I don’t know if that phrase continues to be used in the sense of “I don’t want to hear any more stuff from you.”
That is actually great advice.
Yesterday I wrote about how sleep and fitness allow us to maintain mental focus while we are getting tired. The tradition in Yoga maintains it was developed to give spiritual seekers the strength and stamina to sit in meditation for longer periods of time.
One easy way for most of us is to get out of the chair and walk. (I realize that some people cannot walk. I have no advice in that case.) The 10,000 step “rule” was a made-up number. 5,000 works. 7,000 is good. Benefits seem to peak about 8,000 steps. I throw all those numbers out to perhaps get you over obsessing about a number.
Get some steps.
Take a break a few times a day getting out of the chair to walk around. Even if it’s just around the house or the office building. 500 steps here and another 500 there begin to add up.
Add a backpack with some weight. It’s called rucking. Maybe not going as far as fast, this added resistance adds strengthening to the walk.
My daughter and her husband have a discipline of going to a forest preserve or natural park to hike for a couple of hours every Saturday. Something a little more strenuous than a walk around the block.
Being out in nature is an added benefit with walking. I take in the sunrises and birds, the occasional otter or muskrat. Sometimes a coyote returning after a night’s foraging. Exercise for body, mind, soul.
Oh, go take a hike!
Faith Venture 
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