Peaceful Weight Loss Through Yoga
I have struggled for years with being overweight, and I have some serious physical limitations from injuries. I found this book to be a compassionate and practical guide to making changes in a way I could manage. It is well written and intelligent, and surprisingly easy to internalize. Using yoga and meditation to develop a healthy relationship with my body has proven to be an important first step in losing weight and getting healthy. This is not a quick fix book - it is helping me make real and fundamental changes to how I live day to day. I highly recommend it!
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March 2012
Making Informed Choices
As we bring ourselves into the present over and over again through practice we begin to shift. Our mind becomes more used to present centered thinking. Everytime we feel our feet on the ground or consciously take a breath - our thoughts don’t change, but instead become more obvious. [more]
February 2012
Everything Is “Normal”
It’s common for us to feel like our disliked food behaviors are abnormal. How could we not? We look around and see everyone else eating “normally” while judging our own excesses and strange habits. [more]
January 2012
Bring On The Light!
I live in the northeast and I’m happy to report that the days are finally getting a little bit longer. That said, even this mild winter is a long one. Every night I find myself wanting to curl up on the couch and eat warm, bready things. It turns out that this is normal because of our wiring - probably to keep us alive all winter long back when we were living outside. So don’t blame yourself or your “lack of willpower” for wanting to eat and sleep more. We do however have to look at our rhythms if we are trying not to overeat every day.
January 2012
Inspiration
I am so inspired. People transform themselves in so many ways using the Peaceful Weight Loss process. I have seen so many people rid themselves of patterns that no longer serve them and become happier and healthier as a result.
A few examples of Peaceful Weight Loss success from this past year:
December 2011
Intention
The holidays are a minefield for us folks with food issues. It can feel like someone has loaded a machine gun with foods that we often don’t want to eat and we are the target. This coupled with the ordinary holiday stress and we’ve got a full-blown disaster on our hands.
[more]November 2011
The Yearly Thanksgiving Reminder
May I please have your attention!!!! Thanksgiving eating is not a barometer of your self worth!!!! May I please have your attention!!! What we choose to eat on this holiday in no way predicts the future size of our bodies!!!!! [more]
October 2011
Possibility
I have been so inspired lately by those that I have the privilege of working with. Over the last few months I have watched people move from intense suffering into a place of peace. I have seen people reduce their blood sugars, people move out of chronic pain, and others find a way to no longer binge and purge. I have also witnessed people physically transform as no-longer-needed pounds disappear. [more]
August 2011
Reality Check!
Our job is to ground ourselves in the present and make decisions using all of that which is available to us -- our intelligence, our wisdom, and our bodies. It is from this expanded place that we easefully find our way. [more]
July 2011
The Reset Button
I often think that in the process of dealing with my food issues, I installed a reset button in my mind. The truth is that it doesn't really matter what behaviors we've done in the past. The question is whether we can “press” the reset button and start again. [more]
May 2011
You Don’t Have To Be Someone Else
We eat with other people. We watch other people eat. We read about what other people eat. We talk to other people about food. We feed other people. And they feed us. That’s a lot of input on a subject that gives us a bit of trouble. [more]
My Story
At 30, I found myself with an autoimmune disease, overweight, and confused. At my peak I was 100 pounds heavier than I am now. I had gained the weight slowly over ten years or so... [more]