Mindful Eating

 

Mindful Eating

Join us on Thursdays when Cythe will lead a discussion and meditation at 1 pm slt about mindful eating. Join us and bring a snack! 

Introduction to Mindful Eating

Mindful Eating Is

• Allowing yourself to become aware of the positive and nurturing opportunities that are available through food selection and preparation by respecting your own inner wisdom.
  
• Using all your senses in choosing to eat food that is both satisfying to you and nourishing to your body.   
• Acknowledging responses to food (likes, dislikes or neutral) without judgment.
• Becoming aware of physical hunger and satiety cues to guide your decisions to begin and end eating.

Benefits of Mindful Eating

• Reconnect to innate wisdom about hunger and satiety
  
• Offers the possibility of freeing yourself from reactive patterns around food and eating
• Nourishes not only the body but the heart
• Empowers you to make healthier choices, unlike dieting, which can lead to feelings of deprivation
• Brings awareness of your relationship with other people and beings
• Shifts locus of control from external authorities to your body's inner wisdom

Someone Who Eats Mindfully

• Acknowledges that there is no right or wrong way to eat but varying degrees of awareness surrounding the experience of food.
• Accepts that their eating experiences are unique.
• Is an individual who by choice, directs their attention to eating on a moment-by-moment basis.
  
• Gains awareness of how they can make choices that support health and well being.
• Becomes aware of the interconnection of earth, living beings, and cultural practices and the impact of their food choices on those systems

Learn more

The Center for Mindful Eating has a wealth of resources for people wishing to learn about mindful eating and begin a mindful eating practice.