Fitness

BodyLogos Tao of Fitness: A Fitness Philosophy

• Physical fitness
• Spiritual growth using active meditation
• A new but traditionally grounded way of being in your body

“With the intention to restore my own mind body connection, BODYLOGOS Tao of Fitness was born. Has a gift ever felt sacred? Chin-ups at the gym one day gave such a gift. After a 15-year dance career and four years of Seminary toward my Tao Ministry I found myself at a crossroad.  My work in fitness felt empty beside the artistic expression of my dance history and I was troubled by feelings of loss and loneliness. So, there I was doing Chin-ups at the gym and I had a vision of our muscular system as a psychological system. The endless number of Chin-ups I was fixated on doing was suddenly my fixated need to protect myself against the outside world! Wow… In a moment an entire Psyche-Muscular Map appeared. Everything I knew as a dancer and a Taoist was illustrated in this apparition. I now had a map to find my way back to me.”

It is a Taoist thought that emotion is stored in the body’s soft tissue, making the muscular system an animated emotional blueprint.  This Psyche-Muscular Map illustrates where specific emotions are carried in your muscular system.  Understanding where each emotion lives in the body brings meaning to your posture and movement. Pay attention to where you are weak or strong, comfortable or awkward, rigid or flexible. The physical body animates what it carries in the emotional body. What is hidden in your silhouette? Create “active meditations” that unify and empower both mind and body. Direct your attention toward the future you want to create!

Fitness Monthly Lesson: As the seat of your emotions, the heart radiates your inner beauty and self-worth – a Smile of Truth – through the musculature of the chest.  As you exercise or experience your chest, put aside your personal judgments with every exhale. Then, experience believing in yourself with every inhale. With each breath feel your body smile more radiantly through the strength and openness of the chest. Deliberately become your new belief.

Active meditation focuses your mind and body on a desired experience, whereby two forces are acting as one to create change. Active Meditation is an ancient Taoist technique used for creating change in ones own consciousness. When using active meditation techniques referencing the BodyLogos Psyche-Muscular Map, you experience your body as your therapist.

The BodyLogos holistic health philosophy inspires change. Integrating Eastern and Western disciplines, BodyLogos is a natural fit for the broadening demographic of health conscious, mentally motivated and philosophically sensitive people who want practical and effective holistic approaches to improve all aspects of their lives.

Create the Change You Want to Be!

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@ Body Strength Fitness
Sunday @ 10am with Tammy
250 W.106th St. (@ B’way), NYC
212-316-3338
First Class $10

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