Inner Sports, Audio Edition (book)
DESCRIPTION The Inner Sports audiocassettes will help athletes develop the mental skills necessary for peak performance. Listeners will learn relaxation and mental imagery techniques designed to reduce stress, aid in recovery from illness and injury, and help athletes pursue their goals. Effective and easy to use, this program is based on years of research and practical experience in working with hundreds of athletes in many sports. Sport psychologist Dr. Lydia Ievleva first explains the importance of mental skills. She then guides listeners through a series of relaxation and imagery exercises designed to cultivate their inner resources and maximize their mind/body connection and performance. Part I explains the benefits of relaxation training as it applies to peak performance and wellness. Listeners will learn how to use relaxation to counteract the effects of stress and optimize their capacity to feel and perform their best. Part II helps listeners understand how psychological processes may affect rehabilitation from injury or illness. Then, through guided imagery, Dr. Ievleva helps listeners learn how to mobilize their inner mental resources to more effectively recover from injury or illness as well as manage pain. Part III describes how to apply mental imagery to foster peak performance. Step-by-step, listeners can practice the guided imagery segments, learning to draw upon and augment their capacity to perform their best, successfully face any challenges that arise, and focus only on positive possibilities. Listeners will strengthen their mental resources to maximize performance potential and goal achievement in all areas of life. AUDIENCE Resource for sport psychologists, athletes, and coaches. CONTENTS Part I: Inner Massage Part II: Inner Healing Part III: Inner Peak Performance ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lydia Ievleva is a sport psychologist whose practice has spanned three countries over the past nine years, beginning in Canada and the United States and now settling in Sydney, Australia. She has consulted with hundreds of athletes--from developmental and collegiate to world class, Olympic, and professional athletes. Dr. Ievleva also conducts stress management and peak performance seminars for clients in the corporate sector. Dr. Ievleva is a certified AAASP consultant, as well as a registered psychologist in New South Wales, Australia.