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"I love 'EnLIGHTened' Anyone who has struggled with weight will relate to Jessica's story and her message. This book is brave and honest, inspiring and heartwarming." --Allison Fishman, author of The Skinny Home Kitchen and host of the television show Cook Yourself Thin
"From the moment I saw the plus sign on my home pregnancy test, my yoga practice---not to mention the tone in my thighs--began to deteriorate. Reading enLIGHTened with my one year old asleep on my chest, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Jessica Berger Gross is movingly honest about her own struggles maintaining her practice through cross country moves, career changes, fluctuating weight, and yes, motherhood. The key to her long-term success? Thinking about yoga as a whole life practice, not just a few poses here and there on a sticky mat. This beautifully written, intimate, and upbeat book inspired me, and will inspire others, too." ---- Kristen Rentz Lewis, author of "YogaNap: Restorative Poses for Deep Relaxation"
"If your body is a temple, would you really want to leave Doritos at the altar?" Good question--and this book is full of them, along with recipes, philosophy, yoga poses, compassion, pineapple-cutting lessons, and practical tips about diet and health. Even if all you can handle is 'corpse pose,' you'll be glad for Jessica Berger Gross's inspirational company on your road to inner beauty." ----Catherine Newman, author of "Waiting for Birdy"
"From the moment I saw the plus sign on my home pregnancy test, my yoga practice---not to mention the tone in my thighs--began to deteriorate. Reading enLIGHTened with my one year old asleep on my chest, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Jessica Berger Gross is movingly honest about her own struggles maintaining her practice through cross country moves, career changes, fluctuating weight, and yes, motherhood. The key to her long-term success? Thinking about yoga as a whole life practice, not just a few poses here and there on a sticky mat. This beautifully written, intimate, and upbeat book inspired me, and will inspire others, too." ---- Kristen Rentz Lewis, author of "YogaNap: Restorative Poses for Deep Relaxation"
"If your body is a temple, would you really want to leave Doritos at the altar?" Good question--and this book is full of them, along with recipes, philosophy, yoga poses, compassion, pineapple-cutting lessons, and practical tips about diet and health. Even if all you can handle is 'corpse pose,' you'll be glad for Jessica Berger Gross's inspirational company on your road to inner beauty." ----Catherine Newman, author of "Waiting for Birdy"
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An absorbing, entertaining diet memoir with humor, empathy, and yoga.
Meet your new best yoga-and-healthy-eating friend in this smart, accessible, and funny memoir of dieting and discovery.
For years, Jessica struggled with fluctuating weight and bouts of unhappiness. Like many of us, she found comfort in food and craved cigarettes and self-confidence. Then one day Jessica took her first yoga class in Katmandu. She lost 40 pounds and changed her life forever.
In enLIGHTened, Jessica shares the core principles of yoga philosophy—not the poses and postures, but the ancient system of ideas that lies behind them, drawn from a 2000-year-old text called the Yoga Sutras. The inspiration for this memoir-driven diet and health book is studied by devout yoga students and teachers, and offers answers to eating smartly, living right, and losing weight.
Jessica goes beyond yoga's merge into mainstream—beyond trendy diets, unsustainable exercise routines, and the quest for the perfect figure. Using spiritual philosophy, and personal stories everyone can relate to, she sets the reader on a journey to self-acceptance, personal peace, and long-term health.
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