Strength training and long distance running as techniques of ecstasy

In this episode I explore the spiritual side of strength training and long distance running with Gary Hawke. We are often led to believe that Yoga is the only 'spiritual' form of exercise out there. But what if you feel an affinity with the life of a yogi but are not drawn to classical yoga? Any type of exercise, from solo forms like strength training to team sports, can bring us to a collision with the infinite when used intentionally as a technique of ecstasy. This conversation explores the subtle art of expanding your identity through exercise and sport. For more information about my work please visit www.bodyheartmindspirit.co.uk To hear more of my music please visit my soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/ralphcree My YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfQp5jM16pPB7QX2zmMYbQ My Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/bodyheartmindspirituk/ To find our more about Gary Hawke please visit http://www.garyhawke.org/ P and C owned by Ralph Cree 2021

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Spiritual practice, like everything else in life, is evolving. What does this mean? By ‘Spiritual Practice’ I mean any activity that expands your sense of identity, for example meditation, contemplative philosophy, prayer, yoga, martial arts, psychedelics, transpersonal psychotherapy, fasting, visualisation, lucid dreaming, conscious parenting, forgiveness and much more. By ‘Evolving’ I mean that everything develops and adapts over time. Most of the spiritual traditions that have spawned these transformational practices emerged hundreds and often thousands of years ago in the pre-modern era. Modernity (rationality and science) and post-modernity (cultural diversity and the information age) are hugely influential historical periods that have happened since then, and I believe that contemporary spiritual practice needs to integrate the insights of these two worldviews as well as the premodern in order to keep being relevant and adaptive in a changing world.