Explore your habitual patterns with food.
Discover the possibility of freedom.
Registration open through April 11, 2024
Orientation and 8 weeks with all-day session
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
MONDAYS from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
ORIENTATION: April 1, CLASSES: April 15 to June 3, 2024
Dates, Times, and Pricing Details
Payment plans are available at checkout.
LOCATION: Live Online via Zoom
ORIENTATION: April 1 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EASTERN TIME)
PROGRAM DATES: April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, and June 3
PROGRAM TIME: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EASTERN TIME) convert to my timezone
ALL DAY SESSION: Saturday, May 11 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (EASTERN TIME)
Please note, there is no program session April 8
Program pricing is set to allow for generosity while meeting individuals needs. Program prices include Pay-It-Forward, Standard, and Scholarship rates. We encourage you to pay as much as you can afford and we appreciate your care and thoughtfulness when deciding. See our refund policy.
More About Pricing
Pay-It-Forward: This is an opportunity to support those less fortunate, making programs accessible to those that cannot pay the standard rate. Paying at this level is an act of generosity.
Standard Rate: The standard rate covers the costs of these programs, making it possible for MHI to continue to offer them.
Scholarship Rate: This rate is available for those who cannot afford to pay the standard rate. We ask you to use this rate only if paying the higher rate creates a hardship for yourself and/or your family.
Mindful eating is eating with kindness, awareness, and non-judgment. Practicing mindful eating promotes gratitude, self-care, and a healthier internal and external experience.
This 8-week series explores how mindfulness-based practices can be applied to nourishing one’s body with food and drink. Participants will learn how to bring awareness to the direct experience of eating. There will be opportunities to explore one’s relationship to the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with food preparation and eating.
More About the Program
Practices to increase one’s ability to notice and respond to body sensations will be offered each week and participants will be invited to practice in between sessions.
The role of your automatic pilot, the importance of “Vitamin T” (Time), and how to skillfully respond rather than react to internal and external stimuli will be explored.
The program consists of 25 hours of direct instruction, including:
- Orientation (2 hrs) scheduled one or two weeks before the first class
- 8 weekly classes, 2 hours each, with time for mindfulness-based practices, inquiry, and exercises.
- An all-day class on a Saturday or Sunday
- Daily home practice assignments
Weekly Overview
The Mindful Eating curriculum presented here serves as a general overview and is subject to potential modifications based on the unique needs, insights, and discussions that may arise during class.
Orientation
- Welcome and introductions
- Introduction to mindfulness
- Course logistics and expectations
- Potential benefits and challenges
Session 1
- Introduction to mindfulness-based eating for health and well-being
- Intention / aspiration setting
- Mindful eating activity
- Orienting and grounding practice
- Loving-kindness meditation
Session 2
- What is nourishment?
- Role of the nervous system
- Multi-tasking and eating (automaticity-automatic pilot)
- Orienting and grounding practice
- 3-step breathing space
- Loving-kindness meditation
Session 3
- Exploring the seven types of hunger (Dr. Chozen-Bays)
- The role of mindful movement and feeling tones
- 3-step breathing space
- Self-compassion practice
Session 4
- Role of interoception: hunger / fullness scale
- What is satiety?
- 3-step breathing space
- Self-Compassion practice
Session 5
- Gratitude body scan
- Self-stewardship
- 3-step breathing space
- Appreciative joy practice
Session 6
- The slow down diet / Vitamin T (time)
- 3-step breathing space
- Appreciative joy practice
Session 7
- Explore the role of nourishment in our homes and culture
- Gratitude body scan
- 3-step breathing space
- Equanimity practice
Session 8
- Using what we have learned
- Gratitude body scan
- 3-step breathing space
- Equanimity practice
- Next steps
About the Instructor
Certified MBCT instructor
Registered Clinical Counsellor
MEd in Counselling
Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Join us to explore how mindfulness may support you in living life more fully, with greater ease and joy.
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