Guest guest Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 I saw a dance performance on the ropes last year too. It was about 5km into Grotto Canyon, near Canmore. It was put on by a local company called Springboard. The ropes were secured and the dancers were clipped in about half way up, 15m. This was all done to the music of a cellest (sp?) in the boulder strewn canyon below. About 250 people showed up. It was a wonderful day. About time, I guess there is always *some* time for practice, and everybody must have a half hour or so per day, and that's enough for a material benefit. I'm not a great one to talk as I just make the time, usually 2 to 3 hours per day either climbing or yoga, and that means quite a bit of sacrafice. My condo is never really clean, my laundry piles up, I've put my car hobbies on hold, I don't get out much to the theatre anymore, don't read as much as I'd like, and I'm not touching on relationships (done that allready!) I just place at the very top of my priority list, my health, and I suppose personal ambition, and that's that. I'm concerned that this is a bit selfish (so my ex-girlfried says!) so that's a bit of a issue at the moment. Perhaps it will balance out more with age and other commitments. Cheers, Lawrence. --- "Gearhart, Margee" <mgearhart wrote: > That is very true and I had the pleasure of seeing > the rope dancers last > year at Cirqu de Soleil and it was magnificant !! > Unfortunately, I have a > fear of heights and don't think that rock climbing > would be my thing. > Though I do see where the mind-body connection would > come into play. > Ashtanga practice takes such dedication and time and > it is something that I > wish that I had learned before I got married and had > kids. I often wondor > what direction my life would have taken if I was > introduced to it much > earlier. Now, with my obligations, it can be very > difficult to put the time > in that I really need to get further along in the > practice. I haven't > practiced in awhile, and again, I miss it terribly. > Does anyone else have trouble balancing their "life" > and practice time? > Margee > > > > > jbrrr510 [sMTP:jbrrr510] > > Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:35 PM > > ashtanga yoga > > Re: ashtanga yoga yoga and the > sexes...../yoga and > > climbing > > > > Yes dancers too! It's become a triangle I > suppose, as I've also > > known several excellent climbers whom are/were > dancers. > > > > With it being election day today in the states, it > makes me think > > it'd be an interseting poll to see what the most > common > > crossover "sports" applied to yoga practitioners. > I'm sure dance, > > climbing and gymnastics would be high on the list. > > > > Lawarence: I too have often wondered what the > degree of seperation > > was in the climbing community, and yoga community. > I've run into > > casual aquantinces from home at every climbing > area I've ever > > traveled to. Unforutnatly in yoga, we rarely > travel "to practice" > > they way climbers do. > > > > Margee: I've often heard the statement "Climbing > is like ballet, just > > on a vertical wall" from all sorts of climbers. > There are actually > > dance "troops" (can you tell I'm not a dancer?) > that perform > > suspended from ropes on walls. Sound interesting, > I've never > > actually seen it, but I've heard of them > performing for various > > events. > > > > > > ashtangayoga, lawrence romanosky > <lromanosky> wrote: > > > Well, just about all the dancers I know are into > > > Ashtanga as well. And, many of the instructors > have a > > > dance background, which I guess isn't too much > of a > > > surprise. > > > Cheers, Lawrence. > > > > > > > > > --- "Gearhart, Margee" <mgearhart@s...> wrote: > > > > That is interesting, rock climbing and > ashtanga. I > > > > have equated it with > > > > dance, a ballet all of its own! > > > > Margee > > > > > > > > > > lawrence romanosky > > > > [sMTP:lromanosky] > > > > > Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:50 > PM > > > > > ashtangayoga > > > > > Re: ashtanga yoga yoga and > the > > > > sexes...../yoga and > > > > > climbing > > > > > > > > > > Well sure enough, I went to the climbing gym > > > > yesterday > > > > > and there was a guy with a Krabi (one b?) > shirt > > > > on, > > > > > turns out a friend of his went and he is > trying to > > > > get > > > > > there too...what do you figure; 3 or 4 > degrees of > > > > > separation between all of us? > > > > > Cheers, Lawrence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- jbrrr510 <jbrrr510@h...> wrote: > > > > > > ROTFLOL... literally I am rolling on the > floor > > > > and > > > > > > laughing out > > > > > > loud... > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah... I'm a climber too... hence the > 510 in > > > > the > > > > > > alias. > > > > > > > > > > > > I too have noticed the abundance of people > who > > > > cross > > > > > > between the two > > > > > > pastimes (yoga and climbing). > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure the links between the two have > been > > > > > > discussed here before, > > > > > > but please allow me to add my two cents > and say > > > > how > > > > > > similar in they > > > > > > are as well, They both link mind and body > > > > through > > > > > > movement. The > > > > > > mental focus and peace I find in yoga is > very > > > > > > similar to the mental > > > > > > focus and peace I find in climbing. The > fact > > > > that > > > > > > they are both > > > > > > highly complementary athletically is just > a > > > > bonus. > > > > > > My climbing/yoga > > > > > > balance is close to 60/40 although it does > > > > varies. > > > > > > Without question > > > > > > Yoga has helped my core strength for > climbing > > > > while > > > > > > at the same time > > > > > > providing a great cardio workout that > keeps the > > > > few > > > > > > extra pounds > > > > > > off. For those that don't climb, most > serious > > > > > > climbers worry more > > > > > > about their weight than Olympic gymnasts. > > > > Logically > > > > > > every ounce that > > > > > > hangs off one's fingers makes a > significant > > > > > > difference both in terms > > > > > > of relative power (strength to weight > ratio) as > > > > well > > > > > > as in terms of > > > > > > endurance (Weighing 180 lbs vs. 175 lbs > means > > > > you > > > > > > save 5 lbs of > > > > > > effort on every move, 100 moves = 500 lbs > on a > > > > > > single pitch, which on > > > > > > a long climb makes a huge difference). > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the climbing/yoga link applies to > both > > > > > > genders though. There > > > > > > are a number of women from my yoga classes > that > > > > I > > > > > > see occasionally at > > > > > > the climbing gym. > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen, Krabbi is very high on my list of > > > > places to > > > > > > visit. I've > > > > > > heard wonderful things about it from both > > > > climbers > > > > > > and non-climbers. > > > > > > I have a climber friend there right now in > fact > > > > and > > > > > > I'm NOT looking > > > > > > forward to hearing her stories when she > returns. > === message truncated === HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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