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A 4-week online mindfulness meditation course built specifically for professional actors. This group and one-on-one course helps cultivate presence, grounding, and creative fearlessness.
Why Mindfulness for Actors?
After nearly two decades as a working actor, I’ve seen how performance anxiety, self-doubt, and the noise of the industry can block creativity and dull instincts. Mindfulness meditation changed my life.
Through hundreds of hours of practice—on and off the cushion—I built a daily habit that helped me catch internal reactions in real time, rather than being overwhelmed by them. I learned to meet pressure with presence, not panic. I trained myself to create space between stimulus and response, to return to my breath, my body, and the truth of the moment—before it was too late.
This course was born from that shift. Rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and backed by modern science, it offers practical tools to help actors build emotional agility, sharpen focus, and deepen resilience.
Because when we train the mind like we train the body and voice, we unlock a level of freedom and authenticity that lets our full creative potential come through.
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Why Four Weeks?
Real change takes consistency. This course is structured to help you build a habit of consistently showing up for yourself—mentally, emotionally, and creatively. Four weeks gives your nervous system the space to shift, and your practice the structure it needs to stick.
"Rafi's class is necessary. The anxiety we have around this business and career path can cripple us, and everyone must learn to take their power back. I’ve learned how meditation can sustain me in this business—especially loving-kindness meditation. It’s easy to think that our value comes from people outside of us and our creator, but that couldn’t be any further from the truth. We were born with worth. Our love, kindness, and grace are gifts, not only for ourselves but also for others. This is a lifelong practice.”
— Aaron J. Anderson ("Good Bones" – Public Theatre)
Is This Course for You?
Do you struggle to align your creativity with calm, focused presence?Do nerves, pressure, or overthinking ever block your instincts?Are you curious how mindfulness can elevate your craft and center your process?Are you looking for tools to manage stress in a demanding, high-stakes industry?Do you want to build a daily practice that supports both your work and your well-being?Would you like to strengthen emotional resilience, clarity, and self-trust—on stage and off?
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Rafi Silver is a professional actor and certified mindfulness meditation instructor with nearly 20 years in the entertainment industry. He teaches mindfulness for performance at Columbia University's MFA Acting Program and trains professional actors and athletes worldwide through his platform, PeakMind Performance. One of his select athletes will be competing in the 2025 Masters CrossFit Games. As an actor, his credits include recurring roles in Amazon’s hit new show Fallout, as well as Law & Order: Organized Crime, Manifest, Scandal, and more. He holds an MFA from NYU, a BFA from Syracuse, and instructor certifications from Dharma Moon and the US Tibet House.