Beat Stress and Unlock Your Inner Potential

Jeremy Ta’kody in the June/July 2007 Succeed magazine talks about….

“So while improving fitness levels and reducing body fat, working out also exercises the body’s communication systems, increasing tolerance to stress, and that’s a good thing.

 So for scientifically provable reasons, exercise makes you feel good. Exercise equips you to be on top of your game from the inside out. But besides the release of norepinepherine, endorphins and the rush of adrenaline that can accompany a good workout, have you ever noticed how your thoughts are clearer, how obstacles become opportunities? Have you ever noticed how new ideas or insights appear in your mind after a good workout?

Have you ever gone to the gym for a quick workout when BAM! Halfway through your final set you receive the sudden insight into a pressing problem? Have you ever gone for a jog and found yourself able to visualize a solution, feel more clearly about a choice you need to make, or listen clearly to words of wisdom from your inner self? Well it is not by chance, and these phenomena are an added benefit of exercise.

Most people would agree, that when you exercise, your mind has a chance to stop thinking about your day, your credit card bills, your mortgage or relationship woes. Your conscious, logical mind has a chance to stop thinking about the new deal, the new job, the new project, the new car or the next big thing. In this inner space of not thinking, your unconscious mind is able to work on theses deepest thoughts and feelings, and come up with powerful insights and solutions. Your mind will never stop working, but by working out you just give yourself a chance to see or feel things in a different way.

You see, exercise not only makes you feel good, it can give you a chance to turn off the internal dialogue,allowing your mind to access other states, attentions and resources.

Hemispherically speaking, much logical linear thought ( including the internal dialogue) arise from the left hemisphere of the brain, while thinking outside of the box in a creative, visual or intuitive way is managed by large with thr right side of the brain.

These other states are infinitely more connected to our fuller potential, our secret desires and deepest emotions. When we workout, even for just half an hour a day, you strengthen this potential. You also develop self discipline, which can be channeled to achieve virtually anything and everything…..”