Schedule and Registration

Note: CFM requires a minimum of 10 registrants per course. Classes with fewer than 10 registrants will be cancelled and provided a refund. Please be aware of this when making arrangements to attend this course.

Date	Day & Time	Register	Teacher(s)	Location
October 10-12, 2025	Friday: 8:30am-5pm PT Saturday: 7am-5pm PT Sunday: 7am-12pm PT *Times are subject to change	Register Online Here	Corrie Falcon and Joseph Glaser-Reich	In-Person-UCSD Population Health 6333 Greenwich Drive *Free Parking

Course Description

mPEAK workshop is an intensive course in mindfulness training for those who seek to draw upon this proven practice to achieve their goals, both personal and professional, as well as attain new levels of performance and success. This cutting-edge training program is built around the latest brain research related to peak performance, resilience, focus, and “flow”.

The mPEAK workshop enhances the human capacity of mindfulness through established and empirically supported practices and exercises, tailored to fit the needs and desires of the team, organization or individual. Mindfulness is effective precisely because it is a way of being and relating to all aspects of life, rather than a specific technique or tool for a particular goal. As with physical training, this brain training program is based upon the understanding that optimal outcomes occur most often when participants continue to engage in the practices and exercises on a daily basis as a part of their training regimen.

The foundation of this program is drawn from the highly respected and empirically-supported Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. Additionally, the program incorporates specific practices and exercises formulated to correspond to recent neuroscientific findings, competitive advances, and related research regarding optimal performance.

The mPEAK workshop was developed in conjunction with the US Olympic BMX Cycling Team in 2014, as a collaboration between the coaches of the team, UC San Diego neuroscientists Drs. Lori Haase and Martin Paulus, and the UCSD Center for Mindfulness leaders Executive Director Dr. Steven Hickman and Managing Director Allan Goldstein.

Workshop Format

The 3-day Intensive mPEAK workshop is designed to closely align with the way in which mPEAK was originally developed for the US Olympic BMX Cycling Team. The 3-day workshop will be held in an environment where attendees can delve deeply into mindfulness practice; explore how this can support their desire to achieve, improve, create and excel; and will provide opportunities to enjoy the local activities.

Whether you are an athlete, business professional, or simply want to participate in a program that brings together the latest neuroscience and mindfulness training to enable you to be at your best, please join us by registering for the mPEAK workshop.

For more information about the pathway to becoming an mPEAK Coach, refer to our mPEAK CTI pathway page.

Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply a minimum of two mindfulness practices for greater focus and concentration 
• Identify specific triggers to access “flow states” during performance events and everyday life 
• Utilize a technique to bring presence to any process while letting go of attachment to outcome 
• Describe the ways one can respond wisely to stress rather than reacting out of fear
• Explain how to be resilient around emotionally difficult or physically painful experiences 
• Identify the ways personal strengths can become weaknesses when over played or used out of context 
• Discuss the ways one can shift from critical to compassionate inner self talk 
• Design strategies for how to learn from inevitable mistakes and failures

Target Audience

This program is designed for athletes, executives, leaders, musicians, dancers, law enforcement, first responders and anyone who sets big goals and pushes themselves towards excellence. Participating in this 3-day intensive program satisfies one of the prerequisites for becoming an mPEAK program teacher. Meditation experience is not necessary to participate in this 3-day intensive, but it can facilitate a deeper learning experience.

Training

The mPEAK 3-Day Intensive will be led by Certified mPEAK Coaches. Workshop activities include: meditation; short talks on the relationship between neuroscientific findings, peak performance and mindfulness; experiential exercises; group discussion; and home practices. The goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment for exploring how we typically respond to challenges and opportunities and to provide tools for becoming more adept at meeting and overcoming these obstacles to achieve our goals. The emphasis of the program is on enhancing attentional and emotional resources, as well as personal capacities.

It is widely acknowledged within the field that the teaching of mindfulness and compassion arises out of the personal practice of them. Thus, training courses include substantial periods of personal practice of mindfulness meditation and compassion to help develop the personal and professional resource of these human qualities. An analogy might be that the swimming coach would have to be an excellent swimmer, or a violin teacher would actually be a skilled violinist. Therefore in the field of mindfulness and compassion, the teacher must have a well-developed and substantial experiential grounding in these practices, which is partially supported through meditative practice and exercises during the training.

6-Week Follow-up Sessions

A sustained personal practice of mindfulness has been shown to be the key to deriving the full benefit of such training, and mPEAK’s primary intention is to support this kind of practice in our graduates. Included in the cost of the 3-day intensive are six weekly 60-minute live online video sessions with the trainers to encourage your continued mindfulness practice, provide additional information, work with challenges that arise and build group cohesion.

Participant Guidelines

The 3-Day Intensive mPEAK workshop is designed to be both an introduction to mindfulness skills, and a journey of self-discovery. The training will encourage careful attunement to each participant’s experience and it is an invitation for self-acceptance and self-compassion as well as mindfulness and peak performance. While mindfulness training is often relaxing and comforting, at times the practice can provoke uncomfortable sensations or feelings. Such feelings can range from inner restlessness to difficult emotions that may have been previously hidden. The instructors are committed to providing an environment of respect, safety, support, privacy, individual responsibility and compassion.

Needs Assessment

Over the past few years, mindfulness has become mainstream in the general population and is being increasingly integrated into professional practice (e.g., mental health, medical care, education, business, law). As the demand grows, the demand for quality training in these practices and techniques is growing each year. Mindfulness training for achieving peak performance is an area of burgeoning research that is following in the wake of this increased interest in mindfulness. Despite growing scientific evidence for the connection between peak performance and mindfulness training, explicit training in the application of mindfulness training in this field has been virtually non-existent until now.

Continuing Education Credit (BRN only)

Nurses (BRN): UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16351, for 16.5 contact hours. Additional payment of $50 is required for the BRN Continuing Education Credit.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency Statement

This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. Cultural competency is defined as a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables health care professionals or organizations to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities. Linguistic competency is defined as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient’s primary language. Cultural and linguistic competency was incorporated into the planning of this activity. Additional resources can be found on the UC San Diego CME website.

Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of California, San Diego Center for Mindfulness to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. All persons involved in the selection, development and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms: 1) altering the financial relationship with the commercial interest, 2) altering the individual’s control over CE content about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or 3) validating the activity content through independent peer review.

Tentative Schedule for the In-Person Workshop

Day One

• Registration: 8:30–9:00 am
• Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
• Lunch on Your Own: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
• Afternoon Session: 1:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Day Two

• Mindful Hike: 7:00 am – 10:00 am
• Morning Session: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Lunch on Your Own: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Day Three

• Morning Session: 7:00 am – Noon

Recommended Reading

• Mindfulness and Performance (current perspective in social and behavioral sciences) edited by Amy Baltzell; chapter 9 is devoted to mPEAK
• Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges by Steven M. Southwick
• The Mindful Athlete: Secrets of Pure Performance by George Mumford
• The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being by Daniel J. Siegel
• The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson
• Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer

Registration Fees

Within 30 days of the program start date, full payment must be made. All fees must be paid in order to attend the first session of the program.

The course includes handouts, guided meditations, instruction, 6-week follow-up sessions, and is offered for $895 ($845 if you pay in full 30 days in advance for the course). 

UC SAN DIEGO EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT

UC San Diego Employees may take the course for $845 (or $795 if you pay in full 30 days prior to the start of class).

UC SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS DISCOUNT

UC San Diego Athletics Employees and Students may take the course for $ 500. Please email us at mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu for more information and the registration link.

FIRST RESPONDERS / LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS DISCOUNT

First Responders / Law Enforcement Professionals may take the course for $ 500. Please email us at mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu for more information and the registration link.

Partial Payments

Partial payments are acceptable up to 30 days before the program start date; however a non-refundable/non-transferable minimum deposit of $100 USD is due upon registration. Within 30 days of the program start date, full payment will be needed.  Full payment must be made before the first session starts.

Cancellation Policy

A refund (minus your $100 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit) will be made for participants who withdraw prior to one week before the start date by emailing mindfulness@health.ucsd.edu. There will be no refunds within one week of the start date. Registration, deposits, and funds are non-transferable.

In the unlikely event that the course is cancelled, UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness is responsible only for a full refund of the registration fee and not for transportation, hotel accommodations or any miscellaneous expenses.