Mr Mupangklang says he feels a spiritual connection to the animals he rescues.

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Getting to a place of a strong, almost spiritual connection is what mbalax is really about - even though it might sound quite foreign to many of us.

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To become more specific to our situation: our physical fitness facility, bookstore and coffee shop, exist to meet a primal spiritual need: human connection with our fellow believers in the midst of an increasingly impersonal urban space.

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