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However most of these discourses were male macho cultures creating steel-like sculptures of will and power. These male ideals were mainly for men being trained in the military or …
Thus many of the physical body discourses lost some of their militant character and became much more gentle and introspective. Words like harmony’ and relaxation’ now came to the …
Delsarte exercises These gymnastic discourses then merged with new Protestant and esoteric ideas that not only the mind but also the soul could be strengthened through such disciplined physical …
By meditating on death, its inevitability and yet its uncertainty, it is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realizing just how precious each moment, each mental …
Male and female fitness culture With the emergence in Europe during the 19 century of a powerful middle class and bourgeoisie, there surfaced around them popular gymnastic movements. On …