Master Mental Coach Ajamu
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Sports or Recreation |
| Occupation | Sports Hypnotist and Applied Sports Psychology Consultant |
| Location | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Ajamu James Ayinde is a Master Mental Coach. He graduated from Trinity College in 1991 with a degree in Asian Studies emphasizing multicultural education and performing arts. He was certified in Ericksonian hypnosis in 1996. He completed Trainers Training at the Eastern Institute of Hypnotherapy in Virginia Beach and later that year began a two-year apprenticeship in Neuro-Linguistic Healing™ with Michael Ellner, Ph.D. at the Hypnosis Institute in New York. In 2004 he completed a Master’s degree in Motivational Psychology from Huntington Pacific University in which he profiled the mindsets of elite athletes and performers. He has developed the M.E.N.T.A.L. Games ™ training system based on his sports psychology research, clinical experience and performance background as a professional dancer and martial artist. He holds five certifications in Sports and Performance Hypnosis and has taught across the US and in Canada and England. He was honored with the IACT Therapist of the Year award in 2004. |
| Interests | Dance, martial arts, word games (Boggle, Scrabble, Word Racer, etc.), hiking, reading inspirational stories, sharing inspirational stories through writing and public speaking, meeting new people,and making a difference. |
| Favorite movies | Chronicles of Riddick, The Invention of Lying, The Guardian, Men of Honor, Rocky series, Blade trilogy, Equilibrium, Shogun Assassin, The Secret, Inception, Hot Tub Time Machine, Defiance... |
| Favorite music | Brazilian: Gal Costa, Claudio Zoli, Alcione, Joao Gilberto, and Bebel Gilberto New Wave and Alternative: Franz Ferdinand, Panic at the Disco, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, and Elvis Costello Jazz: Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Bobby Hutcherson, Sarah Vaughan, and Herbie Mann R and B: Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Gil Scott Heron World Music: Ravi Shankar, Issa Bagayoyo, Gigi, Salif Keita, and Celia Cruz |
| Favorite books | Tao Te Ching, 1984, The Odyssey, The Book of Five Rings, Things Fall Apart, Learned Optimism, In Search of Excellence, Thinking Body, Dancing Mind, Mental Training for Peak Performance, Red Gold, With Winning in Mind, Sport Psych Handbook, Think Like a Tiger, Mental Toughness: A Champions State of Mind, and NLP & Sports |
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