The Mindful Coach
Mindfulness training for CrossFit and high-intensity fitness coaches. You train it in yourself first. Then you learn how to coach it.
Your athletes can feel whether you've done this work or not.
You program their strength, their engines, their mobility. The mind usually gets left to chance. This course is the same work I do one-on-one with Games athletes, built for the coach on the floor.
You don't need to be a meditation teacher. You need to be a coach willing to train something new.
Four lenses on present-moment attention.
Each module trains one skill in you, then shows you how to cue it, teach it, and spot it (or its absence) in your athletes. Each one is tested under a benchmark WOD.
Precision
The discipline of attention. Knowing what's actually in your control, and putting everything there.
Gentleness
Composure under pressure. Warmth creates clarity. Harshness has a cost.
Impermanence
That was then, this is now. Letting the last rep go so you can meet the next one.
Non-Attachment
The paradox of performance. The path is the purpose. One rep at a time.
From the cushion to the competition floor.
- ViewShort teachings that give you the why: Buddhist philosophy, sports psychology, and the real demands of the box.
- PracticeGuided meditation. Five or ten minutes a day. This is the rep.
- IntegrationMindfulness in the wild. Simple tools like breath counting, intention setting, and walking the floor that turn ordinary gym moments into training.
- ReflectionShort written check-ins so you notice what's changing in you, and in the way you coach.
A complete mental toolkit.
The Handbook
62 pages of structured training: philosophy, mental frameworks, and daily practices built for the competitive environment.
Guided Meditations
10-minute and 5-minute guided practices to download and keep.
Video Teachings
Short View, Practice, and Integration lessons you can watch between classes.
Benchmark WODs
Eight classic workouts, each chosen to test the mindset you're training.
Coaching Applications
For every skill: how to introduce it, how to cue it, and how to recognize it in the athletes in front of you.
Certificate + 6 CEUs
Finish the four modules and the final assessment, and you get your Certificate of Completion.
Worth 6 CEUs toward your CrossFit certification.
PeakMind Performance is an Approved CEU Provider through CrossFit. When you finish, you'll get a Certificate of Completion. Upload it through the CEU process on your CrossFit account and the credits are yours.
Rafi made a complex topic like working on mindfulness very manageable. Working with him changed my perspective not only on my sport, but on everyday life.
Bobby Wallum · CF-L38th Place, 2025 CrossFit Games (35–39)
Rafi has taught me how to focus more effectively during workouts and competitions, how to manage pressure, and — most importantly — how to be present in the moment.
Dan Coda · CF-L12nd Place, Masters Fitness Championship (40–44)
Hi, I'm Rafi.
I've spent my life performing under pressure, on stage, on set, and in front of a camera with a crew waiting. Mindfulness is what made that sustainable for me, and it's what I teach.
I trained in George Mumford's Mindful Athlete lineage and through Dharma Moon and the US Tibet House. I've worked with Bobby Wallum, Dan Coda, Dave Syversten, Korby Foxall, and Team Games '26 athlete Joe Piero. I also teach mindfulness to the MFA actors at Columbia, and you might know me from Amazon's Fallout.
The work is the same as it's always been. Show up, pay attention, trust the process.
Certified Mindfulness Instructor
Columbia University MFA Acting Faculty
Recurring on Amazon's Fallout
Become the coach your athletes need.
Train the practice yourself. Then bring it to the floor.
Questions? Email me at rafi@peakmindperformance.com