A New BMI - Peggy Norwood Stella

A New BMI promotes health as the relationship between body and mind, not height and weight. An innovative and intuitive approach to creating health, A New BMI's purpose is to educate, enlighten and inspire change from the current attitudes and behaviors regarding body weight and to move towards a greater understanding of how the mind influences the body. Body Mind Intelligence begins with awareness cultivated through appreciation and care for the physical self. Body Mind Intelligence requires the maintenance of a positive attitude and the ability to pay attention to the needs of the body through a mindful approach to physical activity. The book - A New BMI - explains why Body Mass Index fails so miserably. It explores how physical activity has such a positive impact on health and why inactivity is often ignored as a primary contributing factor to disease. Based upon the author's extensive career in the diet and exercise industry, her disillusionment with the status quo for the treatment of obesity left her no choice but to create a new approach to enhanced health and well-being. From her observations of clients who so desperately struggled with weight and body image, she discusses the impact of focusing upon the scale and disconnecting from the body. The book offers an enjoyable and refreshing method of combining the practice of mindfulness with physical activity. A New BMI is evolutionary in its approach and revolutionary in its impact.