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    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weightloss
    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weightloss
    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weightloss
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    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weightloss

    By Aaron Hoopes

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    Zen Anti-Diet is a method for creating a positive relationship with food and eating. It is a response to the needs of a population that is falling prey, at an alarming rate, to weight issues, disease, mental disorders and stress. At a time when the challenges of life seem overwhelming, becoming more conscious of the choices we make regarding food and eating is vital to our health and well-being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAaron Hoopes
    Release dateJun 21, 2010
    ISBN9780974324722
    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weightloss
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    Aaron Hoopes

    Aaron Hoopes has studied karate, kung fu, tai chi, qigong and yoga for over thirty-five years. A native of Vermont, he spent many years in Japan and Australia studying with a number of exceptional teachers. He is the founder of Zen Yoga and the author of numerous books including Zen Yoga: A Path to Enlightenment through Breathing, Movement and Meditation, Perfecting Ourselves: Coordinating Body, Mind and Spirit, Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life. and The Zen Anti-Diet. His best-selling Zen Yoga Daily Warm-Up DVD has helped thousands of people integrate breathing and gentle movement into their lives. He is a Zen Shiatsu massage therapist and a long-time student of permaculture and plant spirit medicine. He runs the Dragon Mountain Kung Fu School and teaches yoga and qigong classes at the Zen Mountain Healing Center in Vermont.

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      Zen Anti-Diet - Aaron Hoopes

      Zen Anti-Diet:

      Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss

      Copyright © 2010 Aaron Hoopes.

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ISBN: 978-0-9743247-2-2

      For questions, comments or for more information on The Zen Anti-Diet contact us:

      ZEN YOGA PRESS

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      Phone: 860-805-6551

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      Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss

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      Zen Anti-Diet

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Eating Zen

      Anti-Diet

      Simplicity

      Training Exercises

      Protect Thyself

      The Bottom Line

      The Other Half

      Stress and Weight Loss

      The Tao of Zen Anti-Diet

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      About the Author

      Introduction

      Zen Anti-Diet is a response to the needs of a population that is falling prey, at an alarming rate, to weight issues, disease, mental disorders and stress. Too many of us are constantly on the go, never seeming to have any free time to stop, take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. Most of us live a frantic, fast-paced lifestyle. We devote our precious energy to keeping life on track and navigating our career, while our family’s busy schedules keep us in a perpetual mode of doing more.

      We are faced with a very real danger of declining health. We live in a world that has supposedly reached the pinnacle of civilized society, yet our bodies ache and our minds feel like they are out of control. Simply managing day-to-day living can be overwhelming.

      It was not always like this.

      For thousands of years the human body was used in physically demanding ways. Hunting, gathering, and manual labor were all a major part of life in the past. But modern life has changed everything. We live in a predominantly sedentary society in which our basic needs are met with as little effort as possible. We are beholden to the flow of information, and mis-information, coming out of the television, radio, computer and cell phone. With advertisements being hurled at us from every angle and news channels and websites churning out conflicting information on every subject, it is no wonder we find ourselves distracted, confused, emotionally disturbed, physically unfit or, in some cases, in complete denial that there is anything amiss in our life at all. The food we eat is a major factor in this breakdown. If we are not paying attention to what we are eating the probability is that what we do put in will not be good for it. Food, in fact, is meant to be the sustenance we take in that allows us to be healthy and physically active. That sounds simple enough. But modern life has distorted this concept and turned the process of eating into something altogether different. The rise of the microwave, fast food chains, chemical preservatives and additives, as well as an increasingly fractured family unit have contributed to a diet that is not giving us what we need to live happily and healthy.

      The Zen Anti-Diet is a different way. It seeks to bring our focus back to the present moment and helps us pay attention to what we are putting into our bodies. The fact is that most of us simply do not eat properly. We consign our food intake process to our urges and desires. Our eating habits are often determined by how busy we are, instead of listening to the needs of the body.

      Through the concepts presented here, the changes that we are able to initiate can be life-changing. When we begin to pay attention to what we are eating a profound experience opens up. By taking time to fully experience eating, to enjoy it to the fullest; we can begin to understand its importance in relation to our well-being. This will allow us to bridge the gap between body and mind and bring ourselves into balance. The foremost result of this process is the experience of ultimate good health, well being and a stabilization of body weight.

      Nothing presented here is complicated or difficult. And though some of the practices may take a little willpower or persistence, the benefits are immeasurable. We stand at a significant point in history where connection of body, mind and spirit is essential for further evolution. The Zen Anti-Diet is a key component of this process. Don’t let this opportunity slip away.

      Wishing you peace,

      Aaron Hoopes - June 2010

      EATING ZEN

      This is not a diet book and I am not a

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