ABOUT PLAY AWAKE
Person before performer.
Play Awake helps people reconnect with themselves and express more of their ability, in sport, business and life.
Play Awake Mind is our mental performance app. Alongside it, we offer individual facilitation, selected coaching and shared experiences.
HOW PLAY AWAKE FITS TOGETHER
PLAY AWAKE
The brand and philosophy behind the work.
The app
PLAY AWAKE MIND
The Mental Performance System app.
TRAIN YOUR MENTAL GAME
The method behind the practices
P.A.V.E.
Also informing coaching and shared experiences.
From the method to everyday actions
- P Presence
- Ground
- A Analyse
- Notice
- V Visualise
- Create
- E Experience
- Trust
One approach across Sport, Business and Life
Applications of the Play Awake approach, not standalone products.
CONNECTION → EXPRESSION
What it means to play awake.
PLAY
Freedom, expression and reconnecting with what you love doing.
AWAKE
Awareness, presence and reconnecting with yourself.
Ambition and enjoyment belong together. The aim is to engage fully with what you are doing while staying connected with yourself.
NATHAN HEALEY · FOUNDER
Born in the cauldron of professional tennis.
Play Awake began with Nathan Healey’s own experience as a professional tennis player. He had developed the ability, but could not always access it in competition.
Learning to notice his thoughts, question his beliefs and reconnect with the present changed his experience of the game. He found more freedom to play with creativity, enjoyment and trust.
That change created a desire to share the tools he wished he had earlier in his career.
Nathan’s playing and coaching experience, including work with Lleyton Hewitt and Max Purcell, continues to inform Play Awake’s teaching and practices.
CO-FOUNDER · INQUIRY & WELLBEING
Marnie Healey
Marnie’s background spans psychology, nursing, yoga teaching and somatic inquiry. Her work is grounded in extensive care experience and a warm, person-centred approach.
She offers individual facilitation to explore thoughts, reactions and new perspectives.
OUR PRINCIPLES
Calm, clear and connected.
Presence before performance
Reconnect with what is actually here before deciding what to do next.
Awareness before analysis
Begin by noticing your experience, without rushing to explain or change everything.
Experience over technology
Keep the work simple and practical, with calm guidance that supports real life.
Bring the practice into your day.
Explore Play Awake Mind and practise in your own time. Personal facilitation with Marnie is optional.