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Discovering Joy Through Embodied Exercise
The most sustainable and potent motivation is experiencing joy and curiosity within an activity. Cultivate joy for exercise and fascination with fitness to remove the need for constant external motivation.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
Exercise : We can rush through exercise, just trying to get it over with. Or we can bring it to the realm of the divine, letting it be an act of love for our bodies, an act of connection to our environment, an act of full presence and highest purpose.
Leo Babauta • The Art of Creating a Ritual for What Matters Most
My biggest Aha! moment with exercise was in my 20’s when I learned how emotions are stored in the body. Anger, sadness, grief, and guilt all find their energetic home in our tissues. Moving is a way to release and heal these emotions and this is by design. Our human form is an incredible tool for creating peace, contentment, elation and even... See more
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There’s likely a more pleasurable way to experience it. Perhaps it’s being less rushed, or noticing the sensations in your body and feeling how each word lands in your system.
Transformation from the gut is all about our capacity to enjoy pleasure.
When I say pleasure, I don’t mean getting a massage or doing
... See moreFeel into, interact with, and listen to everything in the felt-body, diligently and over a long period of time, in whatever ways feel fruitful. Patiently listen for physical sensations, emotional content, vague impressions, inchoate yearnings, long-forgotten memories, fantastic images—all of it. Get into the toes, the knees, the ulna, the space... See more