presented by Mermer Blakeslee
for women only
You are cordially invited to face your fear.
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| Mermer Blakeslee in action. |
If fear limits the freedom, accuracy and strength of your body, if your muscles tighten and you no longer perform with the skills you know you have, or if you continually shrink back from trying something new... it is time to break through, to push beyond the stifling interference of the mind and allow the body to perform at its peak. Then you will taste the joy of uninhibited skiing.
"To ski is to flirt with gravity. We go up only to come down. We pay to travel in a chairlift or tram up the side of a mountain only to feel gravity's pull, to feel ourselves in a delicious, selective fall, like a moment in love. Like Love skiing has within it - inherent in its very nature - the act of letting go. And it is this letting go, this feeling of a controlled fall that brings the thrill, the freedom, the feeling of being swept along in the fever of a new crush. But to willingly let go, to fall, we must move through that small passage of time which contains not only exhilaration but fear."
- Mermer Blakeslee, from "In The Yikes! Zone"
Join us as we explore this moment of fear and thrill.
- enjoy and support the camaraderie of women
- expand your comfort zone
- learn how to move safely in and out of your personal Yikes! Zone
- break free of the terminal intermediate (or beginner) blues
- use skiing as a metaphor for other creative endeavors
- learn to accept adventure
- feel the power of surrender
- cultivate a conversation with (rather than a fight against) fear
* for skiers of all levels *
Dates: Wednesday, January 27, 8am-5:30; Thursday, January 28, 8-4:30; Friday, January 29, 8-4pm
Cost: $700. Season pass holders pay only $625. Price includes indoor presentations, five hours of small group lessons each day, breakfast, lunch, yoga, and a wine & cheese apres ski reception.
Reservations: Call the Windham Mountain Snow Sports School at (800) 754-9463 ext. 1120.