Evening - Eating Mindfully for Good Health

This is a bonus evening mantra.

Jennifer Cray is a life coach, meditation teacher and yoga teacher for Living Lit Up, based in Brisbane. You can deepen your meditation practices with her on Insight Timer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Appoche production. Hi, I'm Jennifer Cray. Welcome to your evening mantra.
If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or
lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

(00:30):
your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention
to your breath, drawing your breath down into your belly.
Beating mindfully, preparing the food with loving intention, played it

(00:56):
decoratively with care. Before you tuck in, give a moment
of thanks where the food came from, to the energy
and intentions of others to bring it to the place

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on your plate. Placing the food on your culory or
in your hands, observe it the colors, the textures. Anticipate
how it will taste. Notice any saliva building up. Place

(01:49):
it in your mouth, Move it around your tongue without chewing.
Observe the tastes, the texture. Now chew it. Notice which

(02:10):
side you put it to to chew on. How is
it dissolving and breaking down? Chew it completely, and then swallow.
An invitation today to bring mindfulness to your eating. Today's mantra,

(02:36):
I eat with mindfulness. Repeat to yourself, either out loud
or in your mind. I eat with Mindfulness. Follow us
on Instagram at your morning mantra