Simple Tips for Mindful Eating

By Shirley Plant

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

“Mindful eating helps us learn to hear what our body is telling us about hunger and satisfaction. It helps us become aware of who in the body/heart/mind complex is hungry, and how and what is best to nourish it.” ~ Jan Chozen Bays M.D., for Psychology Today.

So many of us eat on the run, snack on fast food on the way to an event, and rush our children through dinner to get them to sports or into homework before bed. Although it may not be possible for us to sit down for every family meal, when we do have the opportunity, we can observe a few techniques that will help us eat more mindfully and make eating more enjoyable and peaceful to our body minds.