Expert Article — Health & Wellness Community Expert: Mindfull Living Becky Moller
Fitness From the Inside Out How would you describe your relationship with your body? With food? With life? For many people, food and body represent a lifelong struggle. Maybe you are “on” a program, then find yourself “off” again. Perhaps your weight goes up and down like a roller-coaster. Even more troubling, your anxiety and self-concept may follow suit. But what is the solution? Programs or plans may feel unsustainable, competitive, or restrictive. I advise people to reject diet mentality and body shame. Instead, approach the whole issue of food, body, fitness, and life from the inside out. What do I mean by “the inside out?” I mean that when we align our inner world — our hearts, minds, and intentions — our outer world naturally falls into optimal alignment. I also mean that no matter how much work we do on the outside, if our inside is still hurting, grasping, or striving to matter, we will never find that sweet spot we are looking for—our greatest powerful, self-love, and lasting peace. What if you took the whole concept of fitness and
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turned it on its head? What if “fitness” didn’t point to something you “should’’ be doing, or something you felt guilty about? What if fitness meant taking time on a daily basis to re-align yourself — body, mind, and spirit — with something Higher. What would it mean to be spiritually fit? Mentally fit? Emotionally fit? What would a well-trained mind look like to you? What would it mean to be able to respond to
your emotions in “fit” and healthy ways? What if your daily self-care routine changed from “burning calories’’ to truly challenging and connecting with every part of yourself? How would your life change if you had a safe, supportive platform to recenter yourself in mind, body, and spirit as you started each day? This is what Daily Practice means to me. I believe that the most powerful way to strengthen our communities, our homes, our struggling world and Continued on pg 10
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