For a while I was obsessed with fermented food. It's good for you, so I made and ate everything like I was possessed — miso, natto, nukazuke, fermented this, fermented that. And what happened? I started farting nonstop and my gut got bloated. I don't know if "over-fermentation" is even a real word, but my gut was clearly telling me, "You're taking in too much." Even good stuff, overdone, is just excess. That was the first thing my body taught me. So I rethought how I ate. Kep

In the "To Begin With" for the mind, I wrote about becoming it fully, feeling it fully, and acting. But these three aren't just about the mind. Setting your way of being, feeling emotions fully, moving on trust in your intuition—all of it rests on the body as its foundation. If the body is clogged up, the head fills with noise, and none of it is possible. We have bodies. Since we've got one, it'd be a waste not to experience it properly. I want to feel things through the body