Ireland captain Edel McMahon mindful of strong finish to Six Nations crusade in Scotland battle

Edel McMahon says downtime is important as she looks ahead to Ireland's clash with Scotland A mindfulness technique sometimes used by the Ireland squad was first identified by a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr Daniel J Siegel came up with the ‘Name It to Tame It’ practice that involves – I Googled it so you don’t have to – noticing and labelling emotions as they happen to help reduce anxiety or stress..