How Stoicism, Eastern Philosophy, And Fitness Work Together
The Daily Stoic
Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures
4.5 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In the spirit of sharing ideas and learning from cultures outside of one’s own, Ryan was excited when he was given the opportunity to speak to India-based fitness company Curefit Healthcare because it gave him a chance to further explore the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and relate it to the Stoic teachings. In this virtual talk, Ryan delves into how Stoicism and Eastern philosophy can be applied to physical activity, leading a large company, getting better as people and leaders, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
| 0:08.2 | On Sundays we take a deeper dive into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic |
| 0:13.3 | texts, audio books that we like here recommend here at Daily Stoic and other long form wisdom |
| 0:21.6 | that you can chew on on this relaxing weekend. |
| 0:25.5 | We hope this helps shape your understanding of this philosophy and most importantly |
| 0:30.1 | that you're able to apply it to your actual life. |
| 0:33.6 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:38.2 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. |
| 0:48.9 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast back. |
| 0:53.3 | I've talked about this before, but I'm fascinated by the intersection of stoicism and other |
| 0:59.1 | schools of philosophy. |
| 1:01.4 | Obviously, I was introduced to stoicism first, that's what I sort of fell in love with, |
| 1:04.7 | and then I've gone on and studied Zen Buddhism, I've read the Bhagavad Gita, I'm fascinated |
| 1:09.4 | with any ancient text of wisdom of the warrior ethos of the guide to the good life. |
| 1:16.4 | And so I'm always looking for opportunities both to take in ideas from other schools |
| 1:22.8 | and also take the ideas from the Stoics and introduce them into different cultures into |
| 1:28.2 | different regions. |
| 1:29.4 | I haven't got to travel as much to give talks about stoicism outside the United States |
| 1:33.6 | as I used to, but back in May of 2022, I gave a talk to a company called PureFit in India. |
| 1:44.6 | They have more than 500 fitness centers in gyms all across the country. |
| 1:50.1 | They had over 1,000 employees on this sort of all hands-on virtual talk that we did. |
| 1:56.3 | Of course, it would have been amazing to be there in person. |
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