Health And Consciousness Through Fasting And Cleansing Offers Numerous Techniques To Assist In Preventing Disease And Maintaining Vital Health And Longevity. These Techniques Also Promote Emotional And Mental Balance As Well As Spiritual Well-Being And Contentment. Through Regular Fasting And Cleansing, We Can Live A Balanced Life In Harmony With Nature And The Universe. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.
In this revised and expanded edition of Toxic Relief, Dr. Don Colbert provides an easy-to-understand and comprehensive explanation of the toxic battle you're in and a proven program to cleanse your body in just thirty days.
Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind • Explains how eliminating external stimulation can alleviate stress and anxiety for a calmer state of mind • Details meditation practices, such as open-awareness meditation, contemplation of Zen koans, and Vipassana meditation, and explores methods of digital detox • Draws on classical yoga, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism as well as cognitive science to explain how and why to fast the mind Stop planning, stop comparing, stop competing, stop thinking, and just breathe deeply for a minute . . . Our undivided attention is something we are rarely able to give for reasons ranging from digital overload to the cultural conditioning of equating busyness with purpose. Just as you might choose a fast from eating to detoxify the body, the best way to overcome this modern mental overload is to periodically fast the mind. Drawing on the spiritual philosophies and meditative practices of classical yoga, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, Jason Gregory explains how fasting the mind directly impacts your habits and way of being in the world to create peace and calmness in your life as well as allow you to build a firm psychological defense against the increasing bombardment of distractions in our world. Applying psychology and cognitive science to samsara--the cycle of suffering created by our attachment to the impermanent--he explains how overreliance on the rational mind causes imbalances in the autonomic nervous system and suppresses our natural spontaneity, feelings, and intuition. When we are unable to relax the mind deeply, we enter a destabilizing state of stress and anxiety and are unable to liberate the true Self from the impermanence and limitations of the material world. Sharing Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to help you empty your mind and gradually restore your natural rhythms, the author shows how to give the mind time to truly relax from stimulation so it can repair itself and come back into equilibrium. He details simple meditation practices that are easy to implement in daily life, such as open-awareness meditation and contemplation of Zen koans, as well as the advanced techniques of Vipassana, a Theravadic Buddhist discipline centered on seclusion from all worldly stimuli. He also offers methods for digital detox and ensuring a good night’s sleep, a major support for healing cognitive impairment and restoring a state of equanimity. By fasting the mind we strip away the distractions and stresses of modern life and return to our original nature as it exists deep within. We become more consciously awake in every moment, allowing us to feel the real beauty of the world and, in turn, to live life more fully, authentically, and peacefully.
Water Fasting - A Natural Proven Way to Lose Weight and Revitalize Your HealthDo you want to lose weight while increasing and enhancing your health?Water fasting or fasting in general has been around for thousands of years.Fasting is not about starving oneself. When done right, it's an incredibly effective therapeutic approach that produces amazing results regardless of diet plan.Imagine a few weeks from now...burning off more fat than you ever have, and easier than you ever have. Imagine having more energy and looking better than ever before-without going through all of the strain and stress of a typical diet or caloric restriction program.In this book on the basics of water fasting and implementing it into your life, you will learn: The basics of water fasting What is water fast? How to implement a water fast into your life The different lengths of a water fast and how to use them effectively The history of water fasting What autophagy is and why it is such an important benefit of going on a water fast How a water fast can assist with weight loss, not only while you are on the fast, but afterward How a water fast can help reverse and stop the effects of aging on the body How a water fast is going to help you heal your own body and a list of some of the other great benefits that you can receive when you go on this kind of fast How to get started on this kind of fast to get the best results By doing water fasting, you can achieve the healthiest body you've ever had, without having to experiment with any sketchy pills, systems or powders.
You can’t afford not to fast—considering we live in a toxic world. Dr. Don Colbert, author of the bestsellers Toxic Relief and the Bible Cure series, provides a twenty-eight-day protocol for detoxifying the body of harmful toxins that is designed to restore you to health—body, mind, and spirit.
Tired of struggling to lose weight only to regain it all back? The solution isn't trying harder - it's balancing your body and mind holistically. Grounded in thousands of years of practice, Ayurveda provides natural, personalized protocols to help you achieve your healthiest weight in body, mind, and spirit. Unlike fad diets, Ayurveda identifies the root causes behind your imbalance and empowers you to heal them. This practical guide lays out Ayurveda's time-tested wisdom to gently transform your whole being and free yourself from constant weight worries. Learn your unique Ayurvedic body type and customized diet to rekindle your inner fire and metabolism. Discover cleansing techniques, stress-relieving yoga poses, restful sleep routines, medicinal herbs, mindfulness practices, and more tools tailored to your specific needs. Regain energy, improve digestion, balance hormones, and realize lasting weight balance. Identifying your personal Vata, Pitta and Kapha makeup Crafting a personalized Ayurvedic diet and meal plan Using medicinal herbs and spices to stimulate fat burning Safely cleansing toxins through Panchakarma protocols Establishing daily self-care rituals for mind-body harmony Managing stress and emotional eating skillfully Achieving sound sleep to optimize metabolic hormones Balance Your Body, Free Your Weight provides a complete holistic roadmap to help you transcend dieting frustration and embrace your body's highest potential - naturally and joyfully.
Fasting Expands Consciousness is the first book that explores the psychological aspects of fasting. Bilka Baloh describes how to heal your body and spirit on all levels, from the subconscious to the superconscious, where the roles of fasting, meditation, and yoga are imminent and essential. She takes the reader through the history of cleansing the body, mind, and spirit, from Ayurveda to the first Essene philosophers, with a clear explanation of her knowledge, supported by the latest scientific research. This book reminds us that the mind plays a primary role in how our body gets sick. If we accumulate toxicity in the form of emotional wounds, sadness, frustrations, disappointments, or false beliefs, our mental and emotional lives are in danger. And this has a significant impact on our physical well-being and the toxicity of our bodies. Therapeutic fasting takes place on all three levels, physical, emotional-mental, and spiritual. Therapeutic fasting is a pre-prepared plan to get rid of toxins healthily, with as little stress and pain as possible. Fasting is a spiritual journey and a journey to oneself. Saints, sages, scientists, and philosophers have already talked about fasting. It is also increasingly popular among doctors. It is considered the best medicine that strengthens the immune system, improves physical and mental stability, and consequently helps us become stronger in health. Cleansing the body is the basis for mental health stability and is the first pillar for building the desired life without disease and pain. Fasting enhances vitality and spiritual progress and eliminates old, unhelpful, and harmful thought patterns.
The goal of this book is to begin to present the fundamental body of knowledge which informs current approaches in complimentary and alternative medicine and to explore the role of the new professions of integrative holistic health practitioner, consultant and administrator. This book is designed to compliment, enhance, deepen and broaden the reader's existing expertise through an integrative approach which will improve his/her ability to consult, design programs and work in a variety of settings with various populations including those with medical and psychological conditions as well as those who wish to support their health and well-being. The book provides the necessary conceptual foundational frameworks for exploring how practitioners in a field of alternative medicine/holistic health know what they know in support of their work. These core ways of knowing gives them a foundation for evaluating their work, new advances in the field and affords them interrelated frames of knowledge for their continued research, expansion and integrative work in the field. Trained holistic health practitioners who may have applied one or more of these paradigms may now be able to expand their foundational and conceptual base thereby broadening their theory and techniques that are appropriate to their professional arenas. Section I is designed to explore general ways of knowing and meaning making in holistic health. Section II is designed to offer the reader/practitioner methodology regarding the creation and implementation of holistic health centers, programs and integrated consultation practices. Finally, Section III offers examples of integrative holistic health clinicians who combine and synthesize a variety of holistic health approaches and paradigms into their practices as practitioners, healers, therapists and consultants.
The twenty-first century edition of this groundbreaking work presents authoritative health and nutrition information available in an easy-to-use format and a friendly, engaging tone. “An excellent guide for those wishing to make smarter dietary choices.”—Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging Decades of practical experience and scientific research from Dr. Elson Haas and Dr. Buck Levin are compiled into one encyclopedic volume that features newly expanded chapters on special supplements, lifestage programs, and breakthrough medical treatment protocols for fatigue, viruses, weight management, and mental and mood disorders such as anxiety, ADHD, and depression. Part One gives a detailed analysis of the building blocks of nutrition: water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Part Two evaluates food and diets, discussing every food group and most diets around the world. A special chapter on the environment and nutrition raises awareness and offers guidance about food additives, industrial chemicals, food irradiation, electro-pollution, and other health and ecological issues. Part Three brings all of this nutritional information together, showing readers how to make wise and commonsense choices while building a healthy diet. A personalized eating plan for the year, the Ideal Diet is both seasonally and naturally based, and a healthy lifelong diet. Part Four contains specific nutritional and life-style therapies for enhancing all stages of life and suggests treatments for common conditions and diseases such as aging, menopause, bone loss, weight loss, and cancer by focusing on nutritional applications: thirty-two special diet and supplemental programs. Anyone interested in enhancing wellness, eating right, treating illness naturally, and living in harmony with nature will find Staying Healthy with Nutrition to be the ultimate handbook for optimal health and vitality.
