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Informationen zum Autor Eisenstein (State College, PA) graduated from Yale in Mathematics & Philosophy, was a leading Chinese-English translator and editor of several publications in Taiwan and currently teaches in two departments at Penn State. Klappentext The Yoga of Eating is a practical and inspiring manual that offers original insights on the physical and spiritual functions of sugar, fat, meat, and other foods; fasting, dieting, processing, willpower, and the deeper principles of self-nurture. This book appeals to a higher authority--your own body--and shows how to access and trust the wisdom your body has to offer. Zusammenfassung A practical manual that offers insights on the physical and spiritual functions of sugar! fat! meat! and other foods; fasting! dieting! processing! willpower! and the deeper principles of self-nurture. It shows how to access and trust the wisdom your body has to offer. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction2 The Fallacy of Willpower3 Body and Soul4 Birth and Nurturance5 Food and Personality6 The Karma of Food7 The Natural Breath8 The Central Practice9 Making It Practical10 Discovering the Right Diet11 Distinguishing Appetites from Cravings12 Loving the Body, Loving the Self13 Fasting14 Dieting and Self-Acceptance15 Fat and the Good16 Meat and the Life of the Flesh17 Sugar's Sweetness18 The Yoga of Drinking19 Supplements20 Processing21 The Yoga of Cooking22 Food is Only Food23 Health and the Quest for Wholeness24 Relaxing Into Change25 The Illness Seeks the Medicine26 The Ethics of Eating Meat: A Radical View27 Endnotes
