Slow Beauty: Rituals and Recipes to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul
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Slow Beauty: Rituals and Recipes to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul
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Overview
Slow Beauty works because it's a lifestyle, not a quick fix. It provides inspiration, support, and tools for working from within toward looking and feeling healthier and more joyful than ever. In this book you'll find:
- Ideas on beauty with substance from around the world;
- Rituals such as finding and designing your own sanctuary, breathing exercises, meditation, and deepening relationships (and inner strength) through women's gatherings;
- Recipes for teas, soups, juices, smoothies, scrubs, body oils, and even how to create your own mantra;
- How to incorporate these practices into daily life in the best way for you.
Filled with inspirational images and a message that's sustainable for a lifetime, Slow Beauty will harness the power within every woman to physically, mentally, and spiritually nourish their bodies from the inside out.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780762462568 |
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| Publisher: | Running Press Book Publishers |
| Publication date: | 11/14/2017 |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.12(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.88(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
About Slow Beauty 7
The Four Pillars of Slow Beauty 8
You Write the Slow Beauty User's Manual: Practice Makes Process 13
Part 1 Philosophy 15
My Satori Moment 16
The Seeds of Slow Beauty 17
Flipping the Switch On 18
Beauty with Substance-It's an Inside Job 20
Slow = Sustainable 21
The Fountain of Youth Exists Within 23
Montagu's Twenty-Seven Basic Human Needs 25
You Are the Love Story 31
Self-Love and Narcissism Are Not the Same 35
The Sign of Compromise 37
Healthy, Healthier, Healthiest 38
Change Is the Only Stable State in Our Life (Or: When Chaos Is a Good Thing) 39
Joy, oh, Joy! 41
Part 2 Rituals 43
Punctuate Your Day with Rituals 44
The Rites of Slow Beauty: I Am Ready to Receive 45
Know Thyself 48
The Real Deal: Seeing Authentic Beauty 49
As Above, So Below: The Spiritualization of Beauty 51
What's My Story? 53
Finding Sanctuary and Designing Your Inner Life 55
The Big Share: We're Stronger Together 59
Daily Rituals 60
First Light 61
Morning Meditation 62
Morning/Movement 62
Morning Exfoliation 62
Morning Self-Massage 63
Solar Light 64
Afternoon Meditation 64
Afternoon Movement 65
Afternoon Mist 65
Third Light 66
Evening Meditation 66
Evening Movement 66
Evening Self-Massage 66
Evening Foot Wash and Massage 67
Evening Moil Care 68
Drink Your Water 68
Take Some Tea Time 69
Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly Rituals 71
Nature Bathing 71
Doctrine of Signatures 74
Women's Gathering: Play to Learn 75
Classes and Services 77
Poetics: Speak to Your Soul 78
Self-Symposium: Be a Great Mind 80
Bibliotherapy 82
Social Good 85
Emotion Blending 86
Broken Teacup Ritual 87
Your Personal Crest 89
Pole Playing 89
Growing Young 91
Part 3 Recipes 93
The Slow Beauty of Consciousness 95
Consciousness and the Central Nervous System 98
Seasons Come and Seasons Go 99
Taste: Intentional, Intuitive Eating 104
Seasonal Teas 106
Proper Digestion Winter Tea 108
Pure Poetry Spring Tea 109
Vibrant Mint Summer Tea 111
Classic Turmeric Fall Tea 112
All-Season Classic Matcha Tea Latte 115
Seasonal Soups 116
Back to My Roots Winter Soup 116
Go Green Spring Soup 117
The Birth of Cool Melon Summer Soup 119
Optimistic Squash Fall Soup 120
Stress-Busting All-Season Vegetable Broth 122
Seasonal Juices 123
Slow-Aging Bitters Winter Juice 123
Radiant Immunity Sour Spring Juice 125
Goodness in a Glass Summer Juice 126
Tastes like Apple Pie Fall Compote 126
All-Season Glorious Greens 129
Seasonal Smoothies and Bowls 130
Almond Butter Pomelo Winter Smoothie 130
Good Fortune Spring Smoothie 133
Pure Sunshine Summer Smoothie 134
From-A-to-Z Fall Smoothie 137
All-Season Endurance Smoothie 138
Muddled Waters 139
Garlic-Lemon Drop Winter Water 141
Rose Energy Spring Water 141
Aloe I Love You Summer Water 142
Turmeric Orange Fall Water 145
Hot Lemon All-Season Water 145
Feel: Remember Your Beautiful Body 146
Scrubs 149
Grapefruit, Ginger, and Grapeseed Oil Paste Winter Scrub 149
Lavender, Matcha, and Avocado Oil Spring Exfoliating Powder 150
Basil, Maca, and Sunflower Summer Exfoliating Powder 153
Pomegranate and Melissa Oil Dense Fall Scrub 154
Seasonal Body Oils 156
Grapefruit Avocado Winter Oil 157
Lemon Primrose Spring Oil 157
Sunflower Shea Summer Oil 158
Orange Sesame Fall Oil 158
Seasonal Mists 161
Grapefruit Chamomile Winter Mist 161
Jasmine Lemon Spring Mist 162
Basil Cucumber Summer Mist 162
Orange Ginger Fall Mist 163
Seasonal Soaks 164
Think and Meditate: Savor the Silence 166
Mantras 167
Create Your Own Mantra 167
Breathe: Connect Deeply with Life 170
Heat-Generating Winter Breath 171
Bhramari Spring Breath 171
Cooling Summer Breath 172
Tonglen Fall Breath 173
Move: Use Energy to Stir Your Soul 173
Winter Movements: Invigorate and Calm 174
Spring Movements: Expand 177
Summer Movements: Moderate 178
Fall Movements: Let Go 181
All-Seasonal Movements: Unwind 183
Part 4 Mapping 187
Unpack Your Tool Kit 189
Find Your Guides 189
Your Consort Ganesh: A Coloring Meditation 191
Animal Medicine 191
Abracadabra: I Create What I Speak 196
Create Your Own Soundtrack 200
Shapeshifting 202
Remember a Slower Time 203
You Are Here 204
Becoming a Cartographer 205
Getting Started 205
Resources 216
Index 217
Acknowledgments 224