I am an aspie (155/200 and AQ=36), an INtp and a 5 on the enneagram.
I find that I have the most fun when I am playing hockey, and hockey is one of only two sports that I'm decent at. It is a big part of my social circle, as well, which is pretty important for an aspie, I suppose. I used to be mostly surrounded by geeky engineers like myself, but hockey has helped me to move past that to a much more diverse group of friends.
Trouble is, I'm getting too old to just play hockey. My knee and back are both pretty wonky, and I tend to feel much better if I go to Bikram Yoga twice/week. It's brutally difficult to start with, but it has changed my body over time in ways that I didn't know it could. I'm so much more flexible and I have much better body control, as well. It's nice to tie into the body. In difficult poses, I find that I have to remember to breath, and that helps me to become more at peace with this body of mine. I also have to check in with the wonky knee and back and take time to figure out what they need.
Part of the difficulty of getting started with the yoga was my social anxiety. I didn't know what to expect. I was afraid of looking like the out-of-shape person that I was. Ashamed of my body, really. Luckily, my wife dragged me into it, and I can see what a gift it was. I feel much more comfortable in knowing that everyone is doing their own thing in there, even if they are sweating buckets and scantily clad. They are much more concerned with themselves than with me, as they should be.
As a side note, Bikram Yoga is great for those who get all concerned about excessive sweating. Everyone sweats buckets. It's part of the process! I find that I have to consciously give myself permission to sweat in normal day to day living, but I can just let go of that when I'm in a Bikram studio (kept at 105 degrees).
Sweating may be an important part of our body's ability to detox. I'm not sure about that, but I just notice that I feel better when I let myself sweat things out.
On a health note, I often reflect on Byron Katie's point about health. When we focus on health, we tend to focus on the pain and what is "wrong" with our bodies. In fact, there is nothing "wrong" about our bodies. They are all doing exactly what they are meant to do and are pretty amazing contraptions, if you ask me. When I contemplate this, it helps me to remember that there isn't a whole lot to fear in this world. We're all going to die. So what's to fear? And yet I do it anyway, especially in social situations.
All of the Byron Katie stuff aside, I do have my share of health issues, most of which seem to be associated with the trauma of divorce and remarriage. My adrenal function was awful for a while there, my gut was irritable, I got headaches galore. But I slowly rebuilt from that with a very clean elimination diet and a lot of therapy, among other things. So it feels like I'm emerging a bit from my shell. The recent discovery of my aspiness wasn't too much of a shock, really, having known about my fiveness on the enneagram for a while. I appreciate this forum and all of you that post for helping me to put it all in perspective and helping me to know that I'm not alone. Daniel Gilbert, in his book, Stumbling On Happiness, helped me to see that we are all horrible predictors of what will make us happy (aspie and NT alike), but the one thing we can do is to ask people who went before us about their experiences. That does seem to help,. I appreciate all that you all have shared here. It helps to reduce my stress levels and that makes me happy.