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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 29, 2014 9:04:46 GMT
Don't know about anyone else but I've often thought about how well our favourite sixty year old performer looks and is able to tour the world and do wee peculiar dances onstage. I know he keeps himself fit and probably doesn't scoff down too much chippies and doughnuts but is there something in the chil(L)ies? or the flute? The breathing involved in flute playing has a beneficial effect on the heart however it goes much deeper than that. "Centuries ago almost every world culture used the flute for ritual, healing, education and entertainment..." ". Plato taught his students about its healing power, and the ancient Toltecs had university classes devoted to the study of this instrument's sounds.." Maria Kostelas www.shirleymaclaine.com/articles/health/article-337
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Post by ash on Jun 29, 2014 9:10:17 GMT
Well for me at least playing after a bad day at work helps relax me
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 29, 2014 21:22:48 GMT
I am blessed with good health which I ascribe to 27 years of riding a bicycle for a living...but what Ian does at 10 years older than me remains astounding and inspiring...Probably a combination of good genes, wise lifestyle strategies and the heart-lung exercise of the flute....The energy and focus shown from the start of the TAAB 2 project thru this current tour is phenomenal.
I may come to a crossroads soon and have to decide between quiet contentment raising my now 9 year old daughter or risking a reverse vasectomy and making a baby with a younger woman...If I somehow how summon the courage and energy to take the baby-making route...it will be 85% due to the dance Ian does in the 'Enter The Uninvited' video. The strength and continuity of those few moments utterly astound me.
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Post by futureshock on Jun 29, 2014 22:45:09 GMT
I agree with that observation. I've played the flute for decades and the health-supporting deep breathing it demands (if you wish to maximize your options) is a full extension of the diaphragm and rib cage, which in itself is kind of an athletic kind of yoga, a full-body tuning into the music, relaxation and expansion of the chest to take pressure off the heart, and a general slowing down of breathing rate for the same quantity of air (because your inhales are to full capacity, you will be getting even fresher air and more closer to 100% refreshing of the air in your lungs with each inhale/exhale cycle). Of course if the music is busy, you're breathing faster than required for "basic breathing needs" and working with the music, so you're getting even more oxygen and alkalizing effect on the body, raising your energy and alertness level. It's all very health-supporting in the long run.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 30, 2014 1:21:03 GMT
Of course, the muscles built and strength added by carrying the thing around....not so much.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 30, 2014 8:53:15 GMT
I gave up smoking twenty years ago. I wasn't a heavy smoker however forty years ago I,like everyone else smoked at work,in the home and in close proximity to every non smoker family member and friend. I shudder when I think back to a room full of smoke.
Ian was a heavy smoker and I think I read somewhere that smoking a pipe was particularly bad, wonder if his flute playing technique was hindered at any time during his smoking days? Has the type of breathing involved in flute playing been beneficial to his lungs?
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 30, 2014 16:43:48 GMT
I remember chain smoking Ian and I'm glad that stopped...He and Martin really turned things around in the mid to late eighties when they were in their forties....whoops...too late...damn. I wonder if Pegg scared them !
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Post by ash on Jun 30, 2014 17:59:23 GMT
It's very common for beginners to go light headed in the first few months of playing the flute. But overtime you learn good breathing techniques and your lung capacity will increase. Talking of Mr Pegg you should try playing In The Grip of Stronger Stuff which really tests your lung capacity and breathing technique
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