Lots of resonance in this reflection by Paul J. Pastor, but particularly this:
The soul…is best defended by what most enlivens it. These activities are those physical joys with spiritual roots: devouring wild berries, hot from the sun perhaps, or wrestling with one’s brothers,…or properly tuning a fine guitar, or walking a pilgrimage, or smelling old books, or hearing a good joke, or being in warm rain without a jacket….
Physical joys with spiritual roots is the phrase I needed.