MACROBIOTICS FOR LIFE
by SIMON G. BROWN
North Atlantic Books
Berkeley, California
A Practical Guide to Healing for Body, Mind, and Heart
Macrobiotics for Life presents a complete, holistic approach to health that can be applied to the body, mind, and soul. Combining the concept of a healthy, natural foods lifestyle with a philosophy of self-love, macrobiotic expert Simon Brown explains how food, exercise, and bodywork can create greater physical health. He takes readers through simple steps that show how to bring macrobiotic practice into everyday life by suggesting ways to heal the mind (letting go of assumptions and judgments), heal the heart (listening to one's emotions), and heal the body (caring for one's skin, energizing one's organs, and creating a healthy digestive system).
The book also offers extensive information about macrobiotic foods-tips for eating out, saving time in the kitchen, dealing with food cravings-and a variety of menu plans to help readers get started. A range of recipes- snacks, entrees, desserts-provides essential resources for enjoying macrobiotics and striking color photographs illustrate meals that are both nutritious and delicious.
"This comprehensive guide to natural living is perfection. Simon Brown gives readers a great place to begin their transformation, with understanding and clear, gentle examination of the theories that are the foundation of macrobiotics. He has left the dogma behind and placed his focus on the beautiful wisdom that makes macrobiotics one of the most powerful life journeys you can imagine. This book is for anyone and everyone with an interest in creating their best life."
- CHRISTINA PIRELLO, Emmy Award-winning host of Christina Cooks, best-selling cookbook author, and macrobiotic teacher
"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown speaks with a gentle, personable voice and offers readers practical wellness strategies that inspire and educate. He also includes delicious, easy-to-follow recipes by Dragana Brown and takes a much-needed body, mind, and spirit approach."
- VERNE VARONA, author of Macrobiotics for Dummies
Wow! What a fantastic book. It's inspiring, thought provoking, and practical. Simon Brown takes macrobiotic living to a new realm."
- MELANIE WAXMAN, macrobiotic teacher and author of:
Eat Me Now!: Healthy Macrobiotic Cooking for Students and Busy People
Further praise for Macrobiotics for Life
"In Macrobiotics for Life Simon Brown presents macrobiotics from his own perspective as well as the different viewpoints of the major world teachers and what the practice means to them. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about macrobiotics and anyone who has been practicing it for many years. Macrobiotics for Life conveys an open and embracing attitude toward macrobiotics and life in general. Brown is a prolific writer who has once again done an excellent job."
-FRANCISCO VARATOJO, macrobiotic teacher, author, and consultant, and director of the Macrobiotic Institute of Portugal
"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown provides a non-dogmatic, holistic view of healing. From beginning to end, his conversational style allows readers to view him as a fellow traveler down life's road- a trusted friend providing gentle guidance. The sections on emotional healing provide a significant addition to macrobiotic literature and fill a long-standing void. The depth of understanding and the numerous analogies, examples, practical exercises, and useful summaries at the end of each chapter make this book a must-have for anyone interested in health and well-being."
-CARL FERRE, president of the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation
and author of Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics
"At last-a book that in a very clear and direct, simple and sincere way leads you into the depths of the macrobiotic way of life. This is 'the best of' the most precious insights and experience gained from a lifetime of macrobiotic philosophy and practice. Simon Brown has shown us the wholeness of a macrobiotic approach to life, the indisputable bond that exists between emotions, attitude, eating habits, breathing, exercising, and healing on all levels of our lives. He fills the void in literature on macrobiotics and provides an excellent compass for anyone who wants to take a healthier and happier road to a great life."
-JADRANKA BOBAN, macrobiotic teacher and award-winning cookbook
"Simon Brown brings macrobiotics into the twenty-first century. By emphasizing the mental, emotional, and spiritual areas of our life, he shows how these intersect for each of us, especially in our way of eating. By inviting you to reflect on these issues, he helps lead you to a profound level of self-discovery. He gently educates you on the key concepts of macrobiotic principles so that you will find them easy to embrace. There is no dogma of good versus bad; instead, Simon provides the tools to understand balance through your experience. This book excels by opening the door wide for lifestyle changes that will influence you, your family-especially children-and your relationships in new, exciting, and healthy ways.
-MICHAEL ROSSOFF, LAc, macrobiotic teacher, counselor, and founder of Macrobiotics Today
"Simon Brown has created a broad and highly accessible platform by eliminating much of the conceptual dogma and rigidity that has plagued macrobiotics for so many years. He has opened a new front by examining the role that our emotional life plays in terms of overall health. To his credit, he is also unafraid to venture outside the artificial constraints of macrobiotics by citing other bodies of work that can complement one's practice. This book is equally useful for those wanting to launch their own macrobiotic practice and more seasoned practitioners."
-GREG JOHNSON, macrobiotic teacher and director of the Concord Institute, London
"Living a healthy life is quickly becoming a revolutionary act. Simon Brown's book brings practical insight and broad vision to the transformative study and practice of macrobiotics."
-BILL TARA, macrobiotic teacher and counselor
Best-selling author Simon Brown
has been practicing a macrobiotic lifestyle for nearly thirty years. In the early 1980s, he studied under leading macrobiotic experts Mishio and Aveline Kushi and Shizuko Yamamoto and, from 1986 to 1993, ran the Community Health Foundation in London, where he organized macrobiotic cooking classes, courses, and international seminars. This led to a successful career as a macrobiotic teacher and consultant.
Currently the chairperson of The Macrobiotic Association of Great Britain and the Feng Shui Society, the author also runs a thriving macrobiotic clinic that offers a range of courses and is part owner of a macrobiotic health food store and cafe. He is the author of Modern-Day Macrobiotics and has written several best-selling hooks on feng shui, face reading, and natural health. Inaddition, he is a highly regarded practitioner of shiatsu and a feng shui consultant who has advised thousands of individual clients as well as corporations like The Body Shop, British Airways, and various airports. Brown lives with his life partner, Dragana, and four sons in London, where he runs a popular international macrobiotic discussion group.
- Title: Macrobiotics for Life
- Author: Simon Brown
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN 978-1-55643-786- 1
- Publisher: North Atlantic Books
- Pages: 353
- Publication Date: Copyright© 2009 by Simon Brown
Health/Macrobiotics
