Who Is Wellness For An Examination Of Wellness Culture And Who It Leaves Behind Fariha Roisin by Fariha Roisin 9780063077096, 0063077094 instant download after payment.

Growing up in Australia, Fariha R�is�n, a Bangladeshi Muslim, struggled to fit in. In attempts to assimilate, she distanced herself from her South Asian heritage & identity. Years later, living in the United States, she realized that the customs, practices, & even food of her native culture that had once made her different--everything from ashwagandha to prayer--were now being homogenized & marketed for good health, often at a premium by white people to white people.

In this thought-provoking book, part memoir, part journalistic investigation, the acclaimed writer & poet explores the way in which the progressive health industry has appropriated & commodified global healing traditions. She reveals how wellness culture has become a luxury good built on the wisdom of Black, brown, & Indigenous people — while ignoring & excluding them.

Who Is Wellness For? is divided into four sections, beginning with The Mind, in which Fariha examines the art of meditation & the importance of intuition. In part two, The Body, she investigates the physiology of trauma, detailing her own journey with fatphobia & gender dysmorphia, as well as her own chronic illness. In part three, Self-Care, she argues against the self-care industrial complex but cautious us against abandoning care completely & offers practical advice. She ends with Justice, arguing that if we truly want to be well, we must be invested in everyone's well being & shift toward nurturance culture.

Deeply intimate & revelatory, Who Is Wellness For? forces us to confront the imbalance in health & healing & carves a path towards self-care that is inclusionary