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Author : Don Altman
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780062516367
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Art of the Inner Meal written by Don Altman and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Altman
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Art of the Inner Meal written by Donald Altman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Art of the Inner Meal, award-winning writer, psychotherapist and former Buddhist monk Donald Altman celebrates the sacred side of eating by exploring the role of food in different religious traditions from around the world. Hindu concepts of food enhance our awareness of the cycle of life, and help us to break our own unhealthy eating habits. The Buddhist approach liberates consciousness through eating in moderation, with compassion and loving-kindness. Jewish tradition focuses on making each meal holy and wholesome. For Christians, meals are a time to strengthen community and enhance communion. Islam's blend of peace and faith provides insight, knowledge, and experience about our inner personal meal.Eating with awareness brings us into the moment, helping us understand what it means to be alive and connecting us to the mystery and source of all living things. Directing attention to how we choose, prepare, and eat our food can offer satisfaction and gratify more than our physical need for sustenance.Art of the Inner Meal explores the joys of giving and receiving, the art of fasting, the reasons why the wisdom traditions recommend some foods while prohibiting others, and how awareness of what we consume can affect the environment. Many of the world's religions value the simple act of eating as a powerful means of self-discovery and spiritual transcendence.By understanding the spiritual meaning of food for cultures around the world and creating new rituals and traditions for our own families, we can strengthen family bonds, encourage love, and deepen our connection to the community. "Whatever your religious affiliation, background, or tradition, you have a unique opportunity to create a personalized inner meal path," says Altman.REVIEWS: This delicious printed meal is a sacred banquet. Art of the Inner Meal will artfully satisfy our hunger for spiritual fulfillment.-Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha WithinAltman draws on a range of religious traditions in fashioning an alternative to today's hurried, harried consumption. A useful reminder. -Kirkus ReviewsA wonderful read for anyone who struggles with food issues. -Spirit MagazineIn this short, effective book, Altman (a former Theravada Buddhist monk who is a two-time Emmy Award-winning writer) discusses the Hindu, Buddhist and Catholic monastic approaches to fasting and eating in moderation, practices he believes can lead to a heightened spiritual awareness. He also describes the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Islamic customs for using ritual meals to enhance family and communal life. Jewish dietary restrictions, for example, elevate food and "all of life" from the realm of the ordinary to the sacred, while Sabbath dinners and Passover seders make meals "a tangible remembrance of things past." The Japanese Zen tea ceremony, Altman writes in the book's most interesting chapter, is a process that builds both spiritual awareness and community. Altman provides specific and practical advice for daily application of the general principles he explains; for example, he shows how a short, moderate fast can demonstrate that hunger is a learned, yet controllable, response. His monk's training is evident in his especially useful description of how habits influence response and limit one's ability to change and grow spiritually. Each chapter closes with a handy "Practice" suggestion for initiating home rituals or cultivating more mindfulness of food and hunger. This book will appeal to a wide audience of general spirituality readers as well as to those who seek more meaning in the rituals of preparing, sharing and eating food." -Publishers WeeklyHis compelling accounts make for fascinating reading.-The Oregonian
Author : Don Altman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963916136
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Art of the Inner Meal written by Don Altman and published by . This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ART OF THE INNER MEAL: FOODS FOR THOUGHT & SPIRITUAL AWAKENING is not a cookbook, but an inspirational recipe for elevating the ordinary meal into the realm of the sacred & spiritual. It provides a look at the role of food in wisdom traditions, plus offers fascinating exercises for developing personal food consciousness through ancient prayer rituals & practices.
Author : Don Altman
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780062516350
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Art of the Inner Meal written by Don Altman and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 1999-11-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the world's religions value the simple act of eating as a powerful means of self-discovery and spiritual transcendence. Eating with awareness brings us into the moment, helping us understand what it means to be alive and connecting us to the mystery and source of all living things. Directing attention to how we choose, prepare, and eat our food can offer satisfaction and gratify more than our physical need for sustenance. In Art of the Inner Meal, former Buddhist monk Donald Altman celebrates the sacred side of eating by exploring the role of food in different religious traditions from around the world. Hindu concepts of food enhance our awareness of the cycle of life, and help us to break our own unhealthy eating habits. The Buddhist approach liberates consciousness through eating in moderation, with compassion and loving-kindness. Jewish tradition focuses on making each meal holy and wholesome. For Christians, meals are a time to strengthen community and enhance communion. Islam's blend of peace and faith provides insight, knowledge, and experience about our inner personal meal. "Whatever your religious affiliation, background, or tradition, you have a unique opportunity to create a personalized inner meal path. You need only draw upon the diverse sources of wisdom and knowledge that strengthen the bond between food and spirituality," says Altman. A meditation on eating as a means to gaining awareness, Art of the Inner Meal explores the joys of giving and receiving, the art of fasting, the reasons why the wisdom traditions recommend some foods while prohibiting others, and how awareness of what we consume can affect the environment. By understanding the spiritual meaning of food for cultures around the world and creating new rituals and traditions for our own families, we can strengthen family bonds, encourage love, and deepen our connection to the community. Altman encourages us to improve our spiritual well-being by investing the everyday act of eating with the meaning and significance it deserves.
Author : Donald Altman
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1930722303
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Meal by Meal written by Donald Altman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through daily reflections, Altman enables people to make wise food choices and create balance in their lives. Although bad habits cannot be changed overnight, the Buddhist devotee shows how to find peace by focusing on food issues one meal at a time.
Author : Pavel G Somov
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 160882103X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Reinventing the Meal written by Pavel G Somov and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s nothing quite like a hot, soothing bowl of soup. It’s a leisurely meal—a purposeful one that offers pause for reflection between every savory spoonful. What if you approached every meal as if it were that delicious bowl of soup? In Reinventing the Meal, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your body, mind, and world with a three-course approach to mindful eating. Inside, you’ll find mindfulness exercises to help you slow down and enjoy your food, pattern-interruption meditations to infuse presence into your eating life, and unique stress management tips to prevent emotional overeating. In addition, you’ll discover a wealth of philosophical perspectives that will inspire you to focus on the quality of your eating experience, rather than on the quantity of what you eat. Designed to help you embrace the ritual of eating (and discover the power of mindful meditation in the process), this book will ultimately change the way you view your meals—as not only sustenance for the body, but for the soul as well.
Author : Pavel G. Somov
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458771997
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Eating the Moment written by Pavel G. Somov and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers 141 mindfulness activities to help you listen to your body, understand why you're eating, and control your cravings if you're eating out of habit or because of your emotions.
Author : Donald Altman
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577317505
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Meal by Meal written by Donald Altman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meal by Meal is a book of comfort, guidance, and insight for anyone with an unhealthy relationship with food. Its power is in its approach: each day is a self-contained journey of conscious eating to help people nurture new and sustainable attitudes and practices. Although bad habits cannot be changed overnight, the author — Buddhist devotee Donald Altman — shows how to find peace by focusing on food issues one meal at a time. He shares inspirational daily meditations, including quotes from Zen stories, Native American practices, Hindu scriptures, the Bible, and sages from all major wisdom traditions. He also explores food preparation, rituals, and social attitudes and examines questions like "How can we learn that eating is not a pleasure race, but an area to find grace?" and "How can we stop using food to fill ourselves up, and instead use it to fulfill ourselves?" Through daily reflections, Altman enables people to make wise food choices and create balance in their lives.
Author : Jan Chozen Bays
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 083482261X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Mindful Eating written by Jan Chozen Bays and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-02-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of mindfulness can transform our struggles with food—and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with eating. Drawing on recent research and integrating her experiences as a physician and meditation teacher, Dr. Jan Bays offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help with food issues. Mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one's full attention to the process of eating—to all the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Whether you are overweight, suffer from an eating disorder, or just want to get more out of life, this book offers a simple tool that can make a remarkable difference. In this book, you'll learn how to: • Tune in to your body's own wisdom about what, when, and how much to eat • Eat less while feeling fully satisfied • Identify your habits and patterns with food • Develop a more compassionate attitude toward your struggles with eating • Discover what you're really hungry for Mindful Eating also includes a 75-minute audio program containing guided exercises led by the author.
Author : V. Gayathri
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 164733540X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Diet & Meditation for Emotional Eating written by V. Gayathri and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern world is after quick solutions. When Keto and crash diets are the flavour of the season, this book proposes a sustainable and fulfilling method of lifestyle modification. Subtle changes in family meals and food choices that pamper the inner child with the things it loves, could bring in a world of difference. If mindfully blended, Inner Child Healing, Food and Nutrition Sciences, Meditation, and Spirituality could congenially help solve the puzzle called ‘You’. These are meant to work together for a well-rounded effect on our mental, physical and metaphysical health. Author Gayathri, who has spent years studying and practicing nutrition and dietetics, focuses her research on emotional eating disorders. She finds the reason for obesity is not just an unhealthy diet, but the energy around. This book makes a well-timed attempt at bringing together multiple solutions to evolve as a person. It is for everyone, from a celebrity to a common man. It decodes the most powerful revelations that have long been kept from us. The subjects covered in each chapter are handpicked from the various ancient sciences, the encrypted laws of nature and the author’s own life-long endurance and personal learning. This is a deeply heartfelt account of the author’s findings and insights discovered through the course of an eventful journey that brought her face-to-face with extra-sensory realities in the higher dimension that govern our universe, nature and our own bodies. Reading this book, one is assured of knowing oneself and awakening the light and master inside.
Author : Benjamin E. Zeller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023153731X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Religion, Food, and Eating in North America written by Benjamin E. Zeller and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way in which religious people eat reflects not only their understanding of food and religious practice but also their conception of society and their place within it. This anthology considers theological foodways, identity foodways, negotiated foodways, and activist foodways in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. Original essays explore the role of food and eating in defining theologies and belief structures, creating personal and collective identities, establishing and challenging boundaries and borders, and helping to negotiate issues of community, religion, race, and nationality. Contributors consider food practices and beliefs among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists, as well as members of new religious movements, Afro-Caribbean religions, interfaith families, and individuals who consider food itself a religion. They traverse a range of geographic regions, from the Southern Appalachian Mountains to North America's urban centers, and span historical periods from the colonial era to the present. These essays contain a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, emphasizing the embeddedness of food and eating practices within specific religions and the embeddedness of religion within society and culture. The volume makes an excellent resource for scholars hoping to add greater depth to their research and for instructors seeking a thematically rich, vivid, and relevant tool for the classroom.
Author : Carol J. Adams
Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 1930051255
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Inner Art of Vegetarianism Workbook written by Carol J. Adams and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who wish to enhance their own spirituality or vegetarianism, the Workbook provides a way to begin or continue the spiritual practices introduced in The Inner Art of Vegetarianism.
Author : Charles H. Lippy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313049610
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Faith in America written by Charles H. Lippy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 25 years, there has been much talk of the presumed decline in religious participation in America. In addition, from the 1960s on, surveys that mark the influence of religion in American life have shown a mixed response. Many suggest that religion is losing influence in the culture as a whole; others indicate that while organized religion may be experiencing challenges, spirituality is on the upswing. At the same time, however, there have been signs that religious life in the U.S. is extraordinarily healthy. But religion in America has changed, to be sure, in a number of ways. And it has changed us and our culture in return. This timely set looks at the major forces that are changing the shape of religion in American life. With an influx of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and other regions, the diversity of religion has grown to include Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and other faiths. Latin American and African American communities have experienced changes in the ways they practice their faith and in turn influence American culture in general. Women have entered the clergy in record numbers, and the push for allowing women and gays to enter the clergy in religions that limit or prohibit their roles is on the increase. In addition, gay couples are leading the same-sex marriage movement, and other social issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, end of life care, etc., are still being debated. Interest over how people actually live out their religion or spirituality has mushroomed in recent decades, thanks in part to the information revolution and popular culture. What folks do when they gather together to worship, and where they come together, has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet and the role of sports in American life. So much has changed, and faith in America has become more important than ever—as part of our culture, our way of life, and the way we relate to each other and the world around us. The essays found in these pages shed light on our understanding of these transformations and help us comprehend the enormous role of religion in our society and in our world.
Author : Susan Albers
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1608823326
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Eating Mindfully written by Susan Albers and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it be like to really savor your food? Instead of grabbing a quick snack on your way out the door or eating just to calm down at the end of a stressful day, isn’t it about time you let yourself truly appreciate a satisfying, nourishing meal? In our modern society, weight concerns, obesity rates, and obsession with appearance have changed the way we look at food—and not necessarily for the better. If you have ever snacked when you weren’t hungry, have used guilt as a guide for your eating habits, or have cut calories even when you felt hungry, you have experienced “mindless” eating firsthand. This mindless approach to food is dangerous, and can have serious health and emotional consequences. But if you’ve been mindlessly eating all your life, it can be difficult to make a change. When it comes down to it, you must take a whole new approach to eating—but where do you begin? Practicing mindful eating habits may be just the thing to make that important change. In fact, it might just be the answer you’ve been searching for all these years. The breakthrough approaches in Eating Mindfully, by Susan Albers, use mindfulness-based psychological practices to take charge of cravings so they can eat when they are hungry and stop when they feel full. Ten years after the release of the first edition, this book continues to help thousands of readers change the way they approach mealtime. So what’s changed? For starters, there is a new section that focuses on the “occasional mindless eater.” This second edition emphasizes that mindful eating isn’t only for those on a diet or for those who have severely problematic eating habits—it’s for everyone. In addition, this new edition features over 50 new tips for eating mindfully. Inside, you will learn how to be more aware of what you eat, get to know your fullness and hunger cues, and how to savor and appreciate every bite. You will also learn how mindlessness corrupts the way you eat, and how it can manifest in a number of different eating problems. No matter where you are in your journey toward mindful eating, this book will be an invaluable resource, and you will gain insight into how mindfulness can provide you with the skills needed to control the way you eat—leading to a healthier, happier life.
Author : PAVEL SOMOV, PH.D.
Publisher : PESI Publishing & Media
ISBN 13 : 1559570032
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Mindful Emotional Eating written by PAVEL SOMOV, PH.D. and published by PESI Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help your clients achieve exactly what they want when it comes to emotional eating … you can eat to copeyou can learn to use food on occasion to feel betteryou can feel in control (and have a treat)you don’t have to feel bad or guilty about emotional eatingyou don’t need to completely eliminate emotional eating to be healthy In his new book, Mindful Emotional Eating, psychologist Pavel Somov has given a “cultural permission” to eat emotionally -- with mindfulness-based tools to do so in moderation and without self-judgment and self-loathing. Somov proposes that emotional eating is a legitimate form of self-care and teaches clients and clinicians how to “leverage more coping per calorie.” Numerous original exercises and meditative techniques will guide a more conscious alliance with food during moments of emotional distress.
Author : Psyche Williams Forson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134726341
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Taking Food Public written by Psyche Williams Forson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of food studies has been growing rapidly over the last thirty years and has exploded since the turn of the millennium. Scholars from an array of disciplines have trained fresh theoretical and methodological approaches onto new dimensions of the human relationship to food. This anthology capitalizes on this particular cultural moment to bring to the fore recent scholarship that focuses on innovative ways people are recasting food in public spaces to challenge hegemonic practices and meanings. Organized into five interrelated sections on food production – consumption, performance, Diasporas, and activism – articles aim to provide new perspectives on the changing meanings and uses of food in the twenty-first century.
Author : David Grumett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135188319
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Theology on the Menu written by David Grumett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food - what we eat, how much we eat, how it is produced and prepared, and its cultural and ecological significance- is an increasingly significant topic not only for scholars but for all of us. Theology on the Menu is the first systematic and historical assessment of Christian attitudes to food and its role in shaping Christian identity. David Grumett and Rachel Muers unfold a fascinating history of feasting and fasting, food regulations and resistance to regulation, the symbolism attached to particular foods, the relationship between diet and doctrine, and how food has shaped inter-religious encounters. Everyone interested in Christian approaches to food and diet or seeking to understand how theology can engage fruitfully with everyday life will find this book a stimulus and an inspiration.
