Yuval Ayalon: On Playing, Training & Challenge

05/12/22 • 73 min

On Playing, Training & Challenge: Yuval Ayalon

In this conversation Patrick Oancia chats with Yuval about his transition from being a kid swinging on trees, right through to being a competitive gymnast, performance artist and finally ending up a globally renowned teacher of hand balances.
There's a lot of ground covered that relates to how to commit to a practice, the approach and attitude that one would take towards stress in competition and thereafter, trying to understand how to fit all these pieces into a type of life which can be fulfilling and positive.

Baseworks Transmission

These Baseworks Transmission conversations look at both the concrete and abstract realizations that emerge from a commitment to any kind of practice or pursuit to achieve life goals. The ideas get unpacked from their subjectivity, and the outcome of each transmission sets out to discover critical feature patterns and construct common recognition categories of physical and introspective experiences.

For show notes, associated links, show transcript and the companion reflection access visit:

https://baseworks.com/podcast/playing-training-challenge-yuval-ayalon/

On Playing, Training & Challenge: Yuval Ayalon

Baseworks Transmission

For show notes, associated links, show transcript and the companion reflection access visit:

https://baseworks.com/podcast/playing-training-challenge-yuval-ayalon/

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Quest For: The meaning of form

So we always try to clarify what the purpose of our form practice is in Baseworks. In this Quest 4 video Patrick Oancia highlight how the continuity of form practice can lead to a better understanding of movement all around.

About Patrick Oancia:

Patrick founded BASEWORKS. His approach to mind-body health is inspired by adaptive learning, fitness, scientific research, and metaphysics of different traditions. His mission is to promote a sense of coexistence with the environment, refining self-awareness, autonomy, and intuition. He is an avid athlete and a constant explorer of many physical modalities. He comes from an active background as a musician, pursues interests in writing and architecture as well as interior, system, community, and industrial design.

This Quest 4 was recorded on March 3, 2022

Concept & Visuals: Asia Shcherbakova
Narration & Audio Production: Patrick Oancia
Music: John Connell

Go here for transcript and video version.

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Reflections: On Playing, Training & Challenge

This is the companion REFLECTIONS Transmission for the conversation that Patrick Oancia had with Yuval Ayalon. It would make the most sense to first listen to that episode here.

This Reflection looks at Yuval’s journey from competitive gymnastics to contemplative handstand practice and discusses the concept of foundation in physical skill development. It also talks about the tendency of well-learned skills to escape our awareness.

To watch the video version or read this companion Reflection instead, please go here.

As a recap, in the On Playing, Training & Challenge episode, Patrick Oancia chats with Yuval Ayalon about his transition from being a kid swinging on trees, right through to being a competitive gymnast, and performance artist, and finally ending up a globally renowned teacher of hand-balances.

The discussion hit a lot of interesting points on the development of skills, dealing with stress, and directing intentions and focus to where they need to be at each step.

And you can get the show notes, associated links, and show transcript for that episode here.

Baseworks Transmission

Transmission Reflections is a format that allows us to reflect on what was discussed during the Transmission Conversations, digest it, and perhaps even generate a new perspective on what unfolded during the talk.