The Body Revelation: Physical and Spiritual Practices to Metabolize Pain, Banish Shame, and Connect to God with Your Whole Self
National Bestseller as Seen on Good Morning America!
“. . . [Keeton’s] holistic approach to well-being and assertions that one’s body ‘can be any size you want it to be as long as you cultivate the heart God wants you to have’ resonate. Christians seeking to integrate their spiritual and physical practices will want to have a look.” —Publishers Weekly
Do you sometimes feel as though your body is a problem to solve? Discover how to make it part of the solution instead. It’s now known that the emotional and relational pain we’ve lived through has a profound negative physical effect on our bodies. Alisa Keeton, popular fitness professional, proposes that the reverse is also true: What we do with our bodies can have a dramatic positive effect on our emotions, relationships, and our connection with God. In The Body Revelation, she shows us how to use our bodies as a means of healing past pain and promoting physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Too often, people of faith are taught to ignore, avoid, or forget our bodies, but Alisa reminds us that God calls our bodies good and cares about our pain. Offering a variety of physical and spiritual practices as well as stories from her own journey, Alisa
- walks us through six steps for metabolizing personal pain;
- shows us how understanding the mind/body/soul connection can help us make healthier choices;
- teaches us how to achieve well-being and live for more than a number on a scale, and more!
Other features of this book include:
- adverse childhood experiences questionnaire for helping you process past pain
- movement calendar
- food journal template
You can enrich your life, celebrate your body, and find holistic wellness. Journey alongside Alisa, and discover scientifically based, biblically-sound mind-body tools to forever change how you process pain so that you can experience emotional freedom, physical renewal, and spiritual transformation.
Throw out the negative programming from culture about weight loss, body shaming, and career dieting. The Body Revelation brings the true transformation we need. I trust no one more than Alisa Keeton to bring this solid word and get us moving in the right direction.
Only Alisa could take the topic of pain and turn it into a triumphant message of motivation and movement—in every sense of the word. Inside these pages, you’ll be moved by both her love for the Lord and her insight into how God designed our bodies. This isn’t just a book to read; it’s a book to practice.
Ever wondered why you can’t “just do it” when it comes to a healthy lifestyle? Or why your hard-fought results don’t seem to last? Alisa Keeton knows exactly how you feel—and in The Body Revelation, she serves up proven solutions. With a motivating blend of scientific research, biblical wisdom, and true-life stories (plus super practical action steps at the end of each chapter), The Body Revelation is not just a good book to read. It actually has the power to be the best book you will ever do.
I’ve said for a long time that what happens in our souls, happens in our cells. We’re fearfully and wonderfully made by the God who loves us! If you’re ready to dig in, face your fears, and activate your faith, you’re ready for The Body Revelation. Renewal and restoration await those who read slowly and prayerfully and are willing to apply what they’ve learned. Alisa Keeton is far more than a fitness expert; she’s a healing and wholeness expert, biblically grounded and profoundly insightful. Having worked in the fitness industry for over a decade, I must say that she’s one of the most balanced and biblical leaders out there. I loved this book.
This book! Oh, the convergence of heart, soul, and body—in the form of a sage friend to hold our hand and speak into the things that lie underneath our skin and yet have so much power over our walk with God and the way we see the world. In this satisfying read, Alisa Keeton is our sage friend, gently inviting us into a new way of seeing God’s heart and our bodies, and how they intersect. I’m so grateful for this message that Alisa carries with such passion.
With so many bad messages about our good bodies floating around, I’m grateful for Alisa’s voice in the world. The Body Revelation is informative, practical, and a huge source of encouragement. You can almost audibly hear her cheering you on through every page.
As a psychotherapist, I am captivated by the mind-heart-body connection. As Alisa brilliantly articulates, it’s not simply diet and exercise that lead to health and healing. It’s understanding how your story has shaped your wounds and led you to protect yourself in understandable yet unhelpful ways. . The Body Revelation contains a wealth of wisdom, grounded in spiritual truth, that informs principles and practices that will not simply change your body but change your life. This is not a book to simply read. This is a book to practice—because it’s in the practice that we are changed. I am personally grateful for Alisa’s courage, vulnerability, and leadership. I know you will be too.
The Body Revelation looks like a book, but it feels like a workout—a really good workout. This book is not hard to read, but it will be hard to forget. Alisa blends and stirs together a rich combination of stories, insights, information, and application. This book is a good meal and a great workout. It will stir your desire, your appetite, and your hope for things that are deep, real, and good in your heart, your mind, and body. This kind of transformation is what people are seeking, searching for in therapy. We have seen, first hand, the trajectory of people’s lives changed. Alisa She writes like a good but dangerous friend. She extends a compelling and disruptive invitation to work out and work through our personal history, our real hurts, and our best hopes. It is a beautiful invitation.
Alisa Keeton is a gift to this generation and a much needed voice to the church. For too long in the west we have separated the heart and mind from the body, and it has caused us to miss out on the healing and deep intimacy the Lord has for us. This book is a game changer with deep insight and vulnerable stories. This is not a “feel good in your body” book but rather a liturgy of how we can grow deeper with Jesus by welcoming our bodies into the story. There’s something about moving our bodies while rehearsing the truth of God’s Word that transforms us. Alisa goes before us and walks with us as a teacher, preacher, and trainer in becoming formed more into the image of God.
No one in my life has encouraged me more in my journey with my body than Alisa. She has continually pointed me to the things that are true about my body and the One who created it. She has helped me see that God created me as a whole person—body, mind, spirit—and that all three need my attention. This book is one you will want to pass around to all your friends. Take in each chapter slowly and allow your thoughts to marinate in it. New patterns will develop. New kind words will be said to yourself by yourself! New mindsets will be created. I want this book to get into the hands of every woman who has ever—or will ever—think her body is bad.
. . . [Keeton’s] holistic approach to well-being and assertions that one’s body “can be any size you want it to be as long as you cultivate the heart God wants you to have” resonate. Christians seeking to integrate their spiritual and physical practices will want to have a look.
- Title: The Body Revelation: Physical and Spiritual Practices to Metabolize Pain, Banish Shame, and Connect to God with Your Whole Self
- Authors: Alisa Keeton, Jess Connolly
- Publisher: Tyndale Refresh
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781496462626, 9781496462602, 1496462602, 1496462629
- Resource ID: LLS:9781496462626
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-18T20:53:56Z