A HEURISTIC INQUIRY OF SPIRITUALITY, MARATHONER FLOW, ATHLETIC IDENTITY, AND ATHLETIC INJURY dissertation proposal Terrel D. Hale Saybrook University Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Background 2 Purpose Statement 3 Rationale 4 Research Question 4 Definition of Terms 4 Summary 5 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 Introduction 7 Construct 1: Spirituality 8 Construct 2: […]

Balancing the relationship between mindfulness and mental coaching is key for both athlete and coach. Mental coaching helps the athlete improve and maintain their abilities to increase and then to maintain their performance. Balance is in the maintenance. Developing and maintaining strong mental skills can be the differentiating factor between what makes an athlete an […]

Mindfulness can be a useful method of helping athletes stay in the present both while training and then while competing. While in the present, the athlete has a much better chance of experiencing the flow state, which can then lead to a broader spiritual experience. The paper ranges from the hyper-hormonal, competitive, entrepreneurial aspects of […]

Voluntary body control can enhance sports performance. The purpose of this literature review is to explore how biofeedback, neurofeedback, mental rehearsal, and lucid dreaming can enhance sports performance by looking at 15 research articles published between 2012 and 2017. Download MBM 5566: Qualitative Research Overview

The history and development of energy medicine from pre-history to current day concepts in quantum physics tells us much about who we are and what we value as both a culture and nonlinearity are really what stream of consciousness is about. Download Reiki and Therapeutic Touch: A Comparison and Contrast

This paper articulates consciousness as it is manifested in biofeedback, indigenous ways of knowing and lucid dreaming. This paper also explores this interdisciplinary synthesis in the possible roles biofeedback plays in inducing lucid dreaming followed by suggested future directions this interdisciplinary synthesis should take next. Download Consciousness: Biofeedback, Indigenous ways of knowing and lucid dreaming

There is discord between Western evidence based peer reviewed knowing and indigenous ways of knowing in terms of inducing lucid dreaming. There is a need for a bridge which Jung provides. This paper examines these different worlds and methods. Download How to Induce Lucid Dream

This paper articulates Ayurvedic views on exercise. This paper also explores the Ayurvedic herb withania somnifera or ashwagandha and exercise, looks at assessing one’s unique constitution in terms of adopting an exercise regimen, and then one’s predisposition for high blood pressure. Download Adopting an Appropriate Ayurvedic Exercise Program

Auricular acupuncture can facilitate the runner’s training and racing performance. The role of patterns in auricular acupuncture for both pain relief and injury prevention are addressed. This paper also offers a brief synopsis of the use and description of auricular therapy, its history and use in relieving pain and possible application to athletes, particularly endurance […]

The purpose of this paper is to explore the art of storytelling and bibliotherapy in relation to marathon running by articulating relevant definitions to establish a theoretical structure from which the telling of the marathon can take place. The role of mind-body integration in both the training and racing of the marathon is then presented […]