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What Is Nourishment?
An Excerpt from If the Buddha Came to Dinner
By Hale Sofia Schatz with Shira Shaiman
While transformational nourishment is a subtle, nonlinear process, it's helpful to break it down into its multiple parts so you can see how the physical, emotional and spiritual interconnect.
As you start to eat clean food, the body responds by eliminating what isn't necessary. Depending on the individual, many types of physical changes can manifest over time – from greater energy and clarity of mind to improved digestion, weight loss, disappearance of allergies and a strengthened immune system.
At the same time, a similar process has been triggered on the emotional and spiritual levels. Negative emotional and behavioral patterns may also reveal themselves as "toxic." Maybe your self-perceptions, relationships or how you've been living your life no longer support the person you are today or the person you genuinely wish to become. When the body and emotions are unbalanced, we can't hear the voice that is our spirit, the deeper conscious-ness that we know to be true. With the body and emotions in a balanced, receptive state, the spiritual part of ourselves is more accessible.
To make lasting changes, you need both awareness and action. Just as something is dying, something new is being born. To make room for your new self, you have to prune the old patterns. Letting go is risky business because the old patterns, the old shell, seem so secure. The choice is yours. You can exert a lot of energy trying to resist your growth, or you can respond to the messages from your spirit.
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