Mark Nesti

In this book Commencing a trilogy on consciousness, belief and intent, If We Are Anything lays the foundation for exploring the connections between spirituality and modern physics. After establishing an adequate base in the understanding of classical physics, relativity, quantum mechanics and new-age theories, Mark Nesti takes us deep into the heart of alternative therapies, intent, consciousness and belief, by describing an entire particle mechanism connecting spirituality and matter. Descriptions of the reality we experience in our everyday world are accompanied by these connections and explain many spirituality-based systems such as chakras, Karma, the akashic records, impermanence, dependant arising leading to the possibility of Samsara, OM, Chi and the mechanisms that form conscious connections between intent and matter. These connections underpin the disciplines of martial arts, alternative therapies and manifestation. Nesti delves even further, showing us the mechanisms of reality by suggesting a new viewpoint in which matter, force and time come into being and interact. These new ideas, alluded to earlier by Einstein, Bohm, Penrose and a host of notable scientists, expose free will of individuals as the driving force of existence what shapes reality into being and form. If you have ever wondered how thought, belief, intent, and their causal effects sculpt the world into what we see and feel, or pondered the 'hows' and 'whys' of alternative therapies, this book offers an opportunity to understand the connection between science, spirituality and the reality which we all co-create. Join us in that journey!

OM, Chi, Consciousness & Quantum Gravity

If We Are Anything

Simon Robinson

Jim Parry

Nick Watson

Exploring the spiritual dimensions of sport, this broad-ranging study takes a provocative look at the human aspects of the sport experience. It is a must-read for students of sport studies, sports coaching, and sport and health psychology.

An Introduction

Sport and Spirituality

Increasing numbers of professional teams and athletes look for assistance with the psychological factors of their performance, and there exists a growing body of professional sport psychologists ready to provide support. Despite this, it seems at times there remains a significant gap between the real needs of sport performers and what is delivered by traditional sport psychology. The existential approach described by Mark Nesti offers a radical alternative to the cognitive and cognitive-behavioural approaches that have dominated sport psychology, and represents the first systematic attempt to apply existential psychological theory and phenomenological method to sport psychology. This much-needed alternative framework for the discipline of applied sport psychology connects to many of the real and most significant challenges faced by sports performers during their careers and beyond. Existential Psychology and Sport outlines an approach that can be used to add something of depth, substance and academic rigour to sport psychology in applied settings beyond the confines of MST and good listening skills.

Theory and Application

Existential Psychology and Sport

This book provides an inter-disciplinary examination of the relationship between sport, spirituality and religion. It covers a wide-range of topics, such as prayer and sport, religious and spiritual perspectives on athletic identity and ‘flow’ in sport, theological analysis of genetic performance enhancement technologies, sectarianism in Scottish football, a spiritual understanding of sport psychology consultancy in English premiership soccer and how Zen may be useful in sports performance and participation. As modern sport is often intertwined with commercial and political agendas, this book also provides an important corrective to the “win at all costs” culture of modern sport, which cannot always be fully understood through secular ethical inquiry. This is a unique and important addition to the current literature for a wide-range of fields including theology and religious studies, psychology, health studies, ethics and sports studies.

Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports

Chris Sulley

The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of youth development programmes in football around the world, to highlight best practice, and to offer clear recommendations for improvement. The book draws on original, in-depth research at eight elite professional football clubs, including Barcelona, Ajax and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national football academy at Clairefontaine. It adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, including psychology, coaching and management studies, and covers every key topic from organisational structures, talent recruitment and performance analysis to player education and welfare. Written by two authors with extensive experience in English professional football, including five Premiership clubs, this book is important reading for any student, researcher, coach, administrator or academy director with an interest in football, youth sport, sports development, sports coaching or sport management.

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