Not warmups, not throw-downs, not a quick net session at the back of the park, but just honest to goodness sitting on the mats with the quiet humming in the search for 'spiritual oneness' with the universe.
It had gone so well for the 2014 tournament, Lanser enthused, that come the following year the returning youngsters in the team were all for it.
"I didn't even bring it up, then the girls said to me, 'Esther, are we going to meditate?'
"We've got a really good balance, a lot of the girls that have come back have improved tenfold," she said at the time.
Six of those teenagers were in the team which regained the national crown on Friday, going through four days unbeaten.
It takes a lot of composure, when Otago have worked themselves through to 151-7 with eight balls remaining to reach their target of 161, to tighten up and hold them to 160-9 for a tie on the opening day.
CD would then win the next five games straight with accurate pace bowling and then chasing down targets with nerveless batting - always looking for the gaps and never letting the opposition get on top of them for any sustained period of time.
There was ownership throughout the team - Lanser would describe how some girls would be close to tears if they had a bad afternoon and got out cheaply or dropped a catch.
So, the guru who says "we don't use the 'w' [win] word" in CD cricket, would constantly be getting each player to forget the immediate past and "stay in the moment" - focusing on what was required for the next game and clearing out the clutter inside the ole' cranium which could distract from that task.
And how was this done? More meditation, team yoga sessions, and long walks on Castlecliff beach in the evenings to watch the sun set.
"We got up at 6.30am on the first morning, but we stopped that," laughed captain Monique Rees, who had a brilliant tournament as both an allrounder and with her on-field tactics.
But Lanser was not to be denied when it came to harnessing all the 'positive chi' which could have been floating around the swaying trees at the park.
"She makes us get in the circle and hold hands," Rees shrugged.
I should point out with rain threatening to cascade down at any moment to ruin CD's seven wicket win in the final with Wellington, at the opportune moment as CD lost a couple of wickets on their way to the mediocre target of 80, the clouds parted for a brief spell to give brilliant blue sky.
Perhaps Lanser and her team's deeper connection to 'Mother Earth' had reaped benefits?
Now that the Dunedin-raised, rugged battler McCullum is stepping down, could Hesson likewise suggest some similar "sixth dimensions of consciousness" practice for Williamson's squad?
Hey, if getting the guitar out and everyone singing Kumbaya My Lord helps us thrash Pakistan and the Aussies over the next two months, then sign me up.
