Benefits

🧘 Breathing – Mindful breathing is a fundamental component of slacklining. In fact, only regular and controlled breathing will enable you to master your body’s movements and walk the line with ease. During first attempts of slacklining, most people will have to concentrate on the new movements so much that they will forget to breathe. But only mindful breathing will help them succeed in learning to master slacklining. Being able to breathe mindfully is a very useful and transferable skill that will help you in all aspects of your life, especially when you are worried, stressed or faced with uncomfortable situations. The purpose of mindful breathing is to anchor yourself in the present moment, so that you can let go of worrying about the past or the future. Mindful breathing has many scientifically-proven benefits, including reducing anxiety and activating parasympathetic nervous system (reducing blood pressure and heart rate, activating rest and digestive system), helping with burnout, helping with reducing levels of chronic pain, decreasing negative thinking and improving psychological wellbeing.

✨ Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation – While slacklining can at first seem challenging, it is an activity that can be easily incorporated into rehabilitation and injury prevention programs. Slacklining is an advanced neuro-mechanical balance activity which involves exercises and balance on a tightened line that is tensioned between two points.The whole body responds to external environmental changes and the individual develops responses based on motor learning processes. There is an increasing amount of evidence showing that slacklining provides substantially enhanced muscle activation, with significantly reduced perceived effort in comparison to traditional kinetic open and closed chain exercises. Slacklining is becoming more and more popular amongst physicians and physiotherapists who are implementing slacklining to target damaged muscles and rehabilitate sport-related injuries. Studies demonstrate that balance activities are particularly effective in developing balance, core strength and quadriceps recruitment (Gabel, 2014; Gabel, Osborne and Burkett, 2015). Moreover, studies demonstrate that slacklining not only can be used for rehabilitation exercises, but that this form of balance training acts as a great prevention for injuries and falls!

☯️ Improves Balance and Coordination – Recently, studies have shown improvements in all round balance performance, following slacklining training for prolonged periods of time(4 weeks +), and we all know that improved balance will help in all aspects of life for longer. Moreover, slacklining is a great and unique type of balance training due to its motivating, rewarding and challenging nature, which can bring higher levels of enjoyment and adherence than more traditional types of balance training (Volery et al., 2017).Slacklining is all about balance and coordination. It takes patience, determination and strength to keep yourself on a wobbly slack line. The slack line moves and swings as the weight of your body shifts and you need an immense amount of balance to stand, let alone walk. But do not worry, the progression from being able to stand on the line to walking is a couple of hours of supervised practice. We often hear people telling us that they have very bad coordination and balance and that there is no way that they will be able to do it, but do you know what? Slacklining is the perfect type of balance training that will help to improve your balance and will motivate you to regular practice! Everyone struggles when first trying slacklining, there is no way of avoiding it. But trust us, we can help you take your first steps, show you how easy it is and let you thrive!

⚖️ Joint stability – Slacklining is a form of balance training which helps to improve the stability of your joints by strengthening the ligaments, tendons and muscles. When you slackline, every joint in your musculoskeletal system is engaged and will therefore benefit from this type of balance training. In standing position, slacklining helps to improve the stability of your ankles, knees and spine, and in diagonal stand, it will help to strengthen you wrists and shoulders. Improving the stability of your joints means improving the health of musculoskeletal system and your overall health.

🕺 Personal growth – We too often hear “Slacklining isn’t for me, I don’t have a good sense of balance”. Slacklining is an excellent way to help you learn your limitations and fears, taking one step at the time, with the desire to make a commitment to continuous growth. Slacklining is a great way to challenge yourself and use your passions as a tool to go beyond your fears and limits. Not only is it fun, challenging and instantly rewarding, it also inspires you to get better at it and helps you overcome self-sabotaging perceptions of your abilities and skills. We are all limitless!

🚶 Posture – Recent research demonstrates that almost half of the people in the UK suffer with posture problems. Bad posture can over time lead to pain in the back, neck, shoulders, leg and feet and lead to musculo skeletal disorders over time. Slacklining is a fantastic way to assist with poor posture, muscle imbalances and ailments associated with it. A healthy posture is important for adults and vital for healthy physical development of children. Slacklining activates and strengthens your core muscles. One of the primary means of staying balanced whilst on the line is making small shifts in the position of your body. You quickly learn how to position yourself and how to engage and activate different muscles to help you stay balanced on the line. Slacklining has excellent benefits, especially if practiced from early years. Research shows that slacklining helps to promote excellent sense of balance and body awareness. Moreover, aScandinavian study published in 2011 found that after 10 sessions of slack line training, subjects improved posture, balance, and reflex control. Once anyone tries it and becomes absorbed in it, they become inclined to develop a good and strong posture and never forget these fine motor skills. Slacklining is like riding a bicycle, once you know how to do it, you will be able to do it forever.