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Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us

Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us

Hardcover

Comparative ReligionReligion General

Publisher Price: $30.00

ISBN10: 0593854977
ISBN13: 9780593854976
Publisher: Tarcher
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.29 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
Go deeper than superficial self-care with the religious secret sauce you didn't know you were missing

An emotionally and intellectually honest alternative for people who are seeking meaning beyond generic spirituality--Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, author of Real Self-Care

In the chaos of today's world, we're all searching for meaning. The wellness industry has sold us a promise that we can find it if we just buy the right products, attend the right retreats, and follow the right celebrity gurus. But is this true? Or are we picking and choosing from a self-care salad bar in ways that satisfy our hunger but don't truly nourish us?

When we approach practices like yoga and ayahuasca as fitness routines and life hacks, we miss out on the sacred wisdom they have to offer us. But by digging into the real and often ancient religious traditions behind these practices, from Buddhism to Christianity and beyond, we can make them more meaningful, ethical, and effective--without the often unpleasant baggage of joining an organized religion.

In this engaging and deeply personal book, award-winning scholar and writer Liz Bucar embarks on a quest to get to the heart of spiritual but not religious activities from detox diets to sound baths. As she tries out each practice for herself, she asks how we can get more out of it by tuning out the hype and taking the religious meaning behind it seriously--with emotionally profound and often surprising results. Whether it's as simple as setting an intention for a yoga asana or as complex as reevaluating what a higher power is, it's time to understand, experience, and simply get more out of our spiritual practices. It's time to dig deeper with Beyond Wellness.

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