Yoga & Meditation for Athletic Teams, Corporate Teams
Sports Team Yoga for Training and Performance Optimization
Yoga & Meditation training for Sports teams (Collegiate Level, High School, Age Group teams, Club teams). Level up your team's training for maximal performance, optimal mindset, and benefits that carry over into all aspects of life. Offered Virtual Live and Outdoor sessions for local RI teams.
Athlete-specific yoga with Jess is an all-levels training practice designed for pre-teens, teens, and college-level athletes to prepare their bodies and minds for peak performance in athletic endeavors. These sessions focus on both the physical aspects of strength, flexibility, core work, breath focused training, endurance, and injury prevention, to complement training and competition; as well as mindfulness, performance visualization, breath training for relaxation, and body awareness.
Jessica Ackerman, SLP, RYT has brought Yoga and Meditation Training to Division-1 Football team, Division-1 Basketball players, US-National level swim teams (2), High School Sports teams, Olympic swim training, Nationally-ranked US rower, Age-group running team, Age-group swim team.
This is an opportunity to join the many elite and professional athletes (Tom Brady, LeBron, Shaq, Kevin Garnett, Amanda Nurse (elite marathoner), and the Seattle Seahawks led by Coach Carroll), who practice yoga and mindfulness meditation as part of their regular training and performance preparation routine. Teams will optimize physical and mental strength and flexibility, with specificity in sport training, while developing skills to manage stress, improve focus, and build self confidence. Through yoga-based movement and breath management, athletes will cultivate self-awareness and interconnectedness in an accepting, non-judgmental environment. Each session will conclude with a guided visualization meditation to promote mental resilience, stillness for recalibrating the body and mind, mental focus, and performance enhancement.
Athlete-Specific Benefits for Teams
-Enhance body awareness and skillful, purposeful movements -Increase strength, flexibility, and range of motion to boost overall performance and prevent injury
- Hone valuable skills for alleviating pre-game/performance jitters
-Increase focus, attention, concentration, & mindfulness
-Develop stability, balance, coordination, and agility
-Cultivate a healthy body image and self confidence in sport and life
-Improve posture and proper alignment for injury prevention
-Access visualization for peak performance through moving meditation
These benefits carryover into school, home, and social settings to enhance overall performance and life skills.
No yoga experience necessary.
**Sessions delivered virtually, benefit team members connecting in the safety and convenience of home or team room. The program is LIVE on Zoom, with access from computer, ipad, tablet, or phone. You will receive a ZOOM ID and Password via Email once you sign up for session.
Thank you for your commitment to health and wellness.
Jessica Ackerman, RYT is a High Performance Coach and Yoga & Meditation Teacher, optimizing training and performance through mindfulness, yoga, strengthening, and breathing techniques. These practices target mobility and flexibility, strength, endurance, mental resilience, balance, concentration, and are applicable on and off the field. This is more than a supplement to sport; this is a life-long practice that is integral to any athlete or team. Jessica will meet your where you are and build you from there, accessing the strength and mental fortitude that is in each athlete, honing mindset and belief systems, and bringing mindfulness and intention to movement, breath control, and specificity in sport. This practice will transform your athletes from the inside out and bring your team to the next level.
Corporate Yoga and Meditation
Ease the impact of remote work on your business or team
With so much of our workforce abruptly and unexpectedly forced to conduct business from home, there is a staggering level of stress, an altered work-life balance, and a significant impact on productivity and efficiency.
Here- inject wellness into the chaos or stagnant feeling of the home workday. Increase productivity.
Jessica Ackerman is a therapist, yoga teacher, & meditation teacher who has been working with corporations and businesses, large and small, who have been displaced to home environments and are being powered by virtual meetings.
Offerings: - Session of 15 to 20- minutes focused on breathing, meditation, and mindfulness re-set to build into your online meeting at an opportune time, with the objective of cultivating energy, giving a mental and physical reset, and fueling this new home-workstyle for longevity. - Remote Yoga session- 30 or 45 minute yoga flow session.
Our current climate of stress and anxiety leads directly to reduced focus and productivity, with workers becoming overwhelmed and fatigued. Simple guided breathing and mindful stretching techniques can combat this stress and boost immune system and concentration in just minutes, right from a desk space.
**Sessions are customized to your specific needs, and delivered virtually, so you can connect in the comfort and stability of your work from home or office environment. The program is LIVE on your business' choice of platform. I will collaborate to join your meeting for the session, with seamless transition to ease burden of work from home fatigue and burn-out.
Thank you for your commitment to health and wellness.