Preface
As we move forward in this journey of life, we keep learning new things that help us in different areas of life.
When I was younger, I found out that I really loved working my muscles and lifting heavy things.
Many people today call it “going to the gym”, it’s become a cult, I’ve written about it in previous posts.
I was there because I found out that I liked lifting heavy things.
It was never about health for me (because I know it has nothing to do with health).
Mind – Body – Spirit complex
As I grew older and learned new things, I learned about the mind-body-spirit complex and decided to spend more time trying to understand more about it.
This decision changed many things in my life. It felt like this acceptance was reshaping my perception of reality, with me having very little to do with it, I was amazed.
Out of this inexplicable journey came many new understandings. One of them was that practice, not training, is what is missing in my life.
You may ask about the difference between training and practicing, but I would imagine it has more to do with people’s perception of these terms than with the definition of the words themselves.
People go to the gym to do physical work, and my practices are not limited to or focused on the physical.
What do I practice
When people ask me what I practice, I usually refer them to this post that I call “Practice Practice Practice” because the reality is that you practice what’s important to you, what you want to get better at. Your practices may have nothing to do with my practices.
My practices are part of my daily routine, they may include some basic types of physical exercise – stretching, push-ups – but they are not limited to things you can easily explain, they are not limited to physical things that make sense to you.
Just like in the post I mentioned above, I’d argue that this routine of practicing whatever you choose every day is life changing. I often find myself using the same example for beginners, try practicing breathing first.
You see, most people have the impression that breathing is something they were born knowing how to do. That is why practicing it may prove my point to you, when you practice something you think you know, when you see how easy it is to get better at it, you may reconsider the importance of practicing the most trivial things in life, the things you are sure you know how to do.
So today when people ask me about my training, I say I practice, I do not train.
When they ask what I practice, I tell them everything, there is nothing in life that we cannot improve by practicing.
Stay educated,
Aviram
