Book Recommendation:

Quantum Wellness by Kathy Freston, a New York Times bestseller, is a book that describes how to go about making a significant increase in the health of the mind, body, and spirit. It addresses what it means to be truly healthy in a holistic sense. The forward is by Dr. Mehmet Oz, and the book has been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, Marianne Williamson, and Ellen DeGeneres, giving it instant cult-like status.

I found it to be a wonderful book in that it touts the notions that “Quantum Wellness evolves from the day to day small and incremental changes or shifts that we make”, “We are all connected to source each of us made up vibrating energy". We, therefore, are all “interconnected to every other being”, Freston theorizes.

I found some of the prescriptions to be familiar and as Publisher’s Weekly describes, “Buddhist-lite”and the book also spends a lot of time talking about the benefits of vegetarianism. With regards to my own path to conscious living, I am not quite there, but I certainly agree with the health benefits of a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. I also find that I am leaning more and more in this direction in my own life. This book helped me become more conscious of the spiritual component of eating, and this alone was worth the read!

Although, nothing new, I enjoyed the book very much, and agree completely with the book’s attention to incremental change, as well as with Freston’s 8 pillars of wellness: Meditation, Visualization, Fun Activities, Conscious Eating, Exercise, Self-Work, Spiritual Practice, and Service. The book does a good job of explaining how each of these “pillars” contributes to conscious health and wellness!

(*Quantum: a sudden and significant change; an abrupt transition.)

To your health
~Chris

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