Yoga & Mindful Eating
Shifting the Focus from Weight to Well-Being
“ Mindfulness is being present with whatever is arising, and doing so with kindness.”
What is Mindful Eating?
Mindful eating is a way of eating that can create a whole new relationship with food. It provides us with an opportunity to pay close attention to the wisdom of our bodies as opposed to the judgmental and often insatiable voice in our head. It grants us space to calm ourselves as we prepare a meal and again before we begin to eat so we can be totally present for the experience. When we are aware of the process of eating, we might notice that we are satisfied with much less food.
Mindful eating is a way of eating that can create a whole new relationship with food. It provides us with an opportunity to pay close attention to the wisdom of our bodies as opposed to the judgmental and often insatiable voice in our head. It grants us space to calm ourselves as we prepare a meal and again before we begin to eat so we can be totally present for the experience. When we are aware of the process of eating, we might notice that we are satisfied with much less food.
Combining Yoga & Mindful Eating can help you:
• Find peace with food
• Eat intuitively with confidence and joy
• Trust and accept yourself and body
• Move and play the way your body prefers and your spirit loves
• Enhance your health
• Turn to food and dieting less while turning to life more
• Find peace with food
• Eat intuitively with confidence and joy
• Trust and accept yourself and body
• Move and play the way your body prefers and your spirit loves
• Enhance your health
• Turn to food and dieting less while turning to life more
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Yoga & Mindful Eating
Monday Group 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 8 Weekly Class Meetings October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 |
Yoga & Mindful Eating
Saturday Group **Please note 8 class dates are not consecutive** 1:00 PM-3:00 PM October 3 October 10 October 24 October 31 November 14 November 21 December 5 December 12 |
Class Session Outline
Week 1
Introduction to Mindful Eating, Defining Personal Nourishment, Identifying our Deepest Hunger
Yoga Focus: Pelvic Awareness, Grounding, Base/Root Chakra
Week 2
Identifying Stomach Hunger, Intuitive Eating, Recognizing Anxious Eating
Yoga Focus: Core Strength, Navel Chakra
Week 3
Recognizing your Nutritional Needs, Cellular Hunger, Working with Cravings
Yoga Focus: Twists, Side Bends, Diaphragmatic Breathing, Solar Plexus Chakra
Week 4
Recognizing Heart Hunger & Responding to Emotional Eating
Yoga Focus: Backbends & Heart Chakra
Introduction to Mindful Eating, Defining Personal Nourishment, Identifying our Deepest Hunger
Yoga Focus: Pelvic Awareness, Grounding, Base/Root Chakra
Week 2
Identifying Stomach Hunger, Intuitive Eating, Recognizing Anxious Eating
Yoga Focus: Core Strength, Navel Chakra
Week 3
Recognizing your Nutritional Needs, Cellular Hunger, Working with Cravings
Yoga Focus: Twists, Side Bends, Diaphragmatic Breathing, Solar Plexus Chakra
Week 4
Recognizing Heart Hunger & Responding to Emotional Eating
Yoga Focus: Backbends & Heart Chakra
Week 5
Cultivating Devotion & Nourishing Rituals, Identifying Mouth Hunger, Savoring Food
Yoga Focus: Neck & Shoulders, Bhakti Yoga, Throat Chakra
Week 6
Mind & Eye Hunger, Responding to Critical Messages about Food & Nourishment, Revisiting Intuitive Eating
Yoga Focus: Deep Relaxation, Yoga Nidra, Third-Eye Chakra
Week 7
Food System Awareness & Choices, Transpersonal Aspects of Mindful Eating
Yoga Focus: Standing & Balancing Postures, Crown Chakra
Week 8
Creating a Personal Wellness Plan, Identifying Next Steps, Cultivating Healthy Patterns
Yoga Focus: Inversions & Arm Balances
Cultivating Devotion & Nourishing Rituals, Identifying Mouth Hunger, Savoring Food
Yoga Focus: Neck & Shoulders, Bhakti Yoga, Throat Chakra
Week 6
Mind & Eye Hunger, Responding to Critical Messages about Food & Nourishment, Revisiting Intuitive Eating
Yoga Focus: Deep Relaxation, Yoga Nidra, Third-Eye Chakra
Week 7
Food System Awareness & Choices, Transpersonal Aspects of Mindful Eating
Yoga Focus: Standing & Balancing Postures, Crown Chakra
Week 8
Creating a Personal Wellness Plan, Identifying Next Steps, Cultivating Healthy Patterns
Yoga Focus: Inversions & Arm Balances
Someone Who Eats Mindfully:
Acknowledges that there is no right or wrong way to eat but varying degrees of awareness surrounding the experience of food.
Accepts that their eating experiences are unique.
Is an individual who by choice, directs their attention to eating on a moment-by-moment basis.
Gains awareness of how they can make choices that support health and well being.
Becomes aware of the interconnection of earth, living beings, and cultural practices and the impact of their food choices on those systems.
Acknowledges that there is no right or wrong way to eat but varying degrees of awareness surrounding the experience of food.
Accepts that their eating experiences are unique.
Is an individual who by choice, directs their attention to eating on a moment-by-moment basis.
Gains awareness of how they can make choices that support health and well being.
Becomes aware of the interconnection of earth, living beings, and cultural practices and the impact of their food choices on those systems.
