“Let us say it again: the spiritual life extends not only to the concerns of the soul, but to the life of the whole human person. The whole takes first place, rather than the parts. The human person is not a soul and a body, but inspirited flesh, an animated body. One is one’s body and is one’s soul at one and the same time. Holistic spirituality challenges us to integrate all aspects of our lives into our relationship with God.”
-Thomas Ryan, Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality, p. 78
