The Meditative Workout

Exercise is for many a remarkable meditative experience. It has the potential to rapidly bring one into the present moment, via mindfulness and body awareness. Interestingly the brain releases many of the same endorphins during physical exercise as it does during deep meditation. By participating in a steady and somewhat mindless motion, like running or cardio machines, focus can go on the experience of being inside of a “body at work”.

When perception dictates our intensity we are essentially allowing our workout to become an exercise in biofeedback, training the mind for similar situations. The interval workout requires a different level of intensity each minute and is based on your own perception of how hard you are working. Physical awareness is a requirement of this workout. It is designed not only to help you become lean and strong physically, but also to become extremely present with your body, and each individual moment.

As you affect change in your physical world through exercising your body you increase your experience and confidence in the very same principles that will affect growth and change in other areas of your life.

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The goal is to improve your a mode of living and seeing everything: relationships, work, and home life; your future and your past. Along the way, the practice of meditation can trickle into everything you do, bringing profound relaxation, increased mental clarity, inner peace and happiness!