One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit

One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit

by Don Gerrard
One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit

One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit

by Don Gerrard

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Overview

One Bowl proposes a simple but extraordinarily powerful idea: By adopting a single bowl as the vessel for your meals, you will become more aware of the food you eat, how you eat, and the effects (large and small) of particular foods on your body and your spiritual and physical well-being. Author Don Gerrard guides us through every process of adapting to the one-bowl philosophy of eating, including choosing a bowl, deciding what to fill it with, and being attentive to every stage of eating and digestion. Although not rooted in any single spiritual tradition, One Bowl is certain to resonate with everyone who can appreciate that the Buddha, for example, ate out of one bowl, in silence, whether eating by himself or in a group. The book is beautifully illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786729678
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 03/05/2009
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 196
File size: 682 KB

Table of Contents

Is this book for you?1
The concept18
Eating is an emotional experience19
Social eating25
Choices and inner harmony28
Keep a Food Awareness Journal32
Choose a bowl34
Eating is a process of possession41
Hold the bowl in your hand43
A practice run44
The next step45
Sitting down to eat47
Not everyone eats the same51
The wisdom of the bowl52
The roots of food possession54
Learning to hunt59
Eat in courses60
Eat alone65
Find a wonderful place68
A new food training period71
The de-socialization of food72
Feeling full77
Taking one bite77
Getting full79
The food symphony80
Declaring a meal82
Five principles84
Assimilation87
Eating off the clock87
Len and Lillian Pearson91
Eating from hunger, not from habit92
Take your time93
Learning the signals94
Exploring hunger95
Symbolic hunger97
Food that hums99
Learning to chew101
Learning to swallow102
Visualize one bite of food103
Proprioceptive signals108
Evaluating a food111
Branching out113
Food hunting117
Declare a happy hunting ground121
How to hunt in the food store121
About weight124
Available energy127
Nutrition128
Cravings129
The balanced diet131
Liquids133
Drinking134
Snacks135
Eating out139
Restaurant eating146
Guilt and weight-consciousness148
Carry food with you149
Food tyranny151
Food preparation153
Seasonings156
Tassajara cooking157
Further body development158
Teeth158
Elimination160
Going further162
Reaching the frontier166
Using your Food Awareness Journal167
Peace of mind167
Creating yourself171
Attaining congruency172
Visit the One Bowl Website173
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