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Crossfit is my church: How fitness classes provide the meaning that religion once did.
THERE IS A GOD SHAPED HOLE IN OUR HEART, AND (THIS IS THE HERETICAL MOMENT) IN OUR ECONOMY
We know the millennial core answers to this God shaped hole. It's "Soul Cycle" and the like. But we can't reach God pedaling and not going anywhere.
We know the millennial core answers to this God shaped hole. It's "Soul Cycle" and the like. But we can't reach God pedaling and not going anywhere.
Reggie James • My Hereticon Talk - Spiritual Technology
like Burton’s way of looking at it, which is less about what religions are and more about what religions do, which is to provide the following four things: meaning, purpose, a sense of community, and ritual. Less and less often are seekers finding these things at church.
Amanda Montell • Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Tara Isabella Burton, who studied the “religiously unaffiliated” in her 2020 book, “Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World,” has written that many people who have lost trust in institutions will put their faith in Instagram influencers specializing in self-care. A center devoted to self-improvement and community — expertly marketed and bu... See more
New York Times • SoulCycle Without the Bike: Here Comes Peoplehood
As your body becomes stronger, you change psychologically as well. And when you push yourself physically to the edge, this can lead to a spiritual awakening in some people—especially when they feel there is a force outside of themselves assisting them.
Stan Beecham • Elite Minds: Creating the Competitive Advantage
Hold this in contrast to the gym, which is designed for only one thing: It’s where you go when you want to be with people who can help you get stronger, and who have the best tools to do it. It’s not incidental that being there means exposing yourself to the breath of others; that is, in fact, largely the point. The breath of language, the breath o... See more
The Atlantic • How Fitness Will Change Forever
