have you ever Thought about why in recent years in Europe and Russia, it became popular Eastern teachings, martial arts, body practices, yoga and even religious cults? In my opinion, this is directly related to seeking answers to the eternal questions "who am I and where are you going", with the search for the meaning of life and understanding of your own nature and integrity.
Historically, in the West the spiritual essence of man was associated with issues of religion and faith. In the East was and still is a completely different approach: spirituality - the lot of human feelings, his feelings, his natural fact. So, the body and the soul are connected and inseparable.
it would Seem that the question of history, faith and habits. At what here we? How this may relate to my particular life? It's very simple. The difference of the two approaches – the question of unity of soul, mind and body or Vice versa the question of the confrontation of the eternal spirit and mortal flesh - a very strong influence on our quality of life. how we feel, what kind of relationship to build with your own body – a unique instrument of nature.
In the European world, it is common understanding of the body as a set of organs, parts, systems, cells. And when, for example, a headache, a typical reaction is to take a pill to relieve a symptom, you have to get rid of discomfort. In the best case, we explain himself (in fact, rationalize) supposedly the cause of the headache is that the weather is changing, the pressure jumped, not enough sleep, etc. While few people think, what's the root cause, which a failure has occurred in one mechanism of the body to such a symptom. In this case, there is no understanding that the body, mind and emotions are a single mechanism.
As practice shows, this is not the strangest approach to perception itself. There are people who manage to feel like a disembodied spirit, for which the body – substance of no value, which can not feed, "wrap chains" and otherwise torture. With such a disposition comes to the fore the spiritual essence, and it supposedly has little to do with bodily form. And then, of course, everything to do with physicality is relegated to a second and then the last plan.
What happens to a person with this perception of your body? Sooner or later he stops to listen and to understand its signals and needs. He can work long, hard and recklessly until they fall or get sick; it can pump up on iron and doing endless plastic surgeries; he does not understand how much his body needs to saturate, and therefore eats until places for food in the stomach does not have; he does not understand that feels and can not get rid of chronic stress and fatigue. And all just because they forgot how to listen to yourself: pay attention to signals of impending fatigue, to notice changes in heartbeat, shortness or breath, petrified clamped the muscles of the back and neck.
And sometimes the journey to self, understanding of its holistic nature, the sense of unity of the emotional, mental and physical life of man begins only after a failure occurs and the person becomes ill. But is it worth to wait for such a development?
it is Especially important to pay attention to these issues for those who have chronic diseases that are not amenable to medical treatment or only during the retreat, periodically returning again.
And you can start with the most simple: listen to yourself, pay attention to your body's signals. Get up off the couch and walk, if I felt that the back was stiff, and before the eyes "twinkle stars"; stand up and move, if already the third hour, hunched over, sitting at the computer; go outside, breathe fresh air, if you feel that in my throat and a headache; Express your feelings if you feel tightness in your chest; heartily yawn and stretch, if the body is "numb". Start small, take care of yourself and believe me, very soon the quality of your life will be much higher.
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