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"There's nothing more frightful than being completely well, because then we have to take responsibility for our lives and the world around us"- Scott Petersen
I had such a great time last weekend with Adi Carter and @redefiningbalance
at their Moab retreat.
#RedefiningPlay #slackline #moabdoesnotsuck #slacklife #redefiningbalance #earthplayretreats #EricWardPhotography #wuwu_tribe #wuwu #woowoo #yahoo
Join Rebecca @bayoucountess and Aaron @aaronlindacro for some high flying fun in Hawaii with Sam @yogaslackers
and Raquel @poweredbyyoga for 5 days of slackro, pops, whips, h2h, and standing acrobatics. Look for THE Training Maui Edition March 30-April 4th.
bit.ly/theacrotraining
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Live by the heat of your breath.
Run by the sweat of your temple.
Love by the tear stains on your cheek.
Be the products of your emotions...
Be the products of yourself
Do not merely subsist.
Do not live gray, and colorless.
Paint your sorrows against your walls
in cerulean stars, and
your anger in coxcomb flames,
and when you find joy,
may you paint it with golden wings. -- Already @heresyandheartattacks
Looking back at a night in New Caledonia with the @YogaSlackers gazing at the stars and enjoying the sounds of the ocean.
Strobist Info: Profoto D1 shoot through gridded Mola Sollo camera left
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My friend Alissa would like to win a photo contest for a free yogaslacker retreat. If you could vote for the following image in the contest, I would greatly appreciate it. Click on the following link and vote from there:
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Strobist Info: Profoto D1 shoot through a gridded Mola Sollo camera left.
“The only time for happiness is the present. The past holds regrets. The future uncertainties." -- Arsène Wenger
When I started acro I was most certainly not always making happy human noises as @poweredbyyoga likes to say in her workshops. I felt it was always more important to successfully hit the pose at all costs. In which case a lot of stress, tension and heavy emotions were involved... and very little true happiness or happy human noises existed. It has been a lot of growth on my part which would not have been possible without such great teachers. So here is to all the great teachers which have helped me along my path: @yogaslackers, @poweredbyyoga, @aaronlindacro, @acropediaorg, @lizzytomber, @douwes99, @konayoga, @whitehawkyoga, @acromott, and many more who have positively impacted my personal and acro growth.
Throwing back to a time I was flying like such a pretty little flyer in Hawaii during Acro Revolution TT with the help of such a rock star person @acropediaorg basing me. My happiness level in this moment was sky high. It honestly took several minutes to wipe the smile from my face once I softly landed back on Earth.
Photography by @aaronlindacro
Heaven is not somewhere above, rather inside deep in your soul. To get there you must work hard, real hard. -- Unknown
Another great moment from @adicarter's @redefiningbalance retreat. This photo shoot was an all nighter and some tempers did flare. Overall though the art we made was worth it. Long live Moab!!!
“It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.” ― Marianne Williamson
Looking back at the experience of getting the chance to high line with the Christchurch community. While this specific line is more of a midline, it did it's job of bringing doubt and the sense of fear to me, the Christchurch community member shown in this image, and probably most individuals attempting to balance on the line. I'm not quite sure exactly what self discovery has been accelerated by attempting to high line, however, putting myself out on these high lines has made pretty much ever other fear I've faced seem so much easy to handle in the moment.
If you are wondering, I'm only getting slightly more comfortable learning to fall off a high line each time I go out there. Instead of seizing up with complete anxiety that I don't trust the gear, I don't trust my skills, I don't want to die, and to top it off, I revert back to the hold my breath and force it mentality. I'm able to actually spend about 10 minutes out on the line each time calming my body and mind down. Now just to get up on my feet and finding balance, that is the next goal.
I am thankful that Brock Axthelm was kind enough to video this moment and show that while my physical body looks pretty calm, the internal doubt was raging quite a bit leading up to this moment. Resistance for me in these moments varies. I'll resist by taking photos, creating time lapses (I get on the line at the 1:09ish mark vimeo.com/153815805
), doing acro, going on hikes taking me miles away from the line. Pretty much anything other then getting on the line and breathing into the discomfort.
One thing this practice is making me consciously realize is the importance of feeling comfortable falling. Because without overcoming the fear of falling, doing anything else in the practice or in life is extremely constrictive to say the least.
My intent with this practice is to learn to balance and breathe and to truly quiet my mind, reaching a flow state while out on the highline. Leaning into the discomfort of the moment versus escaping from it. Ultimately to achieve that flow state not just on the line, but in life in general. More info about this flow state can be found here:
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#New #Zealand #Christchurch #highline #midline #fear #meditation #flow
It is getting easier and easier to walk these longer lines that are tripled stacked. I love how my body is starting to integrate and acclimate to these longer and harder setups faster and faster.
Musical Credit: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (432Hz)
Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
Strobist Info: Profoto D1 shoot through a gridded Mola Sollo camera left. Polarizer and ND filter used on 85mm f/1.4G to help keep the shallow depth of field
Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
While processing this image I couldn't help but think of the phrase into the wild. I was then reminded of a movie I watched a few years back by the same name and how much I loved it. There are several quotes from that movie I wanted to share since they spoke to me in this moment:
To forgive is to love...
Happiness is only real when shared...
If you want something in life, reach out and grab it.
Well the YogaSlackers were able to successfully fund their kickstarter campaign. I'm excited to see their adventures on the big screen. There are still a few hours left to show your support towards the Road to Wanderlust Film project.
They did reached their minimum funding goal, however, there's still about 18 hours left and I want them to have funds to produce an amazing film.
Send a pledge if you haven't done so yet. There is still time about 18 hours to be exact
Have you pledged yet?
bit.ly/rtwfilm
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Yogaslackers @ Wanderlust Festival California 2013
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#TBT to the time I was adventuring with the yogaslackers and climbing waterlines in Andaman Sea near Thailand this winter.
Photography by @yogaslackers
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Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
Beautiful night to catch the sunset and a view like this of the twin Peaks, Mt Meeker 13,911 an Longs Peak 14,256 feet, while slacklining in the park. My new friend Matthew, slacklining in the park. Hope you like! McIntosh Lake, Boulder County Colorado.
Slackline Yoga - Another form of slacklining is Slackline Yoga, also referred to as YogaSlacking or Slackasana. Slackline Yoga takes traditional yoga poses and moves them to the slackline. It has been described as "distilling the art of yogic concentration." To balance on a 1" piece of webbing lightly tensioned between two trees is not easy, and doing yoga poses on it is even more challenging. The practice has many layers, simultaneously developing focus, dynamic balance, power, breath, core integration, flexibility, and confidence. Utilizing standing postures, sitting postures, arm balances, kneeling postures, inversions and unique vinyasa, a skilled slackline yogi is able to create a flowing yoga practice without ever falling from the line. Simon grižon Super split on a slackline
In 2005, Sam Salwei and Jason Magness began demonstrating yoga poses on a slackline at the Yoga Journal conference in Estes Park, later forming YogaSlackers. Since then, the members of team YogaSlackers have collectively taught over 5000 people to successfully embrace this form of asana. They have developed a special slackline and simple tensioning system, allowing for practitioners to learn safely and experience the benefit of a wide range of dynamic energies while on the line.
Another group of "slackline yogis" are the Rocky Mountain Slackline Crew out of Fort Collins, CO. The company has been involved with local and state wide yoga studios incorporating slackline into their class curriculum. They have created a series of postures, maneuvers, and breath rhythm to bring the riders a challenging and rewarding experience.
Slackline Yoga has been reported in The Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal and Climbing Maga (source wikipedia)
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After nearly Single-handedly sinking the YogaSlackers Classic PLC (Peace Love Car) on a photo shoot at the Spiral Jetty in Utah, and being told by several subjects they feel some of my shots are a little bit too passionate (ie dangerous)... here are a few shots depicting one of many situations I came across with the YogaSlackers in Hawaii last month that fall into this category.
Sam Salwei looking for the perfect place to explore with Raquel Hernández-Cruz in tow.
#AcroRevolution #Acropeutics #AcroLove #acropedia #Acro #Revolution #TT2 #hawaii #yoga #nikon #passion #teacher #training #EricWardPhotography — with Sam Salwei and Raquel Hernández-Cruz at Kalani.
Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
Strobist Info: SB-900 gridded and shot low and in front of subject (Hand Held by me while running around). Strobes manually fired twice.
Raquel Hernández-Cruz running for her life part I.
#AcroRevolution #Acropeutics #AcroLove #acropedia #Acro #Revolution #TT2 #hawaii #yoga #nikon #passion #teacher #training #EricWardPhotography — with Raquel Hernández-Cruz and Sam Salwei at Kalani.
Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
#yoga #yogaslackers #yogaeverydamnday #utah #provo #zions #bank #parking #garage #fitness #balance #strength @alissayoga #hand #foot #sunrise #winter #morning
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " ― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
I've loved the challenge of this water line. No matter how many times I've told myself to not compensate for the moving water, the tree anchor dancing around in the wind, the long boarders crossing the bridge and making a lot of noise, and the traffic on the highway flowing, these factors have still impacted my ability to send this line.
The more experience I get on the line, the better I am doing at bringing my focus back to my breath and keeping my feet soft while finding my ever changing balance and taking one step after another. I absolutely love how this practice does such a great job of giving instantaneous feedback and keeping my mind, body and soul in the present moment.
While I haven't sent the line yet, I set a new PR by getting 3/4th's of the way across this 117 foot (Anchor to Anchor) double stacked enlightenment line.
#slacklife
#slackline
#utahgram
#choosemountains
#andhesdopetoo
#colorful
#besomebody
#inspiration
#capturerad
#travelstoke
#livemore
#travelmore
#getoutstayout
#greettheoutdoors
#campvibes
#summer
#adventure
#simplyadventure
#instagood
#mytravelgram
#summer
#wildernessculture
#mountains
#yoga #yogaslacker
#rei1440project
#vacation
#meditation #fitspiration
#water
Hosted by The YogaSlackers, The Austin Slackline Festival is a celebration of the wild & wonderful sport/artform that is slacklining.
Every night for a few months out of the year, the "Bubble Man" as I nicknamed him comes to the beach each night to unleash happiness to all the people and children at Klong Dao Beach, Koh Lanta. I ask him if he knew how much happiness he created. He looked at me and said, do you see how much happiness this brings to me?
His bubbles are pure magic.
Oh and the YogaSlackers are pretty inspirational and creators of happiness themselves.
Thailand Sunset + Acroyoga + Bubbles + Photography = Pure Bliss!!!
#Thailand #yoga #acroyoga #partneracrobatics #EricWardPhotography #bliss #happiness #joy #smiles #yogaslackers