Download or read book Climbing is the New Yoga written by Juan Marbarro and published by Climbing Letters. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a book about techniques for improving strength or flexibility, performing complicated postures, or climbing huge walls. While both climbing and yoga have undeniable physical benefits, both contribute to a greater purpose: mastery of the mind. A mastery that ultimately serves to achieve and maintain peace of mind. Yoga is a path toward peace of mind that passes through the dissolution of the various layers of the ego that hinder it. It is a path of return, since this peace of mind -it can also be called happiness- is the natural state of the mind, its purest state, free from the alterations that agitate, disturb and pollute it. This path can also be traversed through climbing. Although climbing does not have a philosophical tradition like yoga, in this book you will discover how you can apply several of the precepts of yoga to your work on the rock, turning climbing into a new form of yoga, another path that leads to the same summit.
Download or read book Yoga for Climbers written by Nicole Tsong and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga for Climbers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that climbing enact on the body. This guide feature: • Detailed overviews of the areas of the body most impacted by climbing and hiking • Injuries common to these sports that yoga can address • Explanation of yoga's physical and mental benefits, and how it can enhance time on rock or trail • Foundational techniques for creating a yoga practice, including the fundamentals of meditation • Several sequences for a home practice, designed specifically for climbers and hikers • Interviews with climbers and hikers who use yoga to support their physical strength and hone their mental focus—from professionals, such as Steph Davis and Buzz Burrell, to average weekend-warriors For inspiration and visual appeal, the books include panoramas of yoga poses in outdoor settings, studio photos of the specific yoga poses and sequences, and technical drawings related to anatomy and common ailments.
Download or read book Yoga for Climbers written by Nicole Tsong and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga for Climbers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that climbing enact on the body. This guide feature: - Detailed overviews of the areas of the body most impacted by climbing and hiking - Injuries common to these sports that yoga can address - Explanation of yoga's physical and mental benefits, and how it can enhance time on rock or trail - Foundational techniques for creating a yoga practice, including the fundamentals of meditation - Several sequences for a home practice, designed specifically for climbers and hikers - Interviews with climbers and hikers who use yoga to support their physical strength and hone their mental focus--from professionals, such as Steph Davis and Buzz Burrell, to average weekend-warriors For inspiration and visual appeal, the books include panoramas of yoga poses in outdoor settings, studio photos of the specific yoga poses and sequences, and technical drawings related to anatomy and common ailments.
Download or read book Restorative Yoga for Beginners written by Julia Clarke and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax, relieve, restore—a beginner's path to healing with restorative yoga Recovering from an injury, an illness, or just interested in a natural way to relax? Restorative yoga focuses on simple poses in supported positions, encouraging deep relaxation so your mind can enter a peaceful, meditative state. Dive in with an introduction to the spiritual origins and rejuvenating benefits of restorative yoga. Find the right position to reduce lower back pain, relieve stress, breathe easier, improve your energy, and even prepare your body for childbirth—all with illustrated instructions to get you into and out of each pose safely and comfortably. Restorative Yoga for Beginners includes: Take it easy—Make restorative yoga a lasting practice with simple suggestions on what to wear and what props you'll need. Strike a pose—Ease into 36 essential restorative yoga poses, including labels with the therapeutic benefits of each—and extend your practice for deeper healing with 20 sequences. Breath of fresh air—Refresh your vital energy (prana) with breathing exercises and meditations designed to improve your digestion, heart rate, and more. Restorative Yoga for Beginners offers the guidance to begin your yoga practice and bring harmony to your quality of life—one gentle stretch at a time.
Download or read book The Outdoor Adventurer s Guide to Yoga written by Jana Kilgore and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the power and benefits of yoga for outdoor adventures. With The Outdoor Adventurer’s Guide to Yoga, athletes and explorers can tailor yoga practices to support performance, recovery, and longevity, no matter their sport. This fully illustrated guide covers the foundations of yoga, anatomy, alignment, breath work, and asana, then applies these practices specifically for hiking, backpacking, cycling, climbing, paddling, and snow sports. Incorporate yoga before, during, and after your backpacking trips and outdoor adventures for greater strength, balance, connection, and recovery. Understand the unique anatomical demands of backpacking, paddling, climbing, and more to address and prevent common overuse injuries. Learn 88 poses with detailed descriptions, instructive photos, modifications and tips. Follow 21 specific flows and postures of functional therapeutic benefit for backpackers, hikers, paddlers, cyclists, climbers, skiers, and snowboarders. Go beyond the physical and develop practices to support holistic health, mobility, and stability. Foreword by Quinn Brett, Director of Accessibility, National Park Service
Download or read book Rock Climbing Flow Theory and Yoga written by Titiana Shostak-Kinker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using qualitative phenomenological research this thesis articulates the long term benefits of rock climbing. During exploratory interviews research participants passionately gave voice to the depth and breadth of their climbing experience. The eight participants consisted of five males and three females, between the ages of 34 and 75. Each subject had been climbing consistently for a minimum of fifteen years; a few are professional rock climbers. Through the research, it was discovered that climbing fosters a joyful level of concentration during which the climber is completely absorbed in the moment. This level of engagement is similar to that which occurs during flow and meditation. The subjects believe that climbing has tangible mental benefits which transfer to other parts of their lives. Correspondingly, it was found that rock climbing has an influence on a climber's core life values. Values learned through climbing include: joy, simplicity, stress management, perspective, and presence in the moment. The knowledge accumulated through this study helps determine rock climbing's place in adventure educative learning environments. In addition, the mature perspective offered by seasoned climbers herein may be useful for framing and tone setting in adventure education. Overall, this study articulates the significance of rock climbing and the potential transference of climbing skills in ways that bring more academic credibility and clarity to the pursuit.
Download or read book The Hardest Climb in the World written by Thomas Quay Williams and published by . This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about rock climbing and stuff
Download or read book Evening in Rishikesh written by Thomas Williams and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evening in Rishikesh-A Climber's Journey Home is a memoir of growing up rock climbing in Colorado in the late 1970s and 80s seeing remarkable qualities in my heroes that have a proto-yogi quality. The first section is dedicated to the remarkable pioneer Layton Kor, who's energetic pursuit of first ascents around the world form an otherworldly myth that inspires my early climbing career. The desire to be a standard setter like Kor ensnares me in a competition after my first climb, The Bastille Crack 5.7], in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado in 1979, to someday ascend the hardest climb in the world at that time: Genesis 5.12+. However, I'm not a talented climber, and to make it up such a difficult route, I begin a ten-year quest that takes me all over the world looking for the key to become an accomplished athlete in the world's greatest sport. Englishman Derek Hersey arrives in section two, inviting the temptation to "free solo," or climb completely un-roped on difficult terrain-the most dangerous game a climber can play. This leads to personal revelations on Fairview Dome in Yosemite National Park that echo through my discovery of yoga in college and its similarities to climbing. Juxtaposed to this is the arrival of "sport climbing," a European style of climbing which okays drilled bolts and an aggressive, gymnastic style. Larger than life personality Johnny Dawes, also of England, becomes one of the keys to my quest to climb Genesis as he generously coaches me on the sunny white Provence limestone of southern France. His legendary dangerous and difficult climbs have brought Dawes international fame and glory. It seems he has it all-or does he? The main body of the book shifts away from climbing to delight the armchair traveler and yoga enthusiast with a firsthand account of a journey to India. There I seek to discover what yoga is truly about and whether I will ever really climb the fabled Genesis. "A Fantastic Read and an Unforgettable Life Journey"- Ed Webster, Everest legend and author of "Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Everest." Nameste
Download or read book Yoga Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.
Download or read book Climbing written by Clyde Soles and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for climbers of all ages, abilities, and interests who wish to improve their performance. Climbing: Training for Peak Performance carefully details the foundation and fundamentals of nutrition for mind and body, flexibility training, aerobic, and strength conditioning, and how to put it all together to help you perform better.
Download or read book Beastmaking written by Ned Feehally and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'When it comes to training for climbing, you are your own experiment.' Beastmaking by Ned Feehally is a book about training for climbing. It is designed to provide normal people – like you and me – with the tools we need to get the most out of our climbing. It is written by one of the world's top climbers and a co-founder of Beastmaker. It features sections on finger strength, fingerboarding, board training, mobility and core, and includes suggested exercises and workouts. There are insights from some of the world's top climbers, including Alex Honnold, Shauna Coxsey, Adam Ondra, Alex Puccio and Tomoa Narasaki. Free from jargon, it is intended to provide enough information for us to work out what we need to train, and to help us to train it.
Download or read book Hangdog Days written by Jeff Smoot and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly ’80s Highlights ground-breaking achievements from the era Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing “rules,” enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late ’70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including “hangdogging,” hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era’s superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, “what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed.”
Download or read book High Drama written by John Burgman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020. High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes.
Download or read book The Index Town Walls written by Chris Kalman and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performance Rock Climbing written by Dale Goddard and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook for experienced climbers covers all the physical and psychological aspects of climbing training.
Download or read book The Ledge written by Jim Davidson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time.”—The Denver Post In June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood atop Washington’s Mount Rainier, celebrating what they hoped would be the first of many milestones in their lives as passionate mountaineers. Then their triumph turned tragic when a cave-in plunged them deep inside a glacial crevasse—the pitch-black, ice-walled hell of every climber’s nightmares. An avid adventurer since youth, Davidson was a seasoned climber at the time of the Rainier ascent. But the harrowing free fall left him challenged by nature’s grandeur at its most unforgiving. Trapped on a narrow frozen shelf, deep below daylight, he desperately battled crumbling ice, snow that threatened to bury him alive, and crippling fear of the inescapable chasm below—all the while struggling to save his fatally injured friend. Finally, alone, with little equipment and rapidly dwindling hope, he confronted a fateful choice: the certainty of a slow, lonely death or the near impossibility of an agonizing climb for life. A story of heart-stopping adventure, heartfelt friendship, fleeting mortality, and implacable nature, The Ledge chronicles the elation and grief, dizzying heights and punishing depths, of a journey to hard-won wisdom. “Plunges readers into a dark, icy chasm from which escape seems impossible. Then it reveals the strength it takes to look up, and to start climbing.”—Jim Sheeler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the National Book Award finalist Final Salute “How [Davidson] rescued himself is the core of The Ledge, and its most gripping part. The physical effort and will involved are astonishing.”—The Plain Dealer “A moving portrait of friendship and loss.”—The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book Yoga Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Yoga Journal has been helping readers achieve the balance and well-being they seek in their everyday lives. With every issue,Yoga Journal strives to inform and empower readers to make lifestyle choices that are healthy for their bodies and minds. We are dedicated to providing in-depth, thoughtful editorial on topics such as yoga, food, nutrition, fitness, wellness, travel, and fashion and beauty.
