Finding The Center: San Francisco Slackline
San Francisco Slackline
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” – Euripides
While studying photography and film in San Francisco, Surf and Abide staff photographer Christor Lukasiewicz was drawn to another practice of balance that did not take place in the ocean. This time it wasn’t the riding of waves that caught his attention, but the people gathered in local parks slacklining.
Our practices of balance, be it surfing, slacklining, or another discipline, reveal benefits that go beyond the practice itself. We walk away from our select practices with not only a skilled physical balance and artistry, but also with the potential tools and experiences to enhance our balance and peace throughout all areas of our life.
These things that may appear as frivolous wastes of time or simply play, are meditative practices engaging the participant in the moment. These activities engage us in a one pointed focus and later bestow upon us a better understanding of ourselves and the world we are part of.
It is in the moment we find our balance. It is in the moment we find our center. It is in the moment we find ourselves.
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