Mindful Eating
Intuitive eating is applying mindfulness practices to eating habits to better understand the body’s cues to hunger. It is building a healthy relationship with food. By enjoying what we put into our bodies we learn to use food to nourish rather than to numb.
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What is Intuitive Eating?
Intuitive eating simply put is mindful eating. It is slowing down to notice and enjoy the experience of each meal. It is learning to use all of our senses to fully experience and embrace food and how it nourishes us. When we learn to listen to our bodies needs both physically and mentally we naturally begin to make better food choices. Emotional eating; using food to ease loneliness and uncomfortable feelings is replaced with using food to truly nourish our bodies and minds.
Intuitive eating simply put is mindful eating. It is slowing down to notice and enjoy the experience of each meal. It is learning to use all of our senses to fully experience and embrace food and how it nourishes us. When we learn to listen to our bodies needs both physically and mentally we naturally begin to make better food choices. Emotional eating; using food to ease loneliness and uncomfortable feelings is replaced with using food to truly nourish our bodies and minds.
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Pre-Assessment
This assessment can help you understand your skill level around mindfulness and intuitive eating. The goal will be to improve mindfulness and intuitive eating practices after completion of this course.
This assessment can help you understand your skill level around mindfulness and intuitive eating. The goal will be to improve mindfulness and intuitive eating practices after completion of this course.
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Gratitude
It is important to begin each meal with gratitude and intention. By appreciating what we have and focusing on the opportunity to nourish our body, mind and spirit we can create a welcoming space that brings value to our life.
It is important to begin each meal with gratitude and intention. By appreciating what we have and focusing on the opportunity to nourish our body, mind and spirit we can create a welcoming space that brings value to our life.
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Slow Down
Mindful awareness involves intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment. By cultivating this practice, individuals can enhance their ability to listen deeply and observe with clarity.
Mindful awareness involves intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment. By cultivating this practice, individuals can enhance their ability to listen deeply and observe with clarity.
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Posture
Do you notice how you are sitting when you begin to enjoy a meal? Taking a moment to check in with your posture starting from the souls of your feet to the crown of your head. Noticing the quality of your breath and how your posture is contributing to the completeness of breath, provides an ability to listen to what your body needs.
Do you notice how you are sitting when you begin to enjoy a meal? Taking a moment to check in with your posture starting from the souls of your feet to the crown of your head. Noticing the quality of your breath and how your posture is contributing to the completeness of breath, provides an ability to listen to what your body needs.
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Breath
Breathing takes us into the here and now to renourish ourselves with each breath, each moment, and each bite. It breathes in fresh oxygen and lets go of stagnation. Awareness of breath through a meal helps to know what our bodies are asking for.
Breathing takes us into the here and now to renourish ourselves with each breath, each moment, and each bite. It breathes in fresh oxygen and lets go of stagnation. Awareness of breath through a meal helps to know what our bodies are asking for.
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Listen to your Body
In this lesson we will learn awareness by practicing the body scan. This also brings awareness to mental, emotional and cognitive states and how these states my be impacting our physical body so that we can intentionally nourish any part of our body, mind, or spirit that needs extra attention.
In this lesson we will learn awareness by practicing the body scan. This also brings awareness to mental, emotional and cognitive states and how these states my be impacting our physical body so that we can intentionally nourish any part of our body, mind, or spirit that needs extra attention.
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Enjoy the Moment
Meal time doesn’t need to only be about food. It is about the experience we create to enrich our lives.
Meal time doesn’t need to only be about food. It is about the experience we create to enrich our lives.
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Shift into relaxation for digestion.
After a delicious meal, it is important to allow your body to shift into a state of relaxation so that our bodies digest and soak in the nutrition.
After a delicious meal, it is important to allow your body to shift into a state of relaxation so that our bodies digest and soak in the nutrition.
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Post-Assessment
This assessment can help you understand your skill level around mindfulness and intuitive eating. The goal will be to improve mindfulness and intuitive eating practices after completion of this course.
This assessment can help you understand your skill level around mindfulness and intuitive eating. The goal will be to improve mindfulness and intuitive eating practices after completion of this course.
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Complete Course
Please take this survey to let us know how we can improve our Intentional Eating course. Thank you for taking this journey with us.
Please take this survey to let us know how we can improve our Intentional Eating course. Thank you for taking this journey with us.
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What you Will learn
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Improve the quality of breath
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Apply the practice of mindfulness
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Positive Self Reflection