Use your nice dishes and accessories, cloth napkins, fresh flowers. Treat yourself as you would a guest. Outside listening to the sounds of nature is great when weather permits. There is a lot to unpack about this, but today we will focus on eating in a relaxed environment: Why? Because the environment affects digestion in so many ways! For the best digestion, eat-in calm, peaceful, visually pleasing environment. If you know anything about the living wisdom of Ayurveda, you probably know food is a huge topic! The reason for that has everything to do with digestion. You can eat the most beautiful healthy meal, but if you can’t digest it, it turns to toxins in your body. Over and over again working with people I have heard them say that they have a great diet and can’t understand why they don’t digest their food properly, sometimes they never sit down to a meal, preferring to graze and snack all day, never taking the time for a proper meal. Sometimes in the car, sometimes in a busy lunchroom at work, sometimes in front of my computer or TV. Sitting down for a nice relaxing meal seemed like a luxury I could only do on occasion. When I started to have many digestive issues this was the last thing I thought about, however, it is one of the most important things to consider when eating. 1: It is important to eat in a relaxed environmentĪs I was preparing a meal today I began to reflect on how different this looks for me now. I used to be only concerned with what I was eating. Where I was eating was always wherever I could squeeze a meal into my busy schedule. These guidelines are adaptable for anyone to use. If you are on a particular eating plan that works for you, apply the same principles. Pay attention to how food feels in your body as you eat and observe how you feel after eating as your body goes through the digestion process…. ![]() What if we stopped obsessing over what we are eating and started focusing on how we are eating? You have probably figured out by now that there is no one size fits all diet, and that, due to various factors, no diet continues to work forever. For generally healthy people with no food restrictions, eat whole, organic, and local as much as possible, avoid processed foods, excessive sugars, and fats. ![]() ![]() Eating food is a sacred act. When you eat you are connecting with the universe and with the earth.
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