Mind-Body is a term for the interconnectedness and reciprocal influence between mental/emotional states and physical health, encompassing the idea that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can impact our physical well-being and vice versa.
The author reflects on their weekly swimming sessions, highlighting the numerous health benefits of aquatic exercise. Despite initial reluctance, swimming becomes a fulfilling spiritual and physical activity that enhances overall well-being and accessibility for all individuals.
Life's essentials include sleep for recovery, nutrition for body support, sex for reproduction, and fear for survival. Beyond these basics, spiritual awareness can elevate existence, fostering deeper connections and introspection among all beings.
World Spine Day highlights how sedentary office work contributes to back pain, emphasizing the importance of regular movement and proper posture for spinal health.
"The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."Â - Edgar (King Lear) / William Shakespeare
Yet this is what we must do if we want to make a real success of life. We must master the unpleasant, instead of letting the unpleasant master us. ~H. Addington Bruce, Nerve Control and How to Gain It, 1918
Many things are hard... Life comes at you in pieces sometimes too big to avoid. ~Simon Van Booy, The Illusion of Separateness, 2013
Views on contentment and happiness are formed based upon how life is approached within a society. Input from elders, peers, various external influences, and such are factors into the forming of specific perceptions.
I shall come, not as one who has escaped pain, but as one who has glorified it. ~Muriel Strode (1875–1964), "Songs of Longing: XXII," At the Roots of Grasses, 1923
An abbreviated workout can be a temporary replacement for a full workout when time is short. Time constraints, commonplace in modern society, can and do interrupt workout consistency. Through recurring episodes of interruption, waning exercise consistency may begin, and become justifiable, due to intermittent time shortages. Attained physical gains can be maintained and can increase by committing to consistent(ly) exercising. Lack of time can be the impetus for devising concise exercise routines that can be utilized when needed
"Love. That was what she had that IT did not have." - Meg / A Wrinkle in Time
Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness 