The notion that fitness is a religion – a place where people find community, ritual and ecstatic experience – has become a common refrain. Religion, remixedMore common than traditionally religious fitness programs, though, are ones that borrow the trappings of religion and more subtly tap into spiritual experience. Instructors may talk about the cosmic energy radiating from the class or guide riders through opening their spiritual centers, or chakras. Centuries of connectionTo understand the relationship between fitness and religion, it helps to look at their history. The next time you hear a friend assert that fitness is their new religion, know that it might not be just hyperbole.

Source: Ethiopian News January 17, 2023 04:37 UTC