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Gardening Nude is Shawna Coronado's metaphor for her
good-health philosophy.
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Don’t mistake Shawna Coronado of Gardening Nude with a naked gardener. A naked gardener isn’t someone you would necessarily want living next door. Shawna Coronado, of Gardening Nude, on the other hand, would be a fine neighbor. She’s bright, friendly, community-oriented—and she probably would share some vegetables from her garden.
Coronado is the author of Gardening Nude, which she bills as a “common sense guide to improving your health and lifestyle by increasing exposure to nature, cultivating a green mindset and building a strong community.”
The “gardening nude” part of her book isn’t about taking off your clothes. As Coronado explains, it’s a metaphor for a better way to live your life.
“It is discovering your naked truth and doing something with it to help make a difference for yourself and humanity. Gardening nude is getting out in nature (while remaining fully clothed) to strip away the excuses, the emotional baggage and the stress by improving your lifestyle and living healthier.”
Coronado grew into her healthy-green philosophy after a long bout of illness and allergies that she largely self-treated by changing her lifestyle and her attitude. Now she’s an evangelist for combining exercise, good food, outdoor activities and a community spirit for a healthier lifestyle.
For a philosophy, it’s a mouthful. She follows it up with her six-step Go Green Health Plan that includes exercise, exposure to daylight, vitamins, healthy eating, massage and community service.
Coronado is relentless in her cheerful promotion of the benefits of gardening, eating right and getting involved as a way to health. Besides her Gardening Nude book, she blogs and speaks to community groups about how to make meaningful changes.
“I think we all have a calling and we should listen to that calling,” says Coronado. “I think that the whole greening, gardening and educating people on that is my calling. I’m actually touching the globe—people all over the world interested in doing green things. One person can make a difference. That’s what my big message is. Some people would just stop. But you can make a difference. And if you can, why aren’t you?”
Coronado’s book could have benefitted from narrowing her wide-ranging philosophy into a more tightly-focused volume--or three. But the book is worth reading.
Coronado describes her early health challenges and the steps toward self-realization. A good portion of the book is dedicated to examples of people who share her green approach to living. It’s not one of the much-hyped books on the best seller lists that tout a remedy-of-the-month. It’s an honest and enthusiastic argument about one person’s journey.
You can follow Shawna on Twitter at @ShawnaCoronado. She blogs at The Casual Gardener.
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