What is the body and why care?

Recently I did the second podcast interview with Julia Chi Taylor of  'Running Conscious'
I decided that, in order to set the scene for subsequent discussions about health, consciousness, exercise, healing illness and emotional rebalancing, it is vital to ask some important questions about our common perception and understanding about what the body is.
And the more you probe this question, the more mysterious it becomes.
You see, the majority of people take it for granted that they are the body, the body is a form of transport and it responds predictably to certain stimuli.
The common assumptions about the body are exactly what I was questioning.
It is, I have to say, one of my favourite areas of study. I have found that the further down the rabbit hole of investigation I go the less clear it really is. At first glance the body seems obvious. What you see is what you get, its a very clever lump of matter that responds predictably to certain things.
But then you ask what its actually made of?
And then you ask, 'well if it's so predictable how does the placebo effect work?'
How is it that certain terminal illness can heal and miraculously disappear with no treatment other than a change of beliefs?

And why does it matter? This is very important because the more flexible we can be about the body, in fact the whole of our lives, the greater the possibility that change can happen. And when that involves recovering and repairing the physical body believing and knowing that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE brings energy, hope and enthusiasm to the process. We need these to transform.
How can we change anything if, deep down, we don't believe its possible? It all comes down to what we believe. And the more we look at the body the more we see it is intrinsically linked to what we really believe. And by believe I don't mean on the superficial level, I mean what we believe deep inside at our core, the very truths we take for granted. It becomes a very profound discussion the deeper you go.
The bottom line is don't take it for granted. Ask the question 'Is it true? Is it true that my body can't heal?' If there is the slightest doubt then it is possible.

These, and other questions, are what we, rather excitedly, talk about in this podcast.

Have a listen! http://www.runningconscious.com/media.php