The Body
Nirvana by Garima Gupta is a self-help book that delves into the subject of weight
loss, health, positive thinking, stress management and many more aspects that
can overall affect one’s health and life. The book comprises ten useful
chapters, each one linking to another meaningfully, and a slew of topics have
been covered expertly, like from the basic health concept to imagination to
feast and many more. Each chapter has been put forward in a systematic way,
discussing the fun facts, activities, real stories, and in the end notes &
tricks for revision.
The crux point
of the book is to break the jinx associated with weight loss. People do a plethora
of things to get rid of extra weight in order to look smart, fit, and
presentable. However, they do not know what the actual process is for losing
weight and gaining a happy state of mind with their body. Instead, they go on
rigorous dieting (which partially means ‘die’), abstain themselves from their
favourite food, unwillingly go to the gym and do lot of other things that their
mind and body do not accept intrinsically.
Also, people
keep on gathering stress and undergo trauma that they don’t realize is gnawing
their body from inside. Consequently, stress and trauma increase the weight of
the body. People have grown so ostentatious that they do not understand that
the mind and the body are intricately connected. The absolute solution to
weight loss as well as to see yourself happy is body nirvana, where you are in
a relationship with your body, self and food.
Coming to the
technical aspects that the author has put in, there are some wonderful terms
awaiting your discovery, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT),
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT), NEAT is an activity that can’t be
called exercise but helps to work off calories anyway. For instance, if you
enjoy cycling, then it is your NEAT, not an exercise.
With every
chapter, the writer has asserted famous quotes to maintain the decorum of
positivity throughout the book. Some of the favourite quotes are:
If an egg is broken by outside force, Life
ends. If broken by inside force, Life begins. Great things always begin from
inside.
– Jim Kwik
The first thing you lose on a diet is your
sense of humour.
– Anonymous
You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are
thinking about yesterday all the time.
– Charles Kettering
When walking, walk. When eating, eat.
– Zen Proverb
Best excerpt
from the book:
The weight
loss struggle is not a ‘tamasha’. It is a movement to regain self-confidence
and hope, besides reclaiming health. Your emotions and thoughts create
conditions for weight gain and jam the brakes on weight loss. This book will
tell you why even ‘proven’ dieting techniques do not work for you and me. You
will uproot old thought patterns and make new habits on this journey.
Also, how
positivity helps in burning the fat and increasing the metabolism. The book has
extensively covered many topics imperative for good health; once you read it
you will come to know that it indeed is a treasure. Written in simple language
and the concepts made simple like never before, health enthusiasts will not
only savour this book but also fall in love for its salubrious content.
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