Inner
Tip No. 2
Engage in a mind-body
practice
to relieve stress. |
| We all know that exercise is healthy. In
addition, there are many practices and techniques that specifically enhance the
mind-body connection and help relieve stress. These include such activities as
tai chi, yoga, walking meditation, ecstatic dance, walking a labyrinth … as well as
focused sports performance and playing a musical instrument. The most effective techniques
will get you in touch with a "felt sense" of your aliveness in your body. Performing these and other mind-body activities in a natural setting
gives an added soothing and balancing benefit. |
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Quote from Living in Balance,
by Joel Levey and Michelle Levey"Every tradition of exercise and physical development is, in
essence, a discipline of balance: the balance of activity and rest, of contracting and
relaxing, of integrating and balancing left side and right side, front and back, and of
hundreds of subtle complementary moves and functions that are necessary for physical
balance and health."
"Just go to a gym and watch the
cycle of exercises or weight machines that a person follows in a well-programmed workout
and you will see balance at work. Similarly, go to any well conceived stretching or yoga,
tai chi, or martial arts class, and you will see balance in action. Each move is followed
by its mirror opposite, or by a movement or stretch that works the opposing muscle groups.
Stretching backward is followed by stretching forward, reaching out to the left is
balanced by a stretch to the right."
"As our understanding of optimal
fitness expands, it is becoming more common to complement the high arousal achieved in an
intense aerobics workout with at least five or ten minutes of deep relaxation at the end
of a workout. Your body is made to move and to optimize its function through the dynamic
balance of myriad exquisite components and functions. The more deeply and completely you
understand your body, the more in balance you will live." |
Living in Balance by Joel Levey & Michelle Levey
A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony and Wholeness in a Chaotic
World -- Foreword by The Dalai Lama of Tibet
$17.95 + shipping
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-- Living in Balance
"Joel and Michelle have constructed a text of
sheer brilliance. Every page offers new insights and truth. No reader
could be disappointed by this book!"
-- Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit |
