Eating with my phone or laptop
During our recent Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating and Yoga Retreat, one of the topics we discussed was how to move from eating mindlessly to eating with fewer distractions.
I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible!
As a yoga instructor, I often hear, “I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible.” This always makes me chuckle because increasing flexibility is one of the many reasons to practice yoga but it underscores one of the many misconceptions about yoga – that it is all about pretzel-like shapes.
Yoga Instructors: Why add mindful eating to your classes?
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How yoga became part of my mindful eating journey
Yoga is an important part of my mindful eating journey. While my body becomes more flexible, so does my thinking. I am cultivating self-acceptance, nonjudgment, and presence.
Yoga is an eclipse of the mind
When I intentionally pause for a yoga class and align my body and mind, the physical practice slowly eclipses the activity of my mind.
Is Meditation Necessary for Mindful Eating?
While meditation is valuable, it is not necessary to have a formal practice in order to effectively practice mindful eating and reap the benefits.
Mindful Eating as a Yoga Practice
Whether you are practicing yoga or mindful eating, there are times when it will come naturally and times when it is challenging.
Bring Yoga Off Your Mat and Into Your Life
Like most people who try yoga, I was looking for increased flexibility and stress relief. What I discovered on my mat was a series of meaningful lessons that I apply in my life every day.
Bring on the New!
Realizing the futility and cost of sticking with the old, I let go of the familiar and was immediately rewarded by the power and openness of beginner’s mind. I was more aware, curious, and connected to what I was doing.
How to Become Aware of Thoughts without Judging Them
In my last post, “All Thoughts Fit,” we explored the power of learning to allow our thoughts to be without trying to change them. In this post, we’ll learn how. The challenge is that these trains of thought are usually automatic, reactive, and ironically, mindless! They’ve typically been shaped by past experiences and people in our lives that have become internalized habits of thinking. Allowing automatic thinking to control us is one way that restrictive and/or overeating patterns of behavior take over our lives. The intention of mindful eating is to learn how to be in charge of our eating and our thoughts.
Cookies or Yoga? How Mindful Eating Has Changed My Life
When I began thinking about this first post, I felt a little intimidated-not because I didn’t think I would have enough to say, but rather the opposite. I have SO MUCH to say about the power of mindful eating that I was concerned about whether I’d be able to share it in a way that
Mindful Movement – Listen to My Inner Wisdom
Recently I’ve been using the Body-Mind-Heart Scan to help me select what exercise I want to do that day. Like asking myself, “Am I Hungry?® ” when I have the urge to eat, I’ll ask myself “How does my body want to move today?” Then, I focus on my physical sensations and energy level. A
Your Exercise Personality
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What You Resist, Persists: How to Stop Stuffing Down Emotions with Food
Often, we resist any sort of physical or emotional discomfort. As soon as we notice loneliness, anger, fear, stress, pain or other unavoidable suffering that comes with being human, we turn on the tube, shovel food in our mouths, or have a glass of wine. Sooner or later, it comes bubbling back up, so we reach for our next quick fix.
