Attention Climbers

Crystal Ding
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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!All guided meditations are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check. Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check. Pre-climb tune-in? Check. Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check. Post-climb cool down? Check. Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!  Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening! 

  1. 6d ago

    "Fear of Falling" as "Fear of Loss": Hone the Art of Processing Grief to Strengthen Climbing Mindset

    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 "microdosing" of the same emotions that life will dish out in far greater and more chaotic fashion. Alongside traditional climbing "mindset training" that encourages us to stay positive and focused at all times, "grief training" during our climbing session asks that we attend ourselves in the moments where we lose positivity and focus as our nervous systems process the real feeling of loss as we fall off boulders and routes, or miss out on learning about moves we love.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere. Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!

    8 min

  2. May 24

    "Power of Now Pendulums": Training Rhythmic, Repetitive, Recurring Presence

    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 are usually the moments we are LEAST likely to be present. This playful experience on a park swing - invites us to experiment with this advanced skill and concept.  If we visualise presence as a clear path to getting to know ourselves - this "meditation" is a little "off trail" to say the least. It came to me while sitting side-straddled on a tire swing, so you will hear outdoor sounds and swingy sounds, in addition to my voice.  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in a single "flash" go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!

    5 min

  3. May 24

    2 Minute Plank Hold with Guided Visuosomatic Finger Scan

    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 of our fingers, focusing our gaze and our body sensation on one finger at a time. Fine motor focus shifting under increasing discomfort? Hello - climbing in a nutshell!  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in a single "flash" go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!

    4 min

  4. May 24

    5 Minute Meditation for Painful Thoughts, Emotions and Sensations

    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 presence. What is the essence of climbing - if not the courage to accept and see through our experiences when they get tough - fuelled by curious compassionate attention?  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in a single "flash" go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!

    8 min

  5. May 23

    3 Minute Plank with Climbing Hand-Eye Coordination Meditation

    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 we hold the plank and optimise our focus, eye movement accuracy and mind-body connection under controlled physiological and psychological stress. By alternating the gaze between the four limbs in the basic climbing locomotive sequence, we lengthen the "attentional endurance" alongside physical and mental endurance.  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND want to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. Here is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com

    6 min

  6. May 22

    3 Minute "Shadow Meditation" to Hone the Skill of Visual Externalisation

    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 :)) to explore a new movement cueing habit - using the shadow of your own foot on a sunny day - that reduces the level of conscious movement micromanagement you use to achieve the movement. Ankle flexion (dorsi and plantarflexion) is a fundamental skill in climbing, so nowhere better than here to begin our practice.  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com

    7 min

  7. May 22

    5 Minute Meditation to "Visualise the End Position" for Efficient Movement

    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 patiently for the body to reorganise itself creatively and freely to achieve that position. By intentionally practicing the "allowing of the body to do its thing" from a state of rest, we encourage the application of this habit on complex or dynamic climbs where trusting the body is the only ticket to the send.  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com

    8 min

  8. May 22

    6 Minute Guided Meditation: "Smooth Pursuits" Eye Movement and Visualisation for Climbers

    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 first follow our own thumbs while tracing a horizontal line formed by our environment, and then we learn to visualise a dot in place of our actual thumb and "pursue" that imaginary dot along our chosen vector. Honing in on fine motor vision and eye movement skills like this one - increases body-eye coordination and comfort on the wall, enhancing fluidity, confidence and mindset.  All meditations, including this one, are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-and-done "flash goes" while participating myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check.  Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check.  Pre-climb tune-in? Check.  Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check.  Post-climb cool down? Check.  Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!    Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening!  Want more? Check out "AttentionWODS" on www.attentionclimbers.com

    10 min
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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!All guided meditations are live, improvised sessions that I record in one-go and participate in myself. Each episode emerges in a unique moment where I need a relaxed but active meditation for immediate stress reduction, AND wanted to ingrain rock-solid climbing instincts. This is where climbing performance and mind-body health - intersect.  Designed for any climber, at any point on your journey, to listen to and follow along with anytime and anywhere you feel safe to relax and be in your body.  Rest day? Check. Injured but want to still be climbing"? Check. Pre-climb tune-in? Check. Mid-session rest-and mental reset? Check. Post-climb cool down? Check. Stressy, messy, pressy life moments where you'd rather be climbing? CHECK!  Having a body, a mind, and an attentive state of presence - are all you need.  As always, climb well, be well, and thanks for listening! 

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  • Creator
    Crystal Ding
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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