Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food

Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food

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Author: Jan Chozen Bays

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Here is an accessible and encouraging exploration of how and why to apply the Zen art of mindfulness to transform our 'issues' with food. Whether we are overweight or suffer from an eating disorder, learning to eat mindfully can liberate us from the suffering we experience with food. Practiced for centuries in the Zen tradition, mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one's full attention to the process of eating - becoming fully present to the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Preliminary research funded by the American National Institutes of Health indicates that mindfulness is effective in treating eating disorders.Dr. Bays, a physician and Zen teacher, offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help us create a healthier relationship with food. In "Mindful Eating" she shows us how to rediscover the simple act of eating, thereby gaining control of our eating problems from the inside out. Along the way, she reviews the relevant research, offers medical information, and presents numerous practical exercises drawn from her workshops. Through mindful eating, we not only overcome our issues with food, but we can reawaken our sense of pleasure and satisfaction. This book shows us how.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Jan Chozen Bays

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Here is an accessible and encouraging exploration of how and why to apply the Zen art of mindfulness to transform our 'issues' with food. Whether we are overweight or suffer from an eating disorder, learning to eat mindfully can liberate us from the suffering we experience with food. Practiced for centuries in the Zen tradition, mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one's full attention to the process of eating - becoming fully present to the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Preliminary research funded by the American National Institutes of Health indicates that mindfulness is effective in treating eating disorders.Dr. Bays, a physician and Zen teacher, offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help us create a healthier relationship with food. In "Mindful Eating" she shows us how to rediscover the simple act of eating, thereby gaining control of our eating problems from the inside out. Along the way, she reviews the relevant research, offers medical information, and presents numerous practical exercises drawn from her workshops. Through mindful eating, we not only overcome our issues with food, but we can reawaken our sense of pleasure and satisfaction. This book shows us how.