Ayurvedic Balancing: An Integration of Western Fitness with Eastern Wellness

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Llewellyn Worldwide, 2002 - Health & Fitness - 188 pages

Discover Ayurveda, the ancient holistic health system from India. Ayurveda is not just about treating sickness, but rather, emphasizes preventing disease and enhancing health, longevity, and vitality. It is a complete way of life, based on balance and harmony with nature.

Ayurvedic Balancing offers a simple, but not simplistic, approach to integrating these Eastern wellness principles into a Western fitness lifestyle. It's simple because it focuses on concepts, rather than complicated detail, and breaks the process into practical steps. It discusses the psychology behind fitness imbalances and provides effective ways to reduce mental/emotional and physical hunger and enjoy constructive, lasting change.

Fitness professional Joyce Bueker shows you how to:

·Determine which mind-body type predominates in your constitution
·Learn about the six tastes and their influence on lifestyle
·Learn Ayurvedic cooking with recipes that nourish and satisfy
·Identify and achieve healthful goals
·Reduce stress through meditation and guided imagery
·Use exercise to shift your body from fat-storing to fat-burning

 

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Contents

Introduction
Defining Balance
The Three MindBody Types
The Three States of Being 15
The Six Tastes and Their Influence
Examining Lifestyle Imbalances 33
Identifying Hunger 5 Overgrown Appetites 41
Dieting and Deprivation 49
Balancing Recipes
Creating a Foundation for WellBeing
Achieving Healthy Goals 111
Engaging the Imagination 119
Stress Reduction and Relaxation 125
Balanced Exercise 135
Using the Cornerstones of Balance
A Rhythm of SelfCare 165

Emotional Hunger 53
Whats Eating You? 59
Calming the Appetite
Satisfying Foods 65
Becoming Well Fed 73
Ayurvedic Cooking 81
Your Personal Definition of Balance 171
References 177
Bibliography and Resources 181
Index 185
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About the author (2002)

Joyce Bueker, M.A. (California) competed nationally as an amateur bodybuilder. Her eighteen years of experience in the fitness industry include personal training, Yoga instruction, and management. She has a Master's degree in Modern Social History from Lancaster, England, and teaches workshops on weight management and developing a healthy lifestyle.

Bibliographic information

TitleAyurvedic Balancing: An Integration of Western Fitness with Eastern Wellness
AuthorJoyce Bueker
Editionillustrated
PublisherLlewellyn Worldwide, 2002
ISBN0738701882, 9780738701882
Length188 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition
Health & Fitness / General
Health & Fitness / Holism
Health & Fitness / Yoga
Religion / Hinduism / General
  
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