Official CrossFit Approved CEU Provider
PeakMind Performance is an official Approved CEU Provider through CrossFit. That means The Mindful Coach isn't just a mental training program — it's worth 6 CEU credits toward your CrossFit certification, recognized directly by CrossFit itself.
Four Themes, One Skill
Precision, Gentleness, Impermanence, and Non-Attachment aren't four separate techniques — they're four lenses on the same underlying skill: present-moment attention. Each module deepens your relationship to that skill and changes how you show up for the athletes in front of you.
From Cushion to Competition
This isn't theory. You'll practice under real conditions — fatigue, competition, the pressure of a room full of athletes watching you. The Integration sections, what we call Mindfulness in the Wild, along with the Benchmark WODs, bridge your personal practice directly to the coaching floor.
Coaching Applications Built In
Every module includes a Coaching Application section — how to introduce the skill to your athletes, how to cue it effectively, and how to recognize it, or its absence, in the people in front of you.
A Complete Mental Tool Kit
8-Week Handbook
62 pages of structured mindfulness training — Buddhist philosophy, mental frameworks, and daily practices built for the competitive environment of CrossFit.
Guided Meditations
A 10-minute and 5-minute guided mindfulness meditation, refining your awareness, focus, and relationship to your mind.
Daily Integrative Practices & Benchmark WODs
Simple, repeatable tools — breath counting, intention setting, walking the floor — that turn ordinary gym moments into mental training reps. Paired with benchmark WODs like DT, Fran, and Fight Gone Bad, each chosen specifically to test and strengthen the mindset you're training.
About the course
Everything in this course was built for the athlete. But before you can coach it, you have to live it. The four skills you are about to train — Precision, Gentleness, Impermanence, and Non- Attachment — are not concepts to teach. They are qualities to embody. Your athletes will feel whether you have done this work or not. That is the difference between a coach who talks about mindfulness and one who coaches from it. This eight-week program asks you to do both at once: train the practice yourself, and begin to see your athletes through its lens. Each module includes a coaching application section that bridges your personal practice to the box — how to introduce these skills, how to cue them, and how to recognize them (or their absence) in the athletes in front of you. You do not need to be a meditation teacher to use this material. You need to be a coach willing to train something new. The work is the same as it has always been — show up, pay attention, and trust the process. Complete all four modules and the final assessment to earn your Certificate of Completion. Ready to become the kind of coach your athletes need? Enroll today, and start your eight-week practice.
About Your Instructor
Rafi Silver is the founder of PeakMind Performance, a mindfulness-based mental performance coaching practice serving athletes, executives, and high performers. He is a certified mindfulness instructor trained through George Mumford's Mindful Athlete lineage and Dharma Moon / US Tibet House, and has spent years applying these principles in high-pressure performance environments — his clients include Bobby Wallum (8th place, 35-39 Division at the '25 Games), Korby Foxall, Dave Syversten, Dan Coda, and CrossFit Team Games '26 athlete Joe Piero. He is also a professional actor with a recurring role on Amazon's Fallout, and a Professor at Columbia University.
What You Will Learn
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Certificate of Completion — Requirements
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Note to the Coach
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Welcome
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How the Course Works
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VIEW: The Discipline of Attention
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VIEW: Michelangelo
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VIEW: What is Actually in My Control?
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VIEW: Your Best Performance is Already There
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VIEW: Wise Effort - Buddhist Teaching
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VIEW: Examples of Precision for the CrossFit
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VIEW: Zen and the Art of Archery
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VIEW: Results vs. Growth
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VIEW: The Precision Mindset
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PRACTICE: Meditation Instructions - Precision
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Guided Meditation mp3 Downloads
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INTEGRATION: Example #1 - Breathing Counting
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INTEGRATION: Example #2 - Daily Intention Setting
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INTEGRATION: Example #3 - Walk the Floor
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "DT"
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "STRICT CINDY"
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Coaching Application: Precision
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REFLECTION: Week 1 Submission
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REFLECTION: Week 2 Submission
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ASSESSMENT: Week 1 & 2 - Precision
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VIEW: Composure Under Pressure
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VIEW: John Wooden
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VIEW: What is Gentleness?
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VIEW: METTA (Loving-Kindness) - Buddhist Teaching
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VIEW: Examples of Gentleness for CrossFit
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VIEW: The Cost of Harshness
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VIEW: Happiness and the Cause of Happiness
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VIEW: Warmth Creates Clarity
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PRACTICE: Meditation Instructions - Gentleness
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Guided Meditation mp3 Downloads
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INTEGRATION: Example #1 - METTA Mantra
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INTEGRATION: Example #2 - Self-Talk Check-In
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INTEGRATION: Example #3 - Taking & Giving
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "Randy"
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "Grace"
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Coaching Application: Gentleness
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REFLECTION: Week 3 Submission
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REFLECTION: Week 4 Submission
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ASSESSMENT: Week 3 & 4 - Gentleness
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VIEW: The Power in Letting it Be.
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VIEW: "Good Old Days"
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VIEW: Clinging & Resistance
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VIEW: Impermanence - Buddhist Teaching
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VIEW: Impermanence as a Superpower
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VIEW: Examples of Impermanence for CrossFit
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VIEW: All Conditioned Things are Impermanent
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VIEW: New Beginning
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PRACTICE: Meditation Instructions - Impermanence
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Guided Meditation mp3 Downloads
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INTEGRATION: Example #1 - "Here. Now. Only this."
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INTEGRATION: Example #2 - Melting Ice Cube
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INTEGRATION: Example #3 - Leave the Floor
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INTEGRATION: Example #4 - "That was then. This is Now."
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - Echo Bike Test
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - 100 Burpees
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Coaching Application: Impermanence
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REFLECTION: Week 5 Submission
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REFLECTION: Week 6 Submission
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ASSESSMENT: Week 5 & 6 - Impermanence
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VIEW: The Path is the Purpose
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VIEW: Shaun White
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VIEW: Allowing Things to Unfold
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VIEW: Non-Attachment - Buddhist Teaching
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VIEW: The Paradox of Performance
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VIEW: Examples of Non-Attachment for CrossFit
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VIEW: Map vs Compass
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VIEW: Expectation is the Moment you Fail
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VIEW: One Rep at a Time
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VIEW: Form Gives you Freedom
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PRACTICE: Meditation Instructions - Non-Attachment
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INTEGRATION: Example #1 - Reset After a Mistake
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INTEGRATION: Example #2 - "Nowhere to go. Nothing to get. No one to be."
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INTEGRATION: Example #3 - "I Wonder..."
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "Fight Gone Bad"
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INTEGRATION: Benchmark WOD - "Fran"
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Coaching Application: Non-Attachment
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REFLECTION: Week 7 Submission
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REFLECTION: Week 8 Submission
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ASSESSMENT: Week 7 & 8 - Non-Attachment
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FINAL ASSESSMENT
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What Coaches Are Saying
Athletes who've trained with Rafi describe becoming more present, better able to manage pressure, and less controlled by their own thoughts — able to notice them, let them pass, and stay with the task in front of them. That shift in mindset doesn't just show up in how they feel. It shows up in their performance and how they coach.
"Rafi made a complex topic like working on mindfulness very manageable. I can personally say working with him changed my perspective not only on my sport, but on everyday life. By being able to notice my thoughts, I can more easily l continue working on the task at hand without getting caught up on those specific thoughts."
'8th Place ‘25 CrossFit Games (35-39 Division)
“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.”
2nd Place Masters Fitness Championship (40-44 Division)
"Rafi made a complex topic like working on mindfulness very manageable. I can personally say working with him changed my perspective not only on my sport, but on everyday life. By being able to notice my thoughts, I can more easily l continue working on the task at hand without getting caught up on those specific thoughts."
'8th Place ‘25 CrossFit Games (35-39 Division)
“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.”
2nd Place Masters Fitness Championship (40-44 Division)
Transform Your Coaching With Mindfulness
You already know your coaching matters. Now deepen your impact by bringing true presence to every session. The Mindful Coach gives you the tools, the practice, and the framework to do it. Plus, as an Approved CEU Provider through CrossFit, this course earns you 6 CEU credits.
$350.00