Working out, working within : the Tao of inner fitness through sports and exercise

296 Pages·1998·41.1 MB·English

by  Jerry Lynch

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Out,
Working
Within
The Tao of Inner
Fitness Through
Sports and Exercise
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Aen meets Ihe Zone
in this guide to combining physical fitness
with spiritual awakening* *
During physical training, we can experience
somethingdeeperthanjusttheburnofworkingout. We
canachieve spiritualawareness andfeelwhatit's liketo
be alive and healthy. Working Out, Working Within
offers readers techniques and suggestions to avoid fix-
ating on winning the game, scoring the goal, or build-
ing the perfect body. Our workouts become tools for
personal transcendence as we get to know ourselves,
testourlimits, gatherinnerstrength, andbuildphysical
vitality. We can learn how to find harmony between
body, mind, and spirit using:
• breath watching, a simple Tao technique to
encourage calming and an awareness ofour bodies,
and to discover our "Tao minds";
• visual recording, through which we imagine
our bodies in motion, employing all ofthe senses
in our visualization;
• affirmation reciting, a way to confirm our
thoughts by repeating them aloud; and
• valuable ancient Tao wisdom and strategies to
synchronize body and soul.
Working Out, Working Within will nourish and exercise
the spiritwhile showingwhat "ultimate" sports andliv-
ingreally are. Ifwe exercisr lies while we work
our bodies, we will achieve ncrt only outer fitness but
inner fitness as well.
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TheTao of
Inner Fitness
Through Sports
and Exercise
Working
Out,
Working
Within
Jerry Lynch, Ph.D., and
Chungliang Al Huang
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