Attention Climbers

Send us Fan Mail My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers. This episode may pique some heated discussion, and I'd love to hear from you if you either resonate or disagree!  Nearly every climber wanting to improve - struggles with "mindset issues" - some form of negativity or inner resistance arising from their experience or perception of their climbing experience,...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Whispered whilst crouching at the dining room table and staring at adorably sleeping little Oskar 😽 - this rest-day guided meditation is for you AND your...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Today's episode is both philosophical and practical. We dive into a common long-term plateau generator: choosing lock off strength gains over dynamic...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  I'm excited to share and demonstrate an off-the-wall version of the "Fall Necklace Drill", one of my favourite mental training drills! You&a...

Send us Fan Mail My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Today, we depart from our recent run of mind-training meditations - to address a crucial topic: the experience of grief and loss in climbing and in life.  I assert that intentionally leaning into and exploring our experience of grief and loss from falling off the climbs we love - allows for a safe, effective "microd...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute sound bath meditation (from 2:00) where we hold challenging and painful experiences in the mind and the body - in a state of mindful pre...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  In climbing, presence is NOT created equal. The timing and dosing of presence is most crucial at our physical, emotional, and neurological cruxes, which ar...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  This is a medium to high intensity 2 minute body scan meditation in elbow plank position (from 1:00) where we focus alternating bilateral attention on each...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  I'm Crystal, and I help climbers transform their state from compulsive control to radical self-trust. Welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 3 minute guided meditation (from 2:00 with explanation prior) where...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Ingrain climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers!  This is a 6 minute guided meditation (from 3:00 with explanation prior) to practice a particular eye movement technique called "smooth pursuits". We...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute guided meditation (from 2:00 with explanation prior) where we generate movement by holding a visualised position in our minds, then waiting p...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 3 minute guided meditation (from 4:00 with explanation of "shadow externalisation" prior - would highly recommend you listen to this first :...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute guided "mobility meditation" (from 3:00 with detailed explanation prior) to train high-feet climbing mobility with directional prec...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute meditation (from 3:00 - explanation prior) to ingrain constant deep core (transverse abdominis) activation while taking deep breaths, focusin...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute guided meditation (from 2:00 with explanation prior) to practice intentional eye movements (eye proprioception) and gaze positions, along wit...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen you senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute meditation (from 5:00-10:00 - explanation prior) to activate the bilateral mind-body connection to apply the "hips-in" cue on the wa...

Send us Fan Mail *Up to approx. 2:45 is the WHAT, HOW and WHY. The remaining time contains the meditation.* Coach Belinda (Be) Fuller places tremendous weight upon keeping the foot arch active while shifting weight in rockovers, on and off the wall. Much easier said than done!  Here is the HannahMorrisBouldering YouTube video referencing this crucial cue.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy97CSyfS...

Send us Fan Mail *The first 3 minutes cover the WHAT, HOW and WHY. The remaining time contains the meditation.* Feet-Hips-Hands, and its sister cue - attention on the little toe - are a few foundations of Coach Belinda (Be) Fuller's bottom up, holistic, technique based coaching approach.  By practicing the cueing sequences while we are NOT climbing using a body scan, we strengthen the basic &...

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moments we can focus on footwork from the lens of gratitude - from the comfort of the ground, a bed, or a chair. Recorded live and impromptu as I guided myself through this meditation over 5 months prior to the publishing date, on Christmas Eve, 2024.  You may notice that this episode diverges from the prior ones (Season 1, Episodes 1-5) in that:  a) you don'...

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moments we can experience ourselves as climbers through the lens of a symbolising object.  A live, impromptu, guided meditation for climbers - inspired by a 9am cup of coffee that I'd like to etch in memory forever, and take with me as I climb.  I invite you to meditate with me - all you need is yourself, a table and chair as props, and a cuppa joe.  Want mor...

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moments we can hone route reading, sequencing and and movement visualisation at the least climbing-like of times.   Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com 

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moment we can notice our mental and emotional cruxes on the wall - by observing those moments in others from far, far away.  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com 

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moment we have a choice between "tensing" to send, versus "sensing" to send. Plus an impromptu sing-along to a Sheb Wooley song. Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com 

Send us Fan Mail Attending to the moment we shift from "growth mindset" to "send at all costs" mindset.  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com