How does your mind relate to your body?

I think the body is the shell that houses the soul. As such the body has unique importance and is a special thing to be cared for and nurtured. But in the end it is still just a body. With my mind however, I can make my body do things, like lifting my hands up to praise God, or bending into myself to cry, or reaching out to another to give comfort. I think the mind is seperate from the soul, and therefore has it's own worth. Without the soul however, our thoughts would not be tempered from those of basic instinct. I believe that the three parts make a whole. I think that together they have the ability to form a unique, wonderful individual.
i see this as I watch my son. Take for instance, his ability to run. There are four parts that give him such a great gift.
1. He eats well and prepares his body through practice, warm-ups, and other exercize.
2. He prays before each run that he will not fall, and that he will do well. He also recieves and encouraging word, usually from myself and his father, or from his coach or a teacher or friend.
3. He is able to pace himself. As a matter of fact it is a military trick he uses. He counts his pace. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
4. He is naturally fast. The way his body was made enables him to gather speed quickly and maintain speed and good breathing techniques.
This is my main point. Without one of these three parts, mind, body, spirit, Timothy would be unable to run the way he does. He uses mental and spiritual guidance to help him in the physical act of running.