Why My Training Is My Therapy Or Meditation

 For the life of me, I can't do standard meditative practices very well like sitting or standing. I get overzealous easy and become hyper or feel the need to move. Some people have mastered it, others not so much and it has been that way for me since I was a kid. Throughout my life since I was 21 years old, exercise has been my go to session for meditation/solace/therapy whatever you wish to call it. From relationships to the stresses of moving to another home and even with the loss of friends and family, it has always been there for me.

When you find something that gives you a reason to rethink things and emerging yourself into an element that becomes something beyond yourself, it turns into something you'd never expect. You put yourself into a world where it is your own and only you can allow someone in or not. You've seen the videos, the pics, the articles and some will tell you what they see when I train but there's more to it than meets the eye. When I zone out, nothing around me matters and I get to be in full control of what happens, what I use and how it's going to go.

Working out for the majority of people is more about impressing others and doing what is "possible" to look good when in fact, looking good should be secondary or third or whatever is on a list except for first. Most of the time these days, people have no clue what real training is and they follow trends and do this or that because they don't have a mind of their own. It's one thing to experiment and learn new things or make a habit to train but it's a totally different world where you're zoned out and a workout becomes something beyond moving a weight or doing a hold or doing some variation of a callisthenic exercise. 

The world can be a scary place and we all have dealt with some traumatic things within that scary world but if you can find something that is therapeutic and it gives you hope, smiles and a reason to reach for something, the world for a few moments isn't scary anymore and you get to do something that makes it brighter, more fun and full of possibilities. It does feel like therapy and it becomes meditative when you have full control of your mind and your body together, not just one or the other. It's like a car being able to move with gas in the tank or a carriage being pulled by horses, it's about connection.

Create your own world, throw yourself into your imagination and build that connection to what gives you purpose and how you develop a skill to meditate in your own way. Meditation is not about Yoga Poses or humming in a seated position, it's about finding what connects you and holding onto it. 

These are things that make me feel I'm in a meditative state and get to do something fun and full of wonders. The tools and exercises aren't perfect and some may look horrible to some people but in the end, this is me and this is what makes me happy along with creating my own sessions of Therapy or Meditation.