Spirituality and physical well-being

[Aaron]

I've come to experience a new found interest in my spiritual connection to the world around me. I think a lot of this has to do with my physical health. For several years I was either severely overweight or obese, and when my health began to decline, so did my spiritual well-being. I began to lose sight of the spiritual and focus more on the physical. I began to worry less about what I "should" be doing and rather the physical pleasures life had to offer. It was only after achieving balance in my physical life that I was able to achieve balance in my spiritual life again. 

 

I'm not sure if others have felt this way, but now that I am back in shape, relatively speaking (I'm 6'2" and 214lbs), I find I am able to meditate and contemplate more clearly and also have returned to an intuitive understanding of what I should be doing day to day. 

 

Has anyone else experienced this? 

Edited April 5, 2016 by Aaron