On Mindful Eating

Every so often, slow down to recognize that life in general, and your body and brain in particular, are making this moment’s experience of hearing and seeing, thinking and feeling.

Every meal should be a sacrament, in which we strengthen not only the body but the spirit too.

Often, mindful eating is a tactic used to encourage people to eat less (‘Listen to your stomach,’ they say, ‘and you’ll realise you aren’t even hungry’), but you can’t really use it as a tool. Mindful eating is something that will sometimes awaken a fierce hunger inside of you, and other times have you satisfied after a single square of chocolate.