YOGA + Life® Magazines
  • Partner With Us
  • Subscribe
  • Events Directory
  • SHOP — What We Love
  • “The Practice”
  • HOME
  • FEATURED
    • Community + Culture
    • Wellness + Nutrition
    • Products
    • Profiles
    • Yoga + Fitness
    • Events
  • ALL CONTENT
    • Community + Culture
      • Art
      • Books
      • Community
      • Culture
      • Family
      • Fashion
      • Food + Drink
      • Nourish Me
      • Motivation
      • Music
      • Outdoors
      • Travel
    • Wellness + Nutrition
      • Self-Care
      • Nutrition
      • Psychology
      • Recipes
      • Therapy
      • Weight Loss
    • Products
      • Product Spotlights
      • Roundups
      • Try It On – Reviews
      • Try It Out – Reviews
    • Profiles
      • Business
      • Partner Profiles
      • People
      • Spotlight Cities
      • Students
      • Studios
      • Teachers
      • Seva Story
      • Sustainability Story
      • Storytelling
    • Yoga + Fitness
      • Asana
      • In the Practice
      • Meditation
      • Philosophy
      • Physiology
      • Sports
      • Workouts
    • Events
      • Festivals
      • Retreats
      • Training Spotlights
    • Inspiration From Y+L Partners
  • Y + L COMMUNITIES
    • COLORADO
    • MINNESOTA
    • NEW YORK
  • CONNECT
    • Order A Magazine
    • Partner With Us
    • Contribute
    • Contact Us
  • LIVE CLASSES
Featured Posts
  • Drishti beats festival
    Spotlight : Expand Your Senses At Drishti Beats Festival 2023
    • 18 views
  • Society Denver
    Society Colorado : Denver’s Newest Wellness Collective Opens This Summer
    • 22 views
  • Kelsey Stoll - Compass Retreats
    Kelsey Stoll : Noticing What We’re a Part of | By Erin Phillips
    • 23 views
  • Partner With Us
  • Subscribe
  • Events Directory
  • SHOP — What We Love
  • “The Practice”
0 Followers
0 Likes
Partners
YOGA + Life® Magazines
Subscribe
  • HOME
  • FEATURED
    • Community + Culture
    • Wellness + Nutrition
    • Products
    • Profiles
    • Yoga + Fitness
    • Events
  • ALL CONTENT
    • Community + Culture
      • Art
      • Books
      • Community
      • Culture
      • Family
      • Fashion
      • Food + Drink
      • Nourish Me
      • Motivation
      • Music
      • Outdoors
      • Travel
    • Wellness + Nutrition
      • Self-Care
      • Nutrition
      • Psychology
      • Recipes
      • Therapy
      • Weight Loss
    • Products
      • Product Spotlights
      • Roundups
      • Try It On – Reviews
      • Try It Out – Reviews
    • Profiles
      • Business
      • Partner Profiles
      • People
      • Spotlight Cities
      • Students
      • Studios
      • Teachers
      • Seva Story
      • Sustainability Story
      • Storytelling
    • Yoga + Fitness
      • Asana
      • In the Practice
      • Meditation
      • Philosophy
      • Physiology
      • Sports
      • Workouts
    • Events
      • Festivals
      • Retreats
      • Training Spotlights
    • Inspiration From Y+L Partners
  • Y + L COMMUNITIES
    • COLORADO
    • MINNESOTA
    • NEW YORK
  • CONNECT
    • Order A Magazine
    • Partner With Us
    • Contribute
    • Contact Us
  • LIVE CLASSES
  • CO Events
  • CO YOGA + Life
  • Events
  • Festivals

How to Mindfully Navigate the GoPro Mountain Games | By Kirsten Dobroth

  • Lexi Reich | Managing Editor
  • 248 views
  • 3 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0

SPONSORED

When the GoPro Mountain Games — Vail’s annual four-day tribute to mountain sports — come to town, there’s plenty of opportunities to get your heart pumping. You can watch professional slackliners walk the high line over Gore Creek, catch kayakers take on local rapids, or join the crowd at the base of Gondola One for the IFSC Climbing World Cup presented by TIAA Bark. There’s even a chance for your pup to get in on the action at the Rocky Dog Trail Run, or when a variety of dog breeds jump long and high at the Blue Buffalo Dock Dogs competitions. And, of course, the free nightly concerts at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater are a must after each day’s action.

“Every year the Mountain Games really mark the start of our summer season here in Vail, and it’s great to be there the whole weekend, but you have to pace yourself,” shares local yoga teacher Kim Fuller. “I think the best strategy is to balance out your schedule with a lot of spectating and walking around, along with some event participation if you want to compete. The yoga classes provide a perfect way to ground down and move a little, and you can be a part of the games in a way that is a little less rigorous and a little more mindful.”

Fuller will be teaching a class at the festival’s Zen Zone — a plein air yoga studio nestled by the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Ford Park — along with various other local yoga teachers throughout the weekend. The classes run for a full hour (9 a.m. on Thursday, June 6 & Friday, June 7; 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 8 & Sunday, June 9), and allow spectators a chance for some quiet time on their mats by Gore Creek each morning.

Then there’s the ISOPURE athlete recovery lounge, which — if you’re competing in one (or more) of the events — will be open daily (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) and offering complimentary recovery beverages, smoothies, snacks, and massages(!) throughout the event. Be sure to sign up for a session with Wave Tools, which uses Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (aka IASTM) along with a team of physical therapists to get deep into tired muscles and treat myofascial pain. And if you really need to recover, stop by the lounge’s ISOPURE infusion bar, which will be serving recovery drinks made with the company’s award-winning, 100 percent whey protein isolate products.

Our last piece of advice: Take a lap through L.L. Bean Gear Town, which stretches between Vail Village and Golden Peak and has tons of gear and goodies from a plethora of outdoor brands to add to your swag collection — plus, food and beer gardens for you to snack and sip all weekend long.

Photo courtesy of GoPro Mountain Games.

Kirsten Dobroth is a freelance writer based in Vail, Colorado, and has been published extensively in Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Backpacker, and Elevation Outdoors, among others. When she’s not writing, she’s likely chasing her pup around the trails by her home in West Vail.
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Lexi Reich | Managing Editor

Lexi’s love for the mountains led her to plant roots in Denver, Colorado. You’ll often find her waking up with the sun and burying herself in a computer, glasses on. Outside of writing and editing, she likes to read, hike and lead yoga classes. Learn more at lexireich.com.

Previous Article
  • CO YOGA + Life
  • Outdoors
  • Travel

The San Rafael Swell : Utah’s Untold Treasure | By Mitchell Milbauer

  • CO YOGA + Life®
View Post
Next Article
  • CO YOGA + Life
  • Community + Culture
  • Products
  • Roundups

2019 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

  • Lexi Reich | Managing Editor
View Post
More from Y+L
  • Sedona Yoga Festival

    Sedona Yoga Festival Celebrates 10 Years | By Kristen Grace

    • YOGA + Life® Magazines
    View Post
  • Cranial Touch

    Sacred Sister Collective Retreats | By Kaitlin Emig

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
  • Loveology Retreat

    Dr. Ava Cadell Opens New “Loveology Retreat” in Maricopa, California

    • YOGA + Life® Magazines
    View Post
  • Beyul Retreat Yoga

    Beyul Retreat Center Near Aspen Aligns Humans with Nature | By Kaitlin Emig

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
  • Yogi in front of sunset

    Why Taking Retreat is Essential to Renewal of Spirit | By Kali Basman

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
  • The Vail Wine Classic Returns This August

    • Lexi Reich | Managing Editor
    View Post
  • An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert : A Revolutionary Woman Is A Relaxed Woman | By Rachel Glowacki

    • YOGA + Life® Magazines
    View Post
  • Telluride Yoga Festival

    Telluride Yoga Festival Makes A Move To Mountain Village | By Kristen Grace

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
  • Elizabeth Gilbert is Coming to Denver on May 4 | By Kim Fuller

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
  • Oars

    On The River + In The Flow : Balancing Yoga, Meditation and a Thirst for Whitewater at a Women’s Wellbeing Retreat | By Lisa Blake

    • CO YOGA + Life®
    View Post
Archived Posts!
  • Swimming with dolphins
    Colleen Cannon + The Art of Lifelong Play | By Emma Herrick
    • 521
  • Revolution Power Yoga : Avon + Glenwood Springs | By Hannah Bittrolff
    • 325
  • Belize Is More Than Beaches and Booze, It’s a Wellness Lover’s Paradise | By Lexi Reich
    • 124
  • Rituals of The Elements | By Ange Stopperan
    • 1.7K
  • Teacher Training Spotlight : Yoga Loft Avita YTT
    • 1.7K
Instagram

Join the YOGA + Life® Newsletter!

Events, Product Reviews, Promotions and More!

about
YOGA + Life® - an online community and magazine.
Recent Articles
  • Drishti beats festival
    Spotlight : Expand Your Senses At Drishti Beats Festival 2023
    • YOGA + Life® Magazines
  • Society Denver
    Society Colorado : Denver’s Newest Wellness Collective Opens This Summer
    • CO YOGA + Life®
  • Kelsey Stoll - Compass Retreats
    Kelsey Stoll : Noticing What We’re a Part of | By Erin Phillips
    • CO YOGA + Life®
  • Alive Ventures
    Spotlight : Retreat with Alive Ventures for the Summer Solstice + Fall Equinox
    • YOGA + Life® Magazines
  • About Us + Policies, Terms
  • Online Columnists
  • Contribute
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
YOGA + Life® - All Rights Reserved

Input your search keywords and press Enter.

 

Loading Comments...