Review of Somawise

[Meverick Brian]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Somawise" by Luke Sniewski.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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Somawise: Get Out of Your Head, Get Into Your Body provides a powerful and long-overdue response to the dominant discourse informing our culture that the mind is to be valued accordingly to the contempt paid to the body. From the very first page, Sniewski hits on something that I have always agreed with: our physical selves are smart, and yet we have for so long dismissed them as dumb. This was the feeling similar to being granted permission to listen to the voice that my body has been whispering to me for so long. This book had no flaws.

The concept that left me with something I could think about was ‘conscious discomfort’. We learn from these films that most people go through their entire lives trying to avoid suffering—both bodily and psychological—and Sniewski does the opposite. He says that for the most part, people should embrace discomfort because this should be the sign to seek improvement. This was a real eye-opener for me. What I realised is to look at challenges not as scary obstacles to be avoided but as chances to step out of my comfort zone, and I have noticed the change in what seems to be a mere days of practicing this mindset change in regards to difficult situations. The book goes further by addressing something so many of us struggle with: the inner critic. That critical inner voice that reminds an individual that he or she is inadequate and that he or she will inevitably fail.

Sniewski not only points at this problem but actually allows the reader to understand how to challenge that negativity within and change it for the better. Well, I had no idea how this attitude restrained my own life until I read his views on it. It also contains no nonsense—what he practices is very practical and could be put to use right from the day you read his book. I very much resonated with the message in this book, and it left me in awe with how fluid it was. The subject matter involves thinking and feeling about your body and its relation to mind and soul, but nothing lets you feel bored with complicated terminologies and scientific terms. Sniewski did a pretty good job at presenting his arguments in a clear and easy-to-follow manner, which itself helped keep me interested. Now let me say something about the style of the book; there was not a single grammatical error, which is unusual for such an edition. I'd rate it 5 out of 5 stars. I recommend this book to fans of self-help books.

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