As a 58 year old Baby Boomer, having always been very aware of growing old and having lived in one of the most prosperous and technically advanced times the world has ever known, I am absolutely abhorred to see how many of my fellow Baby Boomers appear to struggle with their health and weight when I walk in the shopping centres and streets of Brisbane, Australia.
Many of us seem to overlook the fact that bad health and obesity really speeds up the aging process and makes you look many years older than you really are!
Since serving in the Dutch Royal Marine Corps Special Forces as a young man, I have always looked upon life as a never ending battle; a battle of the mind over the body and vice versa.
Fighting the aging process in the body is also a never ending battle and demands time, effort and common sense. In the Special Forces courses of the SAS, Royal Marines SBS and Navy SEALS it becomes very apparent that the only way you are going to ever pass the course is to teach your mind to control your body. The other way around and you are sure to fail the course. The same principle applies in every day life!
Our body and our mind are intricately linked through our energy or meridian systems; when either one is weak or out of balance the other suffers. In fact, our emotions are so strongly connected to our physical being that they can elicit tangible physical responses and vice versa. (And this becomes very evident in the SBS/SEAL training as explained in my book).
Richard Gerber (1988), author of ?Vibrational Medicine? goes even further by suggesting that physical disease may actually begin at the energy level and then eventually shows up in the physical body. Because science has discovered that everything in our world and universe is made of energy, including ourselves, and that it is energy that connects us to each other and everything else in our world, Richard Gerber?s suggestion tends to make sense.
In my book ?Emotional Freedom? I will introduce you to the importance of balancing your energy meridians in your body in conjunction with your mind, so you can learn to introduce regular ?short burst? mind-body exercises in your life to promote weight loss and allow yourself to overcome self sabotaging thoughts and cravings.
I believe that regular physical exercise is the gateway to improved physical health, which is the basis for better emotional health and if you want to control your weight and look and feel ?sexy? again despite being a middle-aged Baby Boomer or older; if you want to address your fears, insecurities and perhaps your ?demons? of the past, then the first step for you to take is ?to start at the top of your head? (your mind) and literally tap into your own Energy system (your body) by using your finger tips. Its never too late to achieve your potential in life.
Only a sick body and a weary and troubled mind will stop you from doing so!
I have lived my life in accordance with a "short burst" Mind-Body exercise code and I share this approach with you in my University tested 16 Minute Boomerang Gym Program. http://boomeranggym.com
It's time for a change and only you can do it!
Johan Tonsbeek is a 58 year old, Ex Dutch Royal Marines SBS (Special Boat Service) ? Combat Swimmer/Frogman (Navy SEAL) and Accountant. He is now a qualified fitness instructor, author, public speaker and Mind-Body Coach and has developed a ?short burst? exercise regime called the Boomerang GYM ? http://www.boomeranggym.com, which he promotes with his new Mind-Body E ?Book ?Emotional Freedom?, based on the Special Forces approach to training and attitude. | |
