participants who withdraw prior to the start of the 1st class by emailing mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu.
If you decide to cancel after the 1st session and before the 2nd session starts, 50% of your registration payment will be refunded. No refunds will be made after the 2nd session starts.
Please be aware that the registration fee, deposits, and funds are non-transferable to other programs.
In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee. In regards to the In-Person Programs, the center is not responsible for any refunds to transportation, hotel accommodations, or any miscellaneous expenses.
The refunds are processed in the same method as the payments were submitted (unless past 180 days).
In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee. In regards to the In-Person Programs, the center is not responsible for any refunds to transportation, hotel accommodations, or any miscellaneous expenses.
The refunds are processed in the same method as the payments were submitted (unless past 180 days).
UC San Diego Employees may take the course for $845 (or $795 if you pay in full 30 days prior to the start of class).
UC San Diego Athletics Employees and Students may take the course for $ 500. Please email us at mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu.
First Responders / Law Enforcement Professionals may take the course for $ 500. Please email us at mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu.
In order to make this program available to interested organizations and individuals outside of the San Diego area, we will offer the program as a package to sponsoring organizations, companies and teams in a package similar to its original form. Our trainers will come to your location for the 3-day intensive training retreat and then all participants will be eligible to attend six weekly 60-minute online video follow-up sessions hosted by one or more of those trainers.
Please contact us at mpeak@ucsd.edu for information about scheduling, pricing, and adaptations of the program to suit your particular needs. We welcome inquiries regarding disseminating the mPEAK program within a larger organization that may entail a “train the trainers” model and ongoing support of trainers in various ways.
If you are interested in receiving more information about how you might arrange for our trainers to offer the mPEAK program in your organization or geographical area in an intensive format or to explore options for professional training so that you or others can teach the program, please contact us at mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu or follow the link below for more information.
mPEAK Coaching will introduce you to all the formal mindfulness practices offered in the mPEAK course as well as the specific tools and exercises that are most relevant to your personal performance goals. For information on mPEAK Coaching packages go to the mPEAK Coaching page.