The Tao of Blue Collar Zen

“Be Strong to Serve”

The above quote is a take off from George Hebert’s “Be Strong to Be Useful” , and Gandhi’s, “man acts as a guardian of his body. It becomes his duty to take such care of his body as to enable it to practice the idea of serving to the best of its ability.” , which epitomizes the philosophy of Blue Collar Zen. We live in a time of body-mind-spirit struggling. ”Madison Avenue” chants a never ending mantra equating to external pleasure gratification and material possessions being the keys to happiness and a satisfying identity. We all know better, so I must beg to differ. A cultivated state of body, mind, heart & soul wellness is where true joy and happiness is rooted. Having your life efforts realize their potential, thus allowing for your optimal contribution to life, satisfies one to the soul. To accomplish this, a fortification process from the ground up must be implemented. A strong body, full of vitality and able to perform creates improved mental clarity and endurance, emotional patience and empathy, and prepares us for the natural process and objective to continually evolve spiritually throughout our life. This is the purpose of the Blue Collar Zen lifestyle and philosophy.

The Blue Collar Zen lifestyle is a means of managing and making adjustments as needed to the elemental pillars of our physical existence:

• Air - Controlled full breathing through sitting or moving meditation exercises stimulates the body from the internal organs out acting as a tonic and metabolic accelerator .
• Food - Your performance quality and quantity is predicated by your what you eat!
• Water - Activity/weather adjusted hydration with clean water for maximum energy, detoxifying and recovery is irreplaceable.
• Physical Activity - We’re animals designed to move and move we must to maintain our physical performance ability.
• Energy management - This is the X factor of performance and wellness. Energy renewal is not automatic. Each of our lives are unique and must be managed accordingly to ensure maximum energy regeneration.
• Stress management - Physical, mental, emotional, and environmental stress must be recognized and managed, stress kills!

Blue Collar Zen is a means of guidance, motivation, support and accountability to make the changes needed to optimize your lifestyle for health, performance and enlightenment.

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