1. Eastern and Western Approaches to Working Out Glaucia Romano

5. For Descartes it is mind that is important. For others, the body.

6. Eastern Philosophy does not acknowledge this division: there is no body without mind and no mind without body! Why argue?

7. Have you ever done this?

9. Now Consider This:

11. No distractions are needed because the workout incorporates both body and mind – yin and yang.

12. No dividing lines: the whole self is present in the same activity.

17. Accordingly, working on perfecting the body while being mindless of the activities performed is counter-productive.