Intensity Meets Playfulness™

Uta’s Philosophy for Life—Enjoy the Journey to Better Fitness and Health

By Uta Pippig

Can you remember when you first fell in love? Wishing you could hug the sky so filled with joy and being amazed at the lightness of every single step you took?

That’s how it could feel when you make the decision to start a joyful journey to better fitness and health. It can be a new beginning—a different training rhythm, a satisfying eating pattern, or an effective fitness routine—which brings you happiness and joy.

Before we begin this wonderful journey to reach newly-set goals, we might face obstacles which seem intimidating. We even might face our own restrictive thinking. Certain beliefs are so strong in many of us that changing our eating habits can be too difficult, losing weight can be too intense, or training for a marathon can be too tough. Some of us feel overwhelmed and are not confident enough to even get started.

But to start and stay on a path to better fitness and health can be joyful! Even if the task, the goal, the change that we seek to accomplish might be intense—or rather we see it as intense—there are many ways to use joy and playfulness to help us on our journey.

Even if these new ways require a certain level of focus and determination, when we are able to couple them with patience and a sense of childlike adventure, it will make both—the process of achieving your goal and the attainment of it—more pleasurable and fun.

Tapping into a new level of fitness in your life, running your first 5K, or just starting to have oatmeal in the morning for the first time can give you inspiration and confidence that other changes in your life are possible.

Searching for new ways to eat better, scheduling your eating routine not to be too intense—all via gradual changes, one small step at a time, can help you to make long-lasting changes.

One approach is to try setting goals which are realistic and not too challenging, and have a positive mindset to start a new training routine. Focus on small changes by adding one training element after another to your routine and go slowly—over a longer period of time, so that your body will be able to adjust to the changes.

All this can make an intense and challenging task more enjoyable. Please add plenty of time to reflect, have fun on your journey, and truly enjoy your achievements.

What I call “Intensity Meets Playfulness” is sometimes challenging, often joyful, always rewarding. It is a philosophy for life to help you find happiness and achieve a greater sense of wellbeing.

I hope and wish you can live it too!

On behalf of the entire Take The Magic Step® team, I invite you to experience how Intensity Meets Playfulness^TM: Enjoy Your Journey!

A special note for you: The philosophy of Intensity Meets Playfulness^TM is interwoven throughout the five pillars of Take The Magic Step—Inspiration, Nutrition, Training & Exercise, Yoga, and Health Management. In all of these areas, we hope we are providing you with advice and information that will encourage you to use Intensity Meets Playfulness^TM to achieve your desired goals while at the same time truly enjoying your journey.

Our mission is to help you to achieve a greater sense of wellbeing. The articles, counseling, programs, seminars, and our charitable services attempt to support people to help them reach their goals related to better fitness and health—one small step at a time. Sometimes these steps require a certain level of intensity, but when they are coupled with patience and a sense of childlike adventure and fun, they make both the process of achieving your goals and the attainment of them more pleasurable.

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