Experience

Bhakti Community

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Spiritual Fitness

  • 2020 - Present

  Spiritual Fitness is a weekly online program attended by numerous Silicon Valley Corporate professionals. Just as our bodies need physical exercise to stay healthy, our spirit needs daily attention for us to be happy and peaceful. This is where the ancient art of spiritual fitness comes in. In our everyday lives, we are bombarded by messages on the importance of taking care of our bodies while also satiating our desires. We are told to work out, look good, and eat right, but we are also told to do so while having an attractive partner, money in the bank, the nicest clothing, the best social life, a job that fulfills us, a healthy family, and the most sophisticated sense of style or taste. The list of things we are trying to do is too long and the time we have to accomplish them is too short, which finally results in burnout and confusion. When we’re in the fire of this intense way of living, we often notice that we’re not feeling right, but our misguided solution is to only add more logs to the fire. We think, “I just need to go to the gym more regularly,” or “I need a new diet and a vacation,” or “I need to be with someone else.” Worse, we sometimes indulge in our worst habits and behaviors because we feel hopeless and will reach for anything that seems like a quick fix. The simple answer to all these problems is to make the goal of spiritual fitness our number one priority. Because when we spend time getting to know our spiritual selves – atma, our problems start to take care of themselves. Just as when we place water on the root of a tree, the whole tree naturally flourishes. When we know who we are, life gets simpler and sweeter at once, even though it may still appear complicated on the surface. When we know who we are, we don’t exhaust ourselves searching for the approval of others, and the world. When we know who we are, we feel peace and happiness within. And when we know who we are, we can love others and flow along with the changes of life more easily.