mindfulness in sports

The practice of mindfulness is beginning to make some small waves in the sport world. Most of the research on mindfulness is associated with how it can supplement tradition psychotherapy. Mindfulness has been shown to improve one’s attention/focus and ability to deal with stress, anxiety, anger, depression… A newer finding in the research shows that mindfulness can alter brain structures and functions. Another way of putting it is that meditators are the equivalent
of brain athlete. Just as an athlete trains and works out to reach a specific
physique, meditators, through repeated practice modify their brain to function
in a preferred fashion.