The Yoga of Food: Wellness from the Inside Out

The Yoga of Food Wellness from the Inside Out by Melissa Grabau

264 Pages

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd

Release Date: June 8, 2014

Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help, Yoga, Eating Disorder Self-Help, Food & Wine

This book relates to the principles of yoga more than the actual practice.  The author recommends journaling throughout the process. The book is divided into three parts and each part into two chapters.

Part 1: Your current understanding – the foundation of yoga, food, and you

Chapter 1: Obstacles to “Clear Seeing” (The Kleshas)

Chapter 2: Your repeated actions (Samskaras)

Part 2: A new perspective on your body – Introducing the Kosas

Chapter 3: Your physical body (Anamaya Kosa)

Chapter 4: Your energetic body (Pranamaya Kosa)

Part 3: The workings of your mind – Let’s dig in

Chapter 5: Too clever for your own good (Manomaya Kosa)

Chapter 6: Getting closer to your wisdom body (Viynanamaya Kosa)

I like the author’s reference to not eating anything that our grandmothers wouldn’t recognize as food. I am of the same mind. I have been dealing with digestive issues and always looking for new ideas on food and nutrition. This book provides tips on changing your diet and the way you think about food. I like the fact that loving kindness was included.

In the past several years, I have learned about the Kosas while doing yoga and yoga nidra. She asks questions about the readers relationship with movement and with sleep. The author gives information on meditation and how to develop a practice. There are also examples of different people’s experiences throughout the book. If you like yoga and nutrition, you may enjoy this book.