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Fit Body, Fit Soul: An Ironman and a Shaman Put You on the Path to Lasting Health and Happiness
by
Mark Allen
From setting appropriate goals for each type of fitness to learning how to feed both body and soul, this ground-breaking guide goes beyond the typical health mantras--eat right, exercise regularly, reduce stress--and explores the emotional and physical obstacles to corporeal and spiritual fitness. Based on the immensely successful training of a six-time Ironman triathlete ...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
November 10th 2008
by Benbella Books
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Interesting blend of fitness/diet advice and soul support. There is practical advice and graphics showing how many reps to do and how to figure your BMI, etc. Nothing especially unique in this area. What is unique, however, is the Shaman influence. When you look for the basic message, it echoes what many other advisors advocate: visualize in your mind first, meditate, center yourself, etc. in order to achieve goals. Almost like the carpenter's rule of "measure twice, cut once." Seems a...more
There were some good ideas in this book although there was more reflection on their personal journeys than I wanted to read about.
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Got this at a work conference..totally inspiring
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Brant Secunda is a shaman, healer and ceremonial leader in the Huichol Indian tradition of Mexico. He completed a twelve-year apprenticeship with Don Jos Matsuwa, the renowned Huichol Shaman who lived to be 110 years old and who adopted Brant as his grandson. Alongside other dignitaries including President Jimmy Carter, Brant cofounded the Peace University in Berlin, and is a founding member of th...more
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