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What to Steal from 6 Olympians’ Pre-Game Rituals

By Lily Ford

We can’t think of many more pressure-filled moments in sports than being an Olympic athlete on the starting line. To be ready to perform at the highest level, and deal with the inevitable nerves, each athlete has to find his perfect pre-competition routine. Some use meditation or yoga, or wake up a certain amount of hours before they compete, or cue a crafted psych-up playlist.

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Welcome to the Wildness: or, Uncovering the True Heart of Yoga and Meditation

Every day, we have to do the impossible. We have to submit to the magic reboot of sleep and then get up and line up all our selves into a unified being and get on with it. Nearly every day, new qualities of our selves come online to join in with all the others. This is a creative act.

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Sarah Power’s Yoga Philosophy + The Creation of Insight Yoga

Having studied many forms of yoga–Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Viniyoga–and popularized Yin Yoga, Sarah Powers has created a custom practice that she calls Insight Yoga.

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My Bedtime Routine: Jasmine Marie, Founder of Black Girls Breathing, on Letting Go of Self-Care Shame

It’s far from news that there is a lack of space and resources allocated for Black women to heal.

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To Train an Athlete, Add 12 Minutes of Meditation to the Daily Mix

If athletes practice meditation for a few minutes a day, they may become better able to withstand the mental demands of hours of strenuous physical training

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Meditation Coaches, the Next Frontier in Major League Sports

Athletes and teams looking for an extra edge are turning to mindfulness and mental-skills training to improve performance and well-being.

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