The Benefits

Stress Free Sport (SFS) prepares the brain, and thereby the body, to be able to perform spontaneously under a very high level of challenge without getting stressed. The athlete who cultures his physiology according to SFS principals, is able to perceive their sport in a totally different way.

They begin to experience the mind, under high levels of challenge, takes in a much broader perspective of the game. This broader perspective permits the body to perform in a very easy and effortless way maintaining an overall attentiveness to the game with wakeful alertness.

Transcendental Meditation for Success

An athlete conditioned with SFS training can raise their game and the level of challenge they are capable of dealing with without stress. There are numerous training techniques that SFS promotes, but none is more fundamental, more foundational than the central training technique: Transcendental Meditation(TM).

TM is a very powerful mental technique based upon the inherent tendencies of the mind coupled with very subtle training; training that appear to the unexperienced on the surface as not doing; the very opposite of sporting activity. TM affects the mind and body in a very interesting way; a way that is comprehensively complementary to the field of action.

Stress Free Sport Training

Rather than training hard, SFS starts with the athlete going in the opposite direction: sitting still, closing the eyes and transcending the here and now. The mental technique employed by TM allows the mind to go to the place where thoughts come from. The process is very natural due to the innate tendency of the mind to go to levels of its self that are more charming, interesting and satisfying. This is the nature of the mind.

Deeper levels of the mind are where thoughts originate. Once in motion from the subtle, quiet level of the mind thoughts move through and are buffeted about by the stresses associated with/within the grosser aspects of our physiologies. Like an arrow that is miss-aimed, when we have a lot of stress, then the manifest results of our thoughts will be less sophisticated and less successful (off-target).

If we are rested and stress-free or at least less stressed, then our thoughts and associated actions will be more effective.

Diving Into the Source of Thought

Diving deep into the source of our mental activity, which again is the precursor to physical activity, allows us when the eyes are open, to bring the coherence and evolutionary qualities that the deeper levels of the mind inherently exhibit, into our waking activities, including our sports.

Brain Coherence

When we meditate, our pre frontal cortex becomes awakened and when we bring such brain-wave functioning into activity, even in small amounts, we gain wakefulness and alertness along with the capacity to act dynamically for the tasks at hand. This functioning during sports activity, especially during a game is how some athletes experience “the zone” perceiving everything in slow motion. “The zone” allows an athlete to maintain a broader awareness within the context of dynamic activity and results in effective motion and effective motion translates into effective performance.

"The Zone" - And So Much More!

Through SFS the athlete experiences an increasing infusion of alert silence with mental perception and dynamic behavior. Increasing silence during activity supports “the zone” experience even during demanding competition. However, SFS is doing much more than culturing experience of “the zone” in sports. Alert silence becomes part of the athlete’s life off the field as well, when dealing with family, with friends, with off-season activities SFS develops the total athlete.

For Everybody

TM and SFS training concepts and practices have applicability for the development of athletes, coaches, mangers, executives and support staff no matter what level of sports they work with from recreational, to semi-pro, to professional, to the world class competitive level. TM and SFS offer anyone so motivated to better themselves and achieve higher levels of consciousness and performance.

Being Natural

Performing while in silence creates a naturalness of competition without attachment to the fruits of action which maximizes performance and minimizes stress. The activity serves everyone's evolution without the strain, negative emotions and injury that are commonplace in athletics today.

Benefits Every Area of Life

And the best news is that the refinement of one’s sporting performance also refines one’s entire life. Refinement naturally results from development of consciousness providing less of all the negative side-effects and more of the fun and fulfilment we seek in recreational activities.

SFS is the gateway for everyone to be a winner.