George Mumford

Mindfulness Expert, Former College Basketball Player, Author

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George Mumford Biography

George Mumford is a former college basketball player and mindfulness expert who specializes in teaching meditation techniques to elite athletes. An aspiring basketball player at the University of Massachusetts (where he roomed with Dr. J, Julius Erving), injuries forced Mumford out of the game he loved. The medications that relieved the pain of his injuries also numbed him to the emptiness he felt without the game and eventually led him to heroin.

After years of making meditation on and off the cushion the center of his life and getting clean, Mumford enrolled in Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program and collaborated with him to create the Inner-city Stress Reduction Clinic in the early nineties. He later founded the group Eye of the Hurricane, focusing on implementing mindfulness strategies in sports teams.

When Michael Jordan left the Chicago Bulls to play baseball in 1993, the team was in crisis. Coach Phil Jackson, a long-time mindfulness practitioner, contacted Dr. Kabat-Zinn to find someone who could teach mindfulness techniques to the struggling team—someone who would have credibility and could speak the language of his players. Kabat-Zinn led Jackson to Mumford and their partnership began. Mumford has since worked closely with Jackson, enhancing athletes' performance with mindfulness strategies. He has authored the best-selling book "The Mindfulness Athlete," focusing on applying mindfulness to improve athletic performance. His notable clients include high-profile athletes such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Mumford's recognized contributions have helped numerous NBA teams achieve championship success through his mindfulness coaching. In addition to his work with athletes, he has previously served as a sports psychologist at Boston College before dedicating himself fully to mindfulness coaching.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/16/2024.

George Mumford Videos

  • Stand in Your Power: The Mindful Way
    Mindfulness practices are proliferating across a range of fields and institutions, both domestically and globally. These practices support us in...
  • George Mumford: "The Mindful Athlete" | Talks at Google
    About this talk: “Being in the Zone” or “Flow” is enhanced by the regular practice of being in the present moment, whether on or off the...
  • George Mumford on “Pursuing Excellence with Grace and Ease”
    Mr. Mumford, a sports psychologist with Phil Jackson, a meditation teacher, motivational speaker and mentor for at-risk youth, will deliver a talk to...

George Mumford Books

  • The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance
    The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance

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