5.7 Move your body, change your life 运动你的身体，转变

We often think that our thoughts and feelings affect how we live and move in our bodies, but it can also be the other way around, too. How you move can affect how you feel, and how you feel can affect how you think, and how you think can affect the state you're in and the outcomes you produce. The best way to feel really, really depressed¹, is to look down, slump² your shoulders, breathe in a shallow way, and mumble³. Try this for five minutes or less, and you'll notice how awful you feel. Then notice how you find thoughts to fit into this mood. Finally, notice how other people start to avoid you and how your creativity, intelligence, and productivity are at a near standstill. Alternatively, you can decide, right now, whatever mood you're in, to change it, to move your body in such a way that you send a signal to your brain that you are alive and well and ready to change the world. Now try this. Start breathing more deeply, straighten out your shoulders, puff⁴ out that chest, look up, smile, or preferably, grin. Walk briskly. Speak in a louder tone. In five minutes or less, you'll wonder why you were ever in a bad mood. You see possibilities everywhere. Your ingenuity⁵ kicks into high gear. You can be, do, and have anything. Physiology⁶ does more than affect your moods; it can affect how much vital energy, called prana, that you absorb into your body. You are literally⁷ sucking into your body positive life-force particles from the air, from the sunlight, from the food that you eat. Your nadis or subtle nerves, open up and can conduct more life force. Go for a walk on the street. See how most people are pretty down. Look at how their shoulders fall, their walk shuffles⁸, and their faces reflects agitation⁹ and despair. But you will see a few bright people, too. They are smiling and laughing with shoulders thrown back, and their whole body is open to life and new adventures. Sometimes it does seem that we live entirely¹⁰ in our heads and that our bodies are something that we move around in. But really, you live in your whole body, and if you want to be more responsive to life, the trick is to create an expansive feeling in your body by changing your posture¹¹, your breathing, your facial expression, and your rate of movement. What you perceive to be reality is always only your own interpretation¹². All events are complex but we tend to shape them according to our personal story. This interpretation is not only acted out on a mental and emotional level, but also on a physiological¹³ level. Further this interpretation then shapes the experience in subtle ways until you can feel fully¹⁴ justified¹⁵ that your interpretation is the truth. The only truth is that you are making everything up as you go along. Rather than seeking truth, which is a relative phenomena¹⁶, it is far more meaningful to make a choice as to what is empowering. The most empowering thing possible for anyone of us is to be ourselves more fully, and as we permit ourselves full self-expression, whether or not this fits in with the currently prevailing¹⁷ cultural norms, we expand our ability to feel more alive. Your body is a powerful to interact with the world as an empowered soul. This is much more than positive thinking. It's positive living by experiencing the vitality¹⁸ of your body and how it affects all aspects of your life. You are not an abstraction, but a living, moving, thinking, and feeling being. How you move your body can have a profound influence on how you live your life.

1 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

2 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

3 mumble   

n./v.喃喃而语，咕哝

参考例句：

• Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep.她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。
• He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.他能听到纳瓦罗在小声咕哝。

4 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

5 ingenuity   

n.别出心裁；善于发明创造

参考例句：

• The boy showed ingenuity in making toys.那个小男孩做玩具很有创造力。
• I admire your ingenuity and perseverance.我钦佩你的别出心裁和毅力。

6 physiology   

n.生理学，生理机能

参考例句：

• He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。

7 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

8 shuffles   

n.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的名词复数 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼v.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的第三人称单数 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼

参考例句：

• She shuffles cards expertly, all the guys stare in amazement. 她熟练地洗着牌，爷们都看呆了。 来自互联网
• Fortune shuffles cards, but we discard them. 命运负责洗牌，而出牌的是我们自己。 来自互联网

9 agitation   

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

• Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
• These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

10 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

11 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。

12 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

13 physiological   

adj.生理学的，生理学上的

参考例句：

• He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。

14 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

15 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

16 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

17 prevailing   

adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的

参考例句：

• She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
• This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。

18 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。