{"id":378,"date":"2012-04-01T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2012-03-31T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T00:31:19","slug":"being-kind-to-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"Being Kind to Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve heard it been said that how you nourish your body is as important as\u00c2\u00a0what\u00c2\u00a0you put into your body to\u00c2\u00a0nourish it.\u00c2\u00a0 I find this statement to be very true especially when it comes to how we talk to ourselves while we make choices about food.<\/p>\n

Too often I hear people criticize themselves over what they are eating.\u00c2\u00a0 They make a choice to eat something that they would enjoy and find themselves in the same mouthful shaking their heads in disappointment of themselves.<\/p>\n

How can you really enjoy the experience of what you are eating with\u00c2\u00a0negativity in your mind and heart?<\/p>\n

Separating our mind and body in the act of eating is one of the ways we disconnect ourselves from our digestive process.\u00c2\u00a0 We use our minds to discriminate against ourselves and turn off our cravings.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0At the same time we do this we\u00c2\u00a0ignore the opportunity to utilize our\u00c2\u00a0minds in the spirit of good health, as a sources of encouragement, wisdom and reassurance.<\/p>\n

When we choose to find meaningful words of praise to acknowledge how and what we eat we are doing ourselves a lot of good.\u00c2\u00a0 We are taking responsibility for what we are eating and how that processes occurs in our body.\u00c2\u00a0 We are reminding ourselves of the joy that comes from the act of eating and giving thanks for the physical and emotional satisfaction that we are fortunate enough to enjoy in our daily lives.<\/p>\n

So when you find yourself eating\u00c2\u00a0and your mind begins to wander to negative places that reprimand you and make you feel guilt or negativity, remind yourself that this will only serve to take away from the pleasure of what you are experiencing and leave you hungry for more.\u00c2\u00a0 Your emotional satisfaction is directly linked to your health.<\/p>\n

So eat with a good spirit about you and be kind to yourself as you make choices about how and what you eat knowing you will be all the more healthy in body and mind for it.\u00c2\u00a0 Eat from a place of enjoyment and good energy, encourage your digestive process and provide support to your body to maintain a\u00c2\u00a0healthy well-being.<\/p>\n

What words do you use when eating and how does it affect the pleasure of your eating experience?<\/p>\n

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I’ve heard it been said that how you nourish your body is as important as\u00c2\u00a0what\u00c2\u00a0you put into your body to\u00c2\u00a0nourish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}