The Awakened Ape, Jevan Pradas
The Awakened Ape, Jevan Pradas
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The Awakened Ape
A Biohacker's Guide to Evolutionary Fitness, Natural Ecstasy, and Stress-Free Living

Author: Jevan Pradas

Narrator: Paul Brion

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/19/2018


Synopsis

What secrets do Amazonian tribes, Himalayan hermits, and enlightened monks know about health and happiness that have been lost to the world today?

In The Awakened Ape Jevan Pradas uses evolutionary psychology to hack the human mind and body to answer the question: "How can we enjoy life to the fullest?" The results, while unexpected, are completely backed by science.

Perpetually bored, anxious, fatigued, and overweight, modern society has failed to deliver the happiness it promised. The remedy, Jevan argues, is in a unique synthesis of a Paleolithic lifestyle and Buddhist meditation.

A sprawling journey, featuring Jevan's adventures with naked Amazonian tribes and retreats with enlightened monks to learn the secrets of optimal well-being, The Awakened Ape will teach you how to achieve deep states of bliss. All while shaping your body into the fit and healthy animal millions of years of evolution programmed you to be.

You will learn: how to meditate—from instructions for the absolute beginner to techniques for deep states of ecstasy and awakening; how to eat the optimally healthy diet for both physical and mental health; how to train the attention span so you can be focused and efficient all day long; how to exercise so that is fun, enjoyable, and something you look forward to; how to get rid of the habit of negative thinking in just one week; how to live like a caveman in the modern world in order to get the most out of your genetics; how to properly go to the bathroom (yes, you have been doing it wrong); and much, much, more . . .

About Jevan Pradas

Jevan Pradas is the author of The Awakened Ape: A Biohacker's Guide to Evolutionary Fitness, Natural Ecstasy, and Stress-Free Living. Fascinated by existential questions, he earned his BA in philosophy, and later worked in the Personality and Well-Being laboratory at San Francisco State University, while getting his MA in mind, brain, and behavior research. After graduating, he started his career in the burgeoning field of brain training, conducting one-on-one training sessions with clients to improve their cognitive skills. He has traveled to the Amazon to live with hunter-gatherer tribes, and goes on meditation retreats at Buddhist monasteries whenever he has the chance.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rif

You know the drill. The paleo story: blahblahblah adapted for nomadic tribal hunter gather life blahblahblah in some ways hunter-gatherers had it better blahblahblah sleep lots lift heavy things don't eat processed foods blahblahblah. And the Buddhist story: Attachment and craving cause suffering, w......more

Goodreads review by Curran

Couldn't get past the borderline misogyny I wanted to like this book, I was hoping for a fresh take on some unoriginal ideas. As an anthropology major, it was difficult to read some of the anecdotes that the author is trying to correlate with causation. I realize this isn't a textbook, but still, the......more

Goodreads review by Michael

I’ve always liked people who think for themselves. Those who look at life objectively and originally, who consider alternatives and use rational reflection to inform their own perception. I think it’s important to question the “why” of things. To try not to mindlessly exist, following the path of le......more

Goodreads review by Joshua

Not a typical bio hacking book This is a good read. Goes quickly. Not your typical bio hacking book. This is more about living a paleo life (not just nutritionally) with mediation thrown on top. The beginning and ending thirds are very strong. In the middle third (roughly), the author comes across as......more

Goodreads review by Joe

A very generous 2* at that. A lot of this is trash in both style and content, made worse by the sense that the author knows better - at least for the content parts. Fast an loose with science, reason, argumentation, anthropology, and evidence, despite knowing better. Some of the writing, especially......more