 Poster: A snowHead
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Skiing is a sport that at best is done with the minimal of stresses. The emotional baggage many people bring with them on holiday or for the Sport can cause them a great deal of problems.
I have uncovered a site that deals with these stresses on a more general scale and would ask all of you, irrespective of perceived emotional state, to follow the programme and review your progress as a skier thereafter.
Good Luck, stick with it, please.
http://moodgym.anu.edu.au
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, I find skiing clears the mind because if I think about anything else I fall over. Doesn't everyone?
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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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No, eng_chgrasshopper, mokuso takes practice.
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Will this stop my anxiety about skiing with people who are thinner and/or better skiers than I am? I know it's unreasonable but can't help it.
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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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marmalade, I can cure both 
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Frosty the Snowman,
Tell me more...
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If we dont' have stress from our daily life, do we even need to be skiing? 
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I find skiing to be very zen.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| eng_ch wrote: |
| SMALLZOOKEEPER, I find skiing clears the mind because if I think about anything else I fall over. Doesn't everyone? |
Yes, that's my experience as well. But there are some days when my head is just not in the right place for skiing, and on those occasions I find it's best to finish early and do something else.
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rob@rar, bar?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| Skiing is a sport that at best is done with the minimal of stresses. |
One of the things I learnt last season was that I ski best when I'm angry. Often, when I reached the point of "right I'll show you, you..." I'd ski with the fluency and ease that would be missing when I was calm and relaxed. I suspect this is because the anger helped me get in touch with the instinctive bits of my skiing that I know are in there.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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PhillipStanton, that works in short bursts for me - eg after making a mess of a section of off-piste, I'll bully myself into attacking the next section with whatever panache I can muster. That can be enough to switch me into a different mode - I don't think I can keep the anger itself going for long though.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| But there are some days when my head is just not in the right place, and on those occasions I find it's best to do something else. |
| rob@rar wrote: |
| Other times a bit of retail therapy. |
Ah, that explains the reasoning benind the acquisition of that lime green ski outfit! 
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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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I don't know about emotional baggage occupying my thoughts, but already I have noticed that I actually ski better if my kids are on the slope with me - I think its because I'm looking out for them with part of my mind and concentrating less on what I am doing so instinct takes over, and although I've not got much to go on yet I seem to ski better then (either that or part of my mind isn't so much on the fear factor )
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What's Easyjet's emotional baggage allowance currently?
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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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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Frosty the Snowman, I saw you at Castleford so I know you're lying......about your skiing
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, a good site - I recommend it to my punters frequently. Having said that - skiing is probably the time when I am sanest and most relaxed.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Nothing clears the mind of emotional baggage quicker than staring down in to the abyss and silently mouthing "f*ck f*ck I'm going to die".
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Alexandra, .... succinctly put ....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| admin wrote: |
| What's Easyjet's emotional baggage allowance currently? |
they probably charge you £2 a mood
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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If you have emotional baggage skiing...you're going to have it everywhere else...FFS..
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JT exactly, but I think you may have that* the wrong way 'round: skiing IS a good way to find emotional baggage you've hidden from yourself at other times.
* should read 'the implications'
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You know it makes sense.
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comprex, if she can't ski...she is not in the frame..and if she does ski but still has all that, then I'd say she should be put down... 
might be off at a tangent here, but.....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| eng_ch wrote: |
| SMALLZOOKEEPER, I find skiing clears the mind because if I think about anything else I fall over. Doesn't everyone? |
Yes, that's my experience as well. But there are some days when my head is just not in the right place for skiing, and on those occasions I find it's best to finish early and do something else. |
...or, go to a different corner of the diamond...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Other times a bit of retail therapy, swimming, sauna or just getting out of the resort and visiting friends. I've tried skiing when I'm angry and it's just a disaster - makes me ski worse, then I'm into a vicious circle. I ski best when I ski with a "quiet mind".
