Hi lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Om Swami and his new book, “The Wellness Sense”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the end
of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back daily to interact with Om
Swami and to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping
by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
The Wellness Sense
by Om Swami
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GENRE: Health & Fitness
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BLURB:
Why do certain foods harm some people and
help others?
Why do the results of a weight loss programme vary from
individual to individual?
And why do some people fall sick more often than others?
The
science of Ayurveda holds answers to these questions and many more. Its
scriptures took a holistic approach to health by combining our lifestyle with
our natural tendencies (which vary from one person to another).
This
groundbreaking new work from Om Swami combines the yogic view of food as
sattvic, rajasic and tamasic with the Ayurvedic perspective, and further
relates it to the modern view of food as acidic and alkaline. This is also the
first time Ayurvedic prakriti (vata, pitta and kapha) has been discussed in the
context of yogic prakriti (sattvic, rajasic and tamasic) in a truly cohesive
fashion.
The
Wellness Sense is a simple, step-by-step handbook on how to take better care of
yourself. Accessibly written, deeply researched and distilled from Om Swami’s
own livid experience, The Wellness Sense puts your health and happiness in your
hands.
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EXCERPT ONE:
My
body needed rest but I could afford anything except time off. My projects,
teams and clients needed me everyday in five different time zones and the
immense stress at work left me gasping for breath. Exercising at the gym,
playing badminton, eating organic food and taking supplements only helped a
little. The fact remained that whenever seasons changed I fell sick.
At
times I would look at those who remained mostly healthy regardless of the pressure
at work or challenges at home. Most of these healthy people even ate unhealthy,
yet they remained mostly fit. I seriously wondered what was the secret of their
health. There was none, really.
In
agreement with Ayurveda, I came to the conclusion that each one of us is truly
different and some of us are more prone to certain diseases than others. I
accepted the fact that asthma was my way of life. Fast forward a few years,
however, I renounced the material world and becoming a monk, went to the Himalayas.
I stayed in the woods and caves for nearly thirteen months, and while there, I
didn't even so much as contract common cold let alone any major ailments or
asthma. Surviving on one frugal meal a day and sometimes just on snow, when I
emerged out of my hut many months later after intense meditation, I felt fitter
and stronger than ever before. I meditated in open fields during spring and in
caves during winters, but there was no sign of allergy.
I
had never felt this before: being completely free of any physical ailment for
months at a stretch. This experience challenged my earlier conclusion. I
figured it's never too late to take control of our wellbeing and no matter what
our genetic disposition, we can attain near perfect health.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Om Swami is a
monk who lives in a remote place in the Himalayan foothills. He has a bachelor
degree in business and an MBA from Sydney, Australia. Swami served in executive
roles in large corporations around the world. He founded and led a profitable
software company with offices in San Francisco, New York, Toronto, London,
Sydney and India.
Om
Swami completely renounced his business interests to pursue a more spiritual
life. He is the bestselling author of Kundalini: An Untold Story, A Fistful of
Love and If Truth Be Told: A Monk’s Memoir.
His
blog omswami.com is read by millions all over the world.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Om Swami will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Om Swami ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
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ReplyDeleteHi Ally,
ReplyDeleteThe Book Tour is not hosted by Om Swami.
I read this wonderful book and wanted to share with everyone. What better way than planning a book tour.
Hope you like the book and benefitted just like me.
Thank You for hosting the Tour
Warmly
Garima
Note: Please remove the reference of Om Swami from the Tour page. He is not the one giving the give away.
Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
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