Welcome & Introduction

Welcome to Integral Fitness Solutions. In the coming days and weeks, I will be posting an assortment of health and fitness related information, as well as spending some time explaining what the Integral Fitness Solution is and how it works.



Briefly, each of us experiences the world in four domains (interior/exterior and individual/collective). So we have a four quadrant map of our experience:



Interior/Individual (Upper Left)

Realm of I



Exterior/Individual (Upper Right)

Realm of IT



Interior/Collective (Lower Left)

Realm of WE



Exterior/Individual (Lower Right)

Realm of ITS



The IT realm is the domain of the body, of science, of the material universe.

The I realm is the domain of the self, of psychology, of spiritual experience, of emotions.

The WE realm is the domain of culture, of shared values, of shared meaning.

The ITS realm is the domain of social structures, of economic systems.



Each one of these domains impacts our health.



As a nation, we are overweight and unhealthy (65% of us are overweight & more than 300,000 of us will die this year due to complications associated with being overweight). But we will not regain our health by only focusing on the body, or the emotions. We must address all four quadrants because each one impacts the others -- they are interdependent.



I deal with this every day in my job as a personal trainer. I keep up with the newest research and will present the relevant information here in this blog. If you are interested in personal attention (I also do nutritional and fitness consultation), simply post a comment requesting a consultation.