physical body
Your material self
Physical body refers to the tangible, material form of a living being—the flesh, bones, and organs that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses.
The phrase often appears in contexts distinguishing the corporeal from the spiritual, mental, or abstract: The meditation practice benefits both mind and physical body.
It emphasizes embodiment and physicality, sometimes redundantly since body alone usually implies this, but the modifier physical adds clarity when contrasting with concepts like astral body or body of work.
- flesh and bloodOne's close relatives
- muscleContractile body tissue
- muscle tissueContractile body material
- skinBody's outer layer
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
mass · face · cell · corporeality · mortal coil · nerve · bone · back · blood · physique · tissue · soma · torso · skeleton · organ · nervous system · eye · vital organs
- corporeal formflesh, human form, mortal coil
- koshas
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- dualismDescartes, interactionism, ghost in the machine, property dualism, mind
physical bodysoul
Innermost animating essence
spirit · immortal soul · astral body · phantom · specter
physical bodymind
Seat of consciousness
spirit · soul · consciousness · psyche · intellect
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