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Book Review: The Body Nirvana by Garima Gupta

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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