A good practice in the three basic elements (mindfulness, alignment, and breathing) may give rise to, or at least supports, a good practice in physical integration, … and vice versa.
- Mindfulness supports more body awareness and body intelligence
- Alignement stimulates good postural integration, physical self care, health, and good coordination
- Breathing enhances vitality, health, and dynamism
Physical integration is cultivating excellent self-care for the physical body and to integrate this physical self-care in the perfect proportion into the larger care of all 21 aspects of IP, in other words into integral care.
These are exemples of practices that support physical integration:
- listening to the body
- yoga
- sports in a balanced and mindful way
- physical hygiene
- healthy eating and drinking habits
- avoiding harm, injury, accidents and overtaxing the body
- avoiding harmful substances
- balance activity and rest, wakefulness and sleep
- walking, exercise
- contact with nature
- dance, movement
- deepening body awareness
- health care
- body therapies