 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been thinking a lot about what I do and why I do it, which has come up with some interesting introspectives.
While I've been poo pooing Meditation and other 'new age' stuff, it seems that I've maybe been meditating all along, just doing it differently from most.
Rather than rewriting the whole lot here, it's on my blog.
http://www.powpowpow.org/im-not-an-adrenalin-junkie-im-meditating/
Thoughts?
I've had a few people comment that it rings true with them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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That's quite the power plough 105km/h! 
The term in psychology is Flow and I find visualisation really useful both for skiing and for climbing. I've solved some boulder problems for myself in bed or in the shower.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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feef, I figured it was something like that, it'd have to be pretty damn steep otherwise. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I agree wholeheartedly. The purest and best moments in life and sport are when you are completely and utterly 100% focused, with nothing else entering your mind. In both climbing and skiing I find that you try to walk the knife edge - the adrenaline rush means you've made a mistake, and you sure as hell don't want that. I also don't like it when people say I am taking 'unecessary risk' - the whole aim when engaging in sports like these is to negate the risk, to control the danger. It is always a calculated decision, not blindly leaping into the void.
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rasmanisar, Yup, I rock and ice climb and also love skiing, but I'm quite risk adverse. It's that pure single minded concentration that allows everything else to slip away, I love it when every move becomes one of surgical precision and utmost confidence.
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feef, nice one! It occurs to me that breathing, awareness and total concentration are also key to playing a musical instrument and to singing (of which I do a lot, and which keeps me well, both mentally and physically). And in performance, the adrenalin rush only kicks in, exactly as you describe, when something's gone wrong!
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feef, top post. Definitely.
The Flying Gooseberry, or you notice the adrenalin as you come to a stop after the finish line? 
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under a new name,
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or you notice the adrenalin as you come to a stop after the finish line?
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Yes, indeed.
We are talking about singing, yes? 
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Thanks for all the positive feedback. Nice to know I'm not alone 
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