“Are you ready to fly?” asks Trapeze Experience. No joke. You can take your turn on the flying trapeze – in complete safety and under the watchful eye of professional high flyers.
Mind you, I haven’t tried it, but I’ve spoken to equally hesitant folks who have, and they say taking to the trapeze is fun, exhilarating and a good way to learn something about the limits you set for yourself.
You see, the trapeze is not just for the circus anymore. In fact, the trapeze workshop to be hosted by Solace Spa at Boyne Mountain starting August 21 has nothing to do with the circus.
Sean Handler, Boyne’s Michigan Director of Spas, says one of his associates first encountered the trapeze experience at the Omega Institute, a center for holistic studies said to be “. . . the nation’s most trusted source for wellness and personal growth.”
In the right hands, the trapeze has become a tool for motivation, inspiration, self-discovery and a healthful whole-body exercise.
“The spa experience is all about wellness and achieving balance in one’s life,” says Sean, “and the trapeze experience can play a significant role in that.” The site for Trapeze Experience calls the experience generative.
“Even larger in value than the immediate adventurous thrill of participating in the activity, is what is set in motion in one’s life… Trapeze Experience lessons turn the flying trapeze into a metaphor for life in a fun and supportive environment.
“It’s an accelerated experience of learning and transformation that leads to deep realizations about one’s self and relationship with life.”
Okay, I know what you’re thinking: How can this be safe? Actually trapeze flying has a better safety record than all the usual sports. Plus there’s a safety net. In addition, all flying is done with a double belay (two safety lines to your harness).
“Safety was not even on my mind,” says Erin Ernst, Boyne’s Public Relations Manager. “It’s a great experience, and it gives you so much confidence. But it’s definitely different than anything else I’ve tried.
“I have a slight fear of heights, and it was hard to jump off that platform the first time, but at the end I was saying, ‘Wow, that was cool. I want to do it again.’”
According to Erin and Sean lots of families do the workshop together. Sean, a three-time flyer, says they also get older folks working on their “bucket lists.” The youngest participant was five, and the oldest was 88.
This is the fourth summer the spa at Boyne has offered the trapeze workshop, and it’s the only resort setting for the experience in Michigan. To register, call 231-549-7946. Reservations are required, and groups are limited to 10.
“Each year, it gets a little bigger,” says Erin. “This year we have scheduled three weekends: August 21-24; August 28-31; and September 4-7. Each two-hour workshop is $75 per person.”
Boyne is also offering a special lodging package for the workshop weekends. It includes one night’s lodging in the Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa, breakfast the next morning, a two-hour trapeze workshop plus a choice of one 50-minute treatment at the resort’s Solace Spa.
Photo courtesy of Boyne Mountain
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