For many years as a sport scientist, personal trainer and performance coach, I have been working with clients who come to me for advice about how they can improve the performance and quality of their bodies; some want help to lose weight and tone up, others need to reduce their blood pressure and the effects of stress, some want to put on muscle and everyone wants to look and feel better. But, invariably I have found that it is never my client's physical bodies that require improvement in the first instance.
In every client with whom I have ever worked I have found that there has been some underlying issue (that they were not consciously aware of) that was being reflected in the current state of his or her body and health. It became evident to me that when a person is dissatisfied or experiencing dis-EASE, in some aspect of their life, this dissatisfaction manifests itself through their body.
Effectively, the body is a barometer for life; if something isn't going well in a certain area of life, it manifests through the body.
Deepak Chopra, the world-renowned natural health guru, explains that most diseases don't begin in the body, but in the mind and the spirit. Usually, by the time a disease process manifests as a physical ailment, the person has actually been suffering mentally, emotionally or spiritually for quite a long time; therefore, the best time to cure a disease is before it has a chance to manifest as a sickness of the body. Many of the ancient healing practices have similar belief systems- from the Ayurvedic principles of ancient India, to the Shamanistic practices of the Native American Indians - all believe that physical health is a direct reflection of mental, emotional and spiritual health.
The reason that most traditional health and well-being programs fail is because they only address the physical aspect of the human being. Most practitioners, therapists and trainers focus almost all of their attention on perfecting the physical aspect of their clients by masking or treating symptoms, developing physical fitness and strength or removing or implanting parts of the human body through surgery. In their efforts to provide a quick fix for their clients they ignore the fact that human beings are more than just a physical body; we are also profoundly influenced by our thoughts, feelings and emotions, to the extent that when our mental, emotional and spiritual elements are working in harmony, the physical aspect of our selves will perform more efficiently and effectively and provide us with greater results than if we had concentrated on our physical aspect alone.
The evidence that this is true was only too apparent to me when working with my clients. I found that when they did address the underlying cause of their dissatisfaction (that is, their dis-EASE), their physical bodies responded with a lot less effort and they began to see amazing results in all areas of their lives.
So it got me to thinking, if the body is a barometer for our mental, emotional and spiritual health, then surely most of the diseases we experience are our body's way of telling us that something is wrong in some area of our lives. And if this were the case, then it would be fair to say that the effects of most diseases could be avoided, reduced or removed by dealing with the underlying issues (the dis-EASE) that cause the disease to manifest in the first place.
I believe that there are two distinct types of health intervention. The first is for those people who are in need of surgery, who have a bacterial infection or who have an injury caused by an accident; the second is for those people heading toward, or suffering from, some form of lifestyle-related dis- EASE. That is, some form of injury, illness or ailment that affects their ability to perform effectively on a day-to-day basis, caused by the way they are currently choosing to live their lives.
Activate Your Weight Loss addresses lifestyle-related dis-EASE and how, with the right lifestyle management program, you can re-create and enjoy a body and indeed a life of EASE. As you work your way through the information and exercises in the books and programs you will:
· get a clearer understanding of why you are the way you are and why you have created your current body and life
· address and remove the dis-EASE that causes mental, emotional and physical stress in all areas of your body and life
· get clarity on what your ideal body and a life of EASE would be like for you
· understand why some people can never follow through to having their ideal body or life of EASE.
· create your ideal body and life of EASE with ten EASY steps which form the basis of the Activate Your Weight Loss Program.
This program has been developed as a result of countless hours working with clients, other practitioners and through my own personal experiences.
It represents the culmination of the most successful strategies used throughout that time.
It is more than an exercise and diet plan; it is a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual overhaul - a program that will transform every aspect of your life.
The tools, ideas and solutions you will learn are just as useful and important whether your goal is to fit into a size 8 dress, climb Mount Everest or start your own business.
If this sounds like something that may be of interest to you, then I welcome to download the Free 10 EASY Steps to Your Perfect Body at www.activateyourweightloss.com.au
Here's to living a simple, balanced and fulfilling life of EASE.
Andrew McCombe