January 8
The average human body experiences an amazing beginning in its early years. As the youthful body grows and forms, it is designed to function at the optimum of the body’s design characteristics. In normal cases, the calorie loading is burned readily by higher metabolism, therefore the fat loading is minimal and because of optimal hormone balance, the human musculature is optimized toward leanness. There is abundant energy available and coupled with the lack of excessive mass, the youthful body is a wonderful, capable, resilient, easy to live with organism. But as most readers of this will acknowledge, toward the end of the second decade, things begin to significantly change. The energy level begins to drop off, the motivation to expend energy decreases and the encroaching fat layers become more obvious. What we all took for granted in our first two or three decades literally disappears. What we first enjoyed has normal has been replaced by a new normal, and that new normal is perhaps best defined as ‘struggle’. A lot of people don’t like that struggle, but instead of fighting against it they give in to the lethargy and inevitable decline. But you don’t have to give in! As I hope I will clearly demonstrate here, the struggle can very successfully be turned around into an adventure! Instead of facing a tough, uphill struggle – it is possible to engage in a life time of adventure and exploration of your own body and mind that results in health, a clear and sound awareness - and in the end, frankly, it can be a whole lot of fun!