Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285).
Contents:
Foreword / by Jess Connolly -- Introduction: Moving the bad out of your good body -- The warm-up. Just surviving ; The fire of your desire ; The calorie burn ; God's transforming fire ; God's burning desire for you ; Recognizing our pain ; Pain and the early body and brain ; How pain changes your body and brain ; Where pain goes in your brain ; Tension vs. pain -- The workout. Expressing your energy ; Feeling your feelings ; Extinguishing pain ; Kindness and self-compassion ; Mindfulness and mindful movement ; Humbling yourself ; Humility, not humiliation ; HELP! a four-letter word ; Keep going, it's only a test ; Working from rest -- The cooldown. Staying the course ; No longer orphans: your new identity ; Your new reality ; Forgiveness and the party poopers ; Telling yourself the truth ; Taking ownership ; Don't lose the keys ; Have a vision for your future ; Words create your world ; Celebrate! -- Acknowledgments -- Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) questionnaire -- More movement links -- Food journal template.
Summary:
Do you sometimes feel as though your body is a problem to solve? Discover how to make it part of the solution instead. It's now known that the emotional and relational pain we've lived through has a profound negative physical effect on our bodies. Alisa Keeton, popular fitness professional, proposes that the reverse is also true: What we do with our bodies can have a dramatic positive effect on our emotions, relationships, and our connection with God. In The Body Revelation, she shows us how to use our bodies as a means of healing past pain and promoting physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
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