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‘I
am living in the present, emotionally free from the past. I view
the past as a great and edifying journey, the path of my evolution.
I am grateful to those who have helped me
(I felt uplifted). I also appreciate those who may have hindered
me, for they have shown me my need to improve my human and professional
direction.’
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> My
story.
After finishing my sport-teacher studies, I felt like 'the whole world is
mine'. I enjoyed my strong body, created by the challenging workouts I had.
From the gym, through track and field to skiing, I was involved in many
sports.
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I was 'lucky' at the beginning of my career to start
immediately as a coach in competitive women gymnastics. Soon, the
excitement of living up to the Olympic level put a strong mark on
how I approached gymnastics and life in general. After all, I was
working with the National Teams for Hungary and Austria, responsible
for many medals over the years!
I started to spend more and more time (sometimes 12-14 hours) in the
gym, and almost every weekend we had various competition events. Competition
gymnastics became my addiction. I am very grateful to gain so many
experiences about the human body's endless physical and mental potential.
At the end, however, it took me 12 years to realize that my physical
and psychological health was shaken at its foundation.
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Spotting (one sided) heavy acrobatics daily and being
a pioneer in the field of double front and back flips damaged my spinal
column and right shoulder area. From the stressful, sweaty long hours
I actually lost muscle mass. My dining habits were also irregular
- sometimes I ate while spotting. My mind became regularly overloaded.
One day I realized that I was burned out. In spite of all the winning
and success, I became fearful at competitions and in general, fear
took over my life.
Although I became conscious about this negative effect on my mind
and body, the focus on the Olympic dream kept me in a vicious cycle
- I was not yet able to step out. I had the knowledge how to strengthen
and maintain physical and mental health for my gymnasts (all of my
gymnasts regularly practiced relaxation and I was very keen to put
them through the right process of warm up, special strengthening,
cardio training and recuperation) - but I felt no strength left for
myself.
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Finally, the turning point came in 1980 when I became ill with heart spasms.
This made me realize that every abuse has a limitation. I recovered from
my heart problems very quickly (because I never smoked, drank alcohol or
ate fatty foods) and I slowed down my extreme time table.
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I spent a year in China studying Far East
exercise techniques and meditation. I included these in my evolving
exercise program, creating a unique combination of Western and Eastern
methods.
While building a strong body, I started to spend more time doing relaxation
and meditation. I also realized that there is much fun and purpose
in teaching health for huge masses - working out should be for life,
and for everyone!
I became a full time leisure coach - a happy one in a much neglected
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- I set up my holistic plan for gaining back my muscles,
my balanced and centered mind. I was totally healed and physically
fit with all painful experiences behind me. I now look back at those
times with gratefulness as my own experiences help me in teaching
people how to build and keep a fit and healthy life.
After quitting competition my assumptions are:
1. Gymnastics is still the queen of sports with it's values
of self-discovery in, 3D space-perception, coordination, strength.
2. Children should only spend 60 minutes quality gymnastics daily.
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