Menu.page-343411385{--metaColor:#17256B;--navColor:#17256B}aerial artsThe Best Thing I Ever Did Was Join The CircusI started taking circus arts classes The turning point came when I took my kids to a free outdoor performance organized by our local circus school with a mix of amateur and semi-professional performers framed by colorful banners and hula hoops scattered on the grass Families gathered on blankets and lawn chairs as performers wandered through the crowd and backgrounds showcased unbelievable strength and balance from defying gravity on trapezes to performing elegant routines on silks. I thought these types of stunts were strictly for professionals Imagine my shock when I learned I could just stroll into a circus school — which actually exists and there’s likely one near you — and sign up for classes I kept thinking about it: Could finding balance in the air translate to finding balance in my life as a mom of three So, I took the plunge and signed up for an introductory aerial arts class, where I was introduced to different setups like the steel lyra along with the fundamentals of the practice My early attempts were anything but graceful — I barely made it halfway up the fabric and ended each evening after class with a long bath to recover When I returned for my second session the following season — we had graduated to more complex sequences and were going to learn our first drop — I sauntered in with overconfidence wrapping it around my ankles to create a nook to step into and invert in the air struggling to lift my hips high enough and nail the angle necessary for rotation I was the only one in my class who couldn’t conquer it I’ll never be the best — I’m not flexible enough to look impressive or make my sequences flow smoothly and I keep mixing up my left and my right while trying to navigate complex movements — but it turns out I don’t mind That's what circus school has done for me — broken through my discomfort with failure and pain distracting me from the beast of body dysmorphia long enough to use my limbs and muscles as tools but consumed by a relentless need to “fix it.” I’ve immersed myself in body positivity I’ve sought guidance from registered dietitians and read widely the works of fat activists But nothing has silenced the incessant critical voices in my head It has reshaped my relationship with my body in ways I never anticipated helping me find a new sense of purpose and strength my body serves those I love: my belly soft and welcoming for a toddler seeking deep cuddles; legs gently toned from playing chase and countless walks to the library I may not glide through the air with grace or fluidity But I’ve found a supportive community that encourages me to persevere It took repeated failures and countless bruises to finally understand that this wasn’t about immediate success Circus has given me something I didn’t expect: a new appreciation for my body I asked for one thing: a long piece of aerial silk fabric It's a way for me to continue conditioning and staying connected to the sensation of it enveloping me — smooth against my sweat-soaked skin providing both a soft touch and firm support My children were so excited to present it to me They’ve embraced my newfound passion: “Mom are you going to clown school tonight?” my son teases Want to see the video of the cool things I did when I get home?” Find something that moves your brain or body in a way that feels like play not another item on your never-ending checklist You don’t have to “achieve” anything to feel fulfilled — sometimes you just need to hang in the air and see where it takes you Molly Wadzeck Kraus is a freelance writer and mother of three she moved to the Finger Lakes region of New York where she worked in animal rescue and welfare for many years She writes essays and poems about feminism She is usually late because she stopped to pet a dog Valencia CF already know their rival in the round of 32 of Copa del Rey after the draw held this Friday at the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation in Las Rozas a team that plays in the Third Group of Segunda B where they are currently standing in the last position of the table as they have not yet achieved a victory It will be the first friendly and official match of Valencia CF against this Aragonese club although the black and white second team won a few weeks ago 2-0 at the Antonio Puchades in the premiere of the League The CD Ebro plays in the stadium of La Almozara-El Carmen with a capacity of 1,000 spectators although Real Zaragoza has officially informed that it will offer La Romareda stadium (with a capacity for around 34,000 fans) for them to dispute their match as a local The first leg will be held in Zaragoza on Wednesday and the second leg in Mestalla on Wednesday dates still to be confirmed as they depend on television schedules Related news Ver todas the new stadium will offer nine different hospitality concepts that will go on sale before the end of 2025 Latest news Ver todas The Valencia CF striker is this year's ambassador The pitch has been restored thanks to donations from LALIGA EA SPORTS and contributions to the ‘FILA CERO SOLIDARIA’ Proposed as one of the main gateways to the premises the Bridge-Pavilion connects the neighborhood of La Almozara A hybrid combination of bridge and exhibition pavilion the building evokes the image of a gladiolus emerging from the riverbank with a single stem that generates at its center three ‘pods’ that end on the opposite shore The inception of the design comes from the examination of the potential of a diamond-shaped section that thanks to the development of space-frame structures the space underneath the last floor plate is solved with a box beam for utilities This diamond section is extruded along slightly curved paths The stacking and interlocking of these elements follows precise criteria with the objective of reducing the dimension of the load-bearing elements and optimizing the structural system this arrangement generates four characteristic spaces where each one fulfills a specific function:?two of them Different natural surfaces where analyzed when designing the pavilion’s skin and shark scales were chosen as the most appropriate solution as much for their visual appearance as for their performance because their pattern adapts to the complex curvatures of FRC (Fiber Reinforced Composite) panels The interior spaces have been imagined as if they could be shaped by atmospheric elements such as the sun and the north wind The levels of light vary from rays through tiny punctual apertures to wide full size openings located in the lower level of the bridge The structure consists of a metallic latticework with depths ranging from the 13 meters of one of the pods to the 30 meters of the central support Every 3.6 meters a rib module shapes the 76 parallel cross sections into which the pavilion is schematically divided The bridge-pavilion has three central supports materialized by 22 columns:?ten in the central part eight on the left bank and four on the right one The conditions of the terrain along the river demanded the use of 68.5-meter-long piers the deepest ever to be built in?Spain up to now Manuela Gatto (director de proyecto project architect); Matthias Baer ARUP (ingeniería engineering); ARUP/IDOM (control de costes cost consultants); Golan Levin there arent any match using your search terms Huerva y Canal Imperial de Zaragoza se cultivan hortalizas de reconocido valor y prestigio: tomate Es una ruta llena de sabor de la hortaliza de Zaragoza y su entorno Zaragoza se enclava en el centro del valle del Ebro en una de las áreas de España con mayor producción hortofrutícola otros dos ríos desembocan a la altura de la capital aragonesa: Gállego y Huerva que provee de alimentos frescos a los mercados y los establecimientos hosteleros de la ciudad han hecho de los productos hortelanos su bandera Con su centro logístico ubicado en el corazón de Mercazaragoza —Mercados Centrales de Abastecimiento de Zaragoza S que comercializa anualmente en torno a las cien mil toneladas de frutas y hortalizas la huerta zaragozana destaca por su cantidad la alcachofa o el cardo protagonizan las mejores mesas públicas de Zaragoza como en nuevas interpretaciones que han convertido a los humildes vegetales en auténticas joyas culinarias que hasta hace poco traspasaba el área metropolitana y que hoy se asoma a las puertas de la ciudad es tan antiguo como los primeros asentamientos humanos pero quienes lo desarrollaron ampliamente fueron los árabes Para encontrar el legado más hermoso de la Taifa de Saraqusta empezamos nuestra ruta en el palacio de La Aljafería La visita a la actual sede de las Cortes del Gobierno de Aragón permite descubrir un plato elaborado exclusivamente con hortalizas locales Tu opinión importa Utilizamos cookies propias y de terceros para mejorar nuestros servicios Between the  neighborhoods of Almozara and Delicias historically separated by the railroad tracks and next to the old station of Caminreal – a work by Gutiérrez Soto that today houses the Railroad Museum – stands the new intermodal terminal of Zaragoza Though the initial purpose was to face the needs of the recently inaugurated high-speed route connecting Madrid-Barcelona the occasion has also served to reorganize the area the new roads that now run through the adjacent neighborhoods the natural park of the Ebro’s meander and the Alfajería garden Their relation with the urban center is achieved through the development of the terrains cleared after the disappearance of Portillo station which will now be taken up by new facilites and green areas The station is shaped as a sort of microcity: two hotels a business center and shops on the northern flank the departure lobby and individual offices on the eastern end the arrival lobby and office areas in the western end and the circulation spaces in the southern side surround the central hall in whose interior ten national and international railroad lines end a toplit space transversal to the platforms articulates the terminal’s intermodal condition when connecting the parking lots of the southern esplanade and the taxi and bus lanes with the train tracks The station’s large size favors varied facades: a grid of openings to the east (departures) continuous windows to the north (facade of hotels) and concrete to the south (accesses) Two elements – the facade walls and the roof –are proven to be essential in the construction of this complex multifunctional space with sides thirty centimeters thick and 27 meters in height form in five bays a parallelogram of 500 x 110 meters with no intermediate columns a 40,000 square meter mesh composed by tetrahedric triangles – through which light comes in – and resting on vierendeel beams is supported by nine metallic arches secured to the concrete a suspended ceiling of bidimensional triangles of metallic and wood mesh (light and shadow) hangs from the beams so becoming part of the backdrop of moving trains and passengers Rounding off the design in terms of information services and comfort in lobbies and platforms several communication technologies have been developed: multimedia information posts and videowalls allow passengers to follow the timetables and environmental conditions of the station and also of its multiple destinations The inner facade of the hotels on the north flank overlooks the platforms maple wood and red panels that extends the horizontal movement of the trains to the vertical walls Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias  Jesús Marcuello; Amado Vila (asistencia en obra site supervision)  Olga Guillén (instalaciones mechanical engineering)