Who would not want to increase their energy levels, if there was a recipe ?
Recently I have been traveling the world studying peoples postures and their relationship to their physical fitness.
I found it remarkable for example, that on Mainland Greece peoples posture was noticably worse than in other parts of Europe.
Is there a relationship between posture and personal and/or collective growth? Does the economical collapse have a reflection in the individuals drive to succeed?
Would that, mean that if we got a collective population to train their bodies and eat better that their economy would be effected. Or would it be the other way round, that an economically efficient society would influence its individuals to maintain their bodies in good state.
The famous pantomime and commedian Samy Molcho, wrote a whole book about the silent language of body posture in which he relates that pride and self-confidence are directly related to the way we ‘stand in life’.
(Body Language Of Success, 2005, Samy Molcho)
What is it that brings people to stretch their limits and why does that feel so exhilarating?
People who are active, normally have more energy and know how to maintain it.
Energy is defined in physics as the power derived from the utilisation of physical or chemical resources. Energy comes from four main wellsprings in human beings: the body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
In each, energy can be systematically expanded and regularly renewed by establishing specific rituals—behaviours that are intentionally practiced and precisely scheduled, with the goal of making them unconscious and automatic as quickly as possible.
People that do extraordinary things to explore their own personal limits tend to have more energy. Why so?
People that do extraordinary things to explore their own personal limits tend to have more energy. Why so?
The German magazine Geo, deliverd a whole feature about individuals topping their peers in extreme sports such as rock climbing, slack rope walking at extreme hight, caving etc. When interviewed the athletes spoke in varying ways about how the desire to experience a certain extreme alifeness would motivate them to keep going.
Bringing body and mind to the edge and ultimately bringing body and mind together. The state of being highly concentrated on one activity is naturally enhanced by the element danger. Adrenaline and (???? Feramons/Seratonin) generate a sense of “high”.
‘Breaking out of the norm’ is part of the enlivening effect that exceptional performance produces in the human body.
Human beings have socially three core needs in order to thrive:
stability, rhythm and diversity.
The deep desire for diversity pushes certain people to explore the edge. A certain driveness is required to go beyond the threshhold of the ordinary. Our survival instinct draws additional forces to go for a high set goal, thus we experience increase of energy with this form of positive stress and additional clarity and speed of thought processes. Clear and original thinking normally happens, when we slow our frequency of thoughts to that extend that we predominantly concentrate on one activity. The famous “genius moments” happen in that brain frequency (Alpha frequency). Original thought, out of the box originates in high performance.
How does this relate now to the ‘average’ person. Physiologically the body needs to be brought to its edge. The cardio- vascular capacity for example improves noticibly, when the person challenges it at least once daily. Muscles need challenge and resistance to grow. Especially with older age the body goes backwards if it doesn’t go forward.
The recipy is simple, whether you walk, surf, run, practise Yoga or lift weights, “always strive for more” and never settle for this is good enough.
Aim to achieve your personal edge and regularily try something different to challenge body and mind a little more.