The man behind Deep Performance Studio

Since 2006, René has worked professionally with high performance.
From the Danish Superliga to the Premier League to Bestseller and world-class musicians,
he has helped elite athletes, top executives, and artists perform when it really matters.
Not just once – but again and again.

René has helped elite athletes, top managers and artists perform when it really matters – not just once, but continuously over time. He has worked individually with football players from more than 25 different countries, with top coaches both domestically and internationally, and supported world-class triathlon and e-sports athletes in optimizing their performance under pressure.

Rene has a background as a professional handball player, has won championships, played in the Champions League and completed two Ironman.

Rene was the first full-time mental trainer in a Danish football club and has worked with top management development in the upper echelons of business life.

Rene is a qualified teacher, NLP Master Practitioner, Internationally certified hypnotherapist and certified Breathwork & Thermal Biohacking Practitioner.

Rene Petersen works at the intersection of top performance and human depth – where mental training does not stand alone, but goes hand in hand with the cognitive, emotional and somatic system.

Approach

René’s approach is holistic yet uncompromising:
You work layer by layer. Strategically, honestly, and deeply.
With what you carry. What you long for.
And what you must be able to deliver – under pressure.

All of René’s work is rooted in the tension between three key layers of human performance:

• The cognitive, where thought patterns, decision-making, and self-leadership are shaped.
• The emotional, where feelings are navigated, regulated, and anchored in clarity.
• The somatic, where the body is not background, but an active player in creating calm, resilience, and presence.

When these levels work in sync, what René calls Deep Performance arises.

René has a background as a professional handball player, has won championships, played in the Champions League, and completed two Ironman races.
He was the first full-time mental coach in a Danish football club and has since worked with top leaders and emerging talents at the highest level of business.

René is trained as a teacher, NLP Master Practitioner, internationally certified hypnotherapist, and certified Breathwork & Thermal Biohacking Practitioner.
Today, he operates internationally as a Mindset Performance Coach – with the world as his workplace and one focus:
To create performance with calm, depth, and direction.