Your Mental Game Starts Here

Feeling stuck in your training, sick of self-doubt, or held back by mental blocks? You’re not alone. Many endurance athletes find that their biggest obstacles aren’t physical—they’re mental. The Skadi Master Class was created to help you overcome these challenges and thrive in sport and life.

Spring 2025 cohort begins March 25th!

Why Focus on Your Mental Game?

This program will teach you the skills needed to build confidence, stay healthy, avoid injury, work effectively towards your athletic goals, and find the sweet sweet combination of mental toughness and self-compassion. Through our course, you'll join a community of like-minded athletes who are committed to empowering themselves and others through sport.

Investing in yourself is the key to cultivating the skills and techniques needed to succeed in sport while maintaining your physical health and well-being. This course is designed to help you do just that. I'll provide you with the tools and knowledge needed to overcome mental barriers, manage stress, and improve your performance.

What’s Included?

  • 8 Group Coaching Sessions (& the recordings) with Dr. Ayala and up to 12 fellow athletes.

  • Lifetime access to eight core modules and accompanying materials.

  • A private Resource Library with tools, assessments, exercises, and strategies for lasting growth.

  • Membership to an exclusive athlete community for accountability and support.

INTRODUCING….

The Skadi Master Class

This 8-week online program is designed to improve the way you approach training and racing. Rather than relying on trial and error, the Master Class provides evidence-based strategies to help you strengthen your mental game, improve your focus, and build confidence.

Together, we’ll tackle common mental barriers like fear of failure, self-criticism, and burnout while also building your capacity for mindfulness, leadership, and resilience.

Inside the Program, You’ll Learn to:

  • Overcome difficult thoughts and emotions that arise in sport.

  • Set meaningful, achievable goals for both short-term and long-term success.

  • Develop strategies to handle pre-competition nerves and mental blocks.

  • Balance mental toughness with self-compassion.

  • Recognize early warnings of burnout and prioritize self-care, including rest, nutrition, and recovery

A Closer Look at the Modules

  • Module 1: Foundations of Sport Psychology

    Start with your “why.” Explore how your values, mindset, and coping patterns influence your performance

  • Module 2: Goal Setting for Success

    Learn how to set process-focused goals, refine pre-performance routines, and structure deliberate practice for growth.

  • Module 3: Self-Criticism vs. Self-Compassion

    Discover the link between self-talk, performance, and motivation—and how to strike the right balance.

  • Module 4: Mindfulness in Sport

    Master techniques for calming pre-race jitters, improving focus, and entering a flow state during training and competition.

  • Module 5: Confidence and Mental Blocks

    Strengthen your confidence, confront fears, and break through mental barriers.

  • Module 6: Burnout Prevention and Motivation

    Understand the factors that lead to burnout, assess your own risk, and develop strategies to sustain motivation.

  • Module 7: Health Psychology Essentials

    Optimize your health with strategies for injury prevention, proper nutrition, recovery, and recognizing signs of RED-S or LEA.

  • Module 8: Leadership and Communication

    Build stronger relationships and learn how to have productive conversations—skills that matter both on and off the field.

  • Wrap Up

    At the end of the program, you’ll complete a sport psychology assessment to identify your progress, highlight your strengths, and pinpoint growth areas for the future.

What past members are saying:

  • "The content in the modules was stuff I was either experiencing or had experienced. I felt like they were written just for me."

    -athlete in founding cohort

  • "I believe it's assisting me on training days more than I realized. Not just race days. Months ago, I would have been in tears [after a rough workout]. I would have texted a friend, complaining about how much this sucks, how it always happens. I would have spiraled into thinking that my entire next season would be bad. But this time, it was a relief, almost unnoticed, that I took new actions. It's just a lot easier to go with the flow."

  • "This has complemented regular therapy in a great way. I've encountered many concepts in therapy that either didn't click or I wasn't sure if they were for me. However, in a sports context, I'm more receptive to these concepts, which allows me to reverse engineer and apply them to non-sports situations. I'm extremely grateful for this."

  • "The thing that I've really taken away from this is to let stuff go. All the other therapy work I did helps with this, but this gave me the sports context that I needed. I didn't have that before. Therapy was helpful, but I couldn't quite get it to click on the bike, you know, and now it does."

  • "As someone who is competitive and values participation, it can be challenging to shift my mindset. However, I have learned the importance of holding desires and values lightly, and being open to recalibrating them. By doing so, I am able to find value in this season despite the setbacks."

  • "When I talked with Erin before the beginning of this course, to sort of feel it out if it was gonna be a good fit, I told her, “it's not just about bikes here,” and that absolutely was true."

  • "[Recent race] felt like a huge breakthrough. I literally have been telling whoever will listen to me. I'm like, I had this breakthrough on the bike. I have to tell you about it. It was a sport psychology class about learning how to be more present, and also anticipating that there are gonna be bad moments and it's okay. You can get past them."

Hey Hi Hello! 👋 I’m Dr. Ayala

I am a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), researcher, and endurance athlete. I love the daily opportunity to combine my clinical expertise, research knowledge, and lived experience as an endurance athlete.

Through my work with athletes over the past decade, I've seen a huge hole in resources designed specifically for athletes who want to improve their mental game. My goal for this course is to fill that void so you can show up as the best version of yourself in sport.

Is the Skadi Master

Class Right for You?

This Program Is for You If:

  • ⭐ You know your mental game needs work but aren’t sure where to start.

  • ⭐ You’re open to trying new techniques, even those that feel counterintuitive.

  • ⭐ You can dedicate time each week to engaging with the material and exercises.

This Program Is Not for You If:

  • ❌ You’re looking for mental health therapy or trauma counseling.

  • ❌ You’re currently managing severe depression or anxiety.

  • ❌ You can’t commit to attending sessions or completing the weekly exercises.

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    Two Ways to Join

    One-time payment

    $1500

    ✔️lifetime access to course modules and materials

    ✔️8 online modules

    ✔️8 group coaching meetings (with lifetime access to recordings)

    ✔️exclusive Skadi community of other athletes on this journey

    Monthly payments

    3x $500

    ✔️lifetime access to course modules and materials

    ✔️8 online modules

    ✔️8 group coaching meetings (with lifetime access to recordings)

    ✔️exclusive Skadi community of other athletes on this journey

    FAQs

    • The effort you put in directly impacts your results. A 7-day money-back guarantee ensures you’ll feel confident in your investment. Follow the process, and you’ll see the rewards in your performance and mindset.

    • You’ll have lifetime access as long as Skadi remains in business. If any changes occur, all program materials will be archived and distributed to members.

    • The program is tailored for individual athletes, so sharing materials may not provide the same results. Friends are encouraged to enroll directly for the full experience.

    • Groups are capped at 12 athletes to ensure personalized support and meaningful interaction.

    • You get out what you put in. Ideally, you will:

      • complete the activities each week (1-3 hrs/week)

      • attend weekly one-hour zoom calls or watch the recordings. If attending the live calls, we ask that you keep your camera on and remain fully present so all members can have a quality experience.

      • be supportive and respectful of the other athletes in this course

    • Not at all. The skills taught can be applied to competitions or other challenges you’re preparing for, making the program valuable no matter where you are in your athletic journey.

    • You can read our Group Program terms and conditions HERE!

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