One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit
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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…. More >>
One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit
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I quit “dieting” about six weeks ago and got this book along with “Am I Hungry?”.
This is a wonderful little book with great ideas about eating when hungry and stopping when full and eating what I am hungry for.
Helps one focus on what we are eating and the sensations of our body. So few of us know when we are really hungry and when we are full.
I can see now that I was never tasting my food and enjoying it.
Would recommend this book and of course getting your Buddah Bowl is a fun and essential part of the whole experience.
One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit is interesting and inspirational. In reality, it is very difficult to follow.
Start with one meal per day: No mindless, emotional, frantic shoveling of food into your face. Eat what calls to you, eat with attention, and you will be satisfied. Take the time to appreciate what you put into your body: the flavors, textures, and nourishment. I searched for my “one bowl” [...]
Excellent method with philosophical and spiritual overtones to assist you to gain perspective and “control” of your eating and your entire point of view about food and meal times.
Well done.
This was an interesting book. The premise is that by eating all meals in a mindful manner, while holding the bowl in your hand and eating alone, you will transform not only your food intake, but other areas of your life. I think that there are many lessons that can be taken from this book, especially for those attempting to eat more intuitively and live life with more consciousness. I don’t see being able to adopt the one-bowl method as a lifestyle unless you live alone or have a family who does not mind doing the same. Many of the books that the author recommends for further reading have been out of print (he acknowledges this in the book) since the 70s. This whole book just kept reminding me of something that might have come out of the Esalen Institute in the 60s.
So, will this totally work for the majority of people living in modern society in the new millenium? Probably not. Can you get some good ideas and find exercises that might help you on your journey to more mindful living? Yes, I think so. It’s definitely worth reading.