Parvati Magazine Summer 2014 - Freedom and Delight | Page 21

FITNESS sweaty, it’s boring, takes too much time and they would rather sit on the couch and eat chips. I have always found that funny. If they don’t enjoy it, why do it? Why not find an activity that has similar health benefits that you love doing? No one ever said you had to step foot in a gym and lift weights, or spend an hour, like a hamster in a cage, on a treadmill. Like life, your workout is overflowing with opportunity to find joy, expansion and ideal health. Whether you find delight or boredom in each workout has more to do with your mindset and attitude, than the actual activity. So many ways to find delight and excitement in each workout. You could focus on the probable outcome if you didn’t take the time to be physical on a regular basis. You could dwell on what your body and energy levels would look like without ongoing maintenance. Perhaps the dread of having to appear in a bathing suit having not worked out all winter is terrifying to you. Yet that motivates you like nothing else. There is joy to be found in something that inspires you to make positive change. You could decide to put your thoughts on what you will feel like strutting around in your bathing suit, having practised clean eating and regular intense workouts as a lifestyle. Perhaps you notice you are getting stronger, can lift more weight, do more reps, with less fatigue than previously. If dance or yoga is your th