Weight Loss Success Stories

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January 11, 2008

Losing Weight With the Help of Meditation

Many of us are trying very hard to change ourselves and our habits at this time in the New Year. But changing habits with sheer willpower is the hardest thing and we are often beating ourselves up about it when we fail. I found the first couple of sentences from this Zen newsletter very interesting in this regard. It's a different approach entirely;

Zen practice begins with affirming the relationship of the moment rather than trying to improve or change ourselves. Instead of trying to change the self that is relating, the effort is in more fully immersing oneself in relationship.

Read more from this Zen Buddhist newsletter here.

The art print above is by Elvira Amrhein

2 comments:

Yin Teing said...

Yes, I do agree that meditation helps. In the quiet moments, we can't help to be amazed with the thoughts and possibly food cravings racing through our minds. Sometimes, we can realise in our meditation what had triggered us to want to eat in the first place.
Thanks for constantly posting so much of tips. I love visiting your site.

isadora said...

thanks so much for your kind words,
cheers, isadora