Your Body Is NOT a Machine: The Orthodox Answer to Biohacking & the New Age

Modern medicine often treats the body like a machine. New Age wellness treats the body like energy. Orthodoxy gives us something deeper than both.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John ask the question underneath the entire post-Pascha body arc: What is the body?They discuss the machine model of modern medicine, the New Age reaction to medical reductionism, biohacking, HRV trackers, chronic illness, Orthodox fasting, Father Stephen De Young’s body-soul anthropology, the Incarnation, Pascha, & why healing must be ordered toward communion with God.The body is not a machine to be hacked. It is not a god to be obeyed. It is not a prison to escape. It is the body of a person created by God, wounded by sin & death, & called to resurrection.Christ did not come to save a ghost trapped in biology. He came to heal the whole man.Chapters: 00:00 Coming Up 2:33 Orthodox Health Intro02:33 What Is the Body? Orthodoxy Beyond Biohacking11:15 Why Anthropology Matters for Healing14:39 The Machine Model of Modern Medicine21:40 When Natural Health Still Treats the Body Like a Machine27:09 The Dignity of the Body in Orthodox Christianity29:21 Orthodox Healing vs. Medical Reductionism31:06 The New Age Wellness Reaction33:11 Why New Age Healing Feels So Appealing35:26 Compassion vs. Naivety in Alternative Healing39:31 The Danger of “Listen to Your Body”42:42 How to Evaluate Healing Practices as an Orthodox Christian46:44 Relief Is Not Salvation50:36 Creation, Matter & the Goodness of the Body55:04 Body, Soul & the Embodied Mysteries57:46 The Incarnation, Resurrection & the Human Body01:02:58 Orthodox Fasting Is Not a Biohack01:05:50 Practical Orthodox Health Applications01:08:33 The Orthodox Health Vision: Healing the Whole Person01:10:16 Final Takeaway: Christ Heals the Whole Man01:13:28 OutroWork with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Mike⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Signed Copies of Orthodoxy & The Medicine of the Future: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrthodoxHealth.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Orthodoxy & the Medicine of the Future on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate to St. John the Theologian ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a One-Time or Recurring donationIntro & Outro Music: St. John of Chicago Orthodox Church Choir (Arkansas) - Please support their building fund by buying the whole album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orthodox Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Telegram⁠