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AWARENESS
Awareness is a state of being conscious. It is having a sensory perception of the reality of the moment, as perceived through our five senses, without thought, interpretation or analysis.
Awareness can also relate to the feeling or intuition that accompanies our sensory experience, such as awareness of self.
In this blog and my book, Joyful Eating: How to Break Free of Diets and Make Peace with Your Body, when I talk about awareness, it is mostly with respect to the sensory input we receive. In the book, I refer to this awareness as sensing what is.
A Joyful Eating moment is a practice of awareness, as our full attention is on the food before us, and all self-deprecating thoughts, food rules and to-do lists fade away as we experience the joy of eating. A Joyful Eating moment is time to pause and be fully aware of the sensory experience of eating and our body.
Joyful Eating is essentially my food and nutrition philosophy. It underpins my book and approach as a nutritionist, writer and recipe developer. The Philosophy of Joyful Eating The philosophy of …
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Why you shouldn’t worry about lockdown weight gain
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonThe media are warning of the risk of gaining weight during lockdown. However, concerning yourself with your weight at this time is not beneficial for your health. Allow me to …
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A Way To De-Stress, Reconnect With Yourself and Eat Mindfully
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonIn the book, Joyful Eating, I dedicate an entire chapter to the impact that stress has on our bodies, our food choices and our eating behaviour. And I am not only …
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How the practice of acceptance differs from gratitude
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonMany self-help gurus talk about the value of a gratitude practice. They suggest that if we express gratitude for the events and circumstances in our lives, we will attract more …
Children intuitively know what and how to eat. Yet we lose the curiosity and intuition with food by adulthood due to external labels and diet rules. Children interact with the …
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Dining in the Dark: The Sensory Experience of Eating Without Sight
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonDining in the dark provides an opportunity to disengage the sense of sight and fully experience food without preconceived ideas and judgements. For years, I’ve wanted to experience dining in …
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How Wine Tasting Can Help Us Find Our Ideal Diet
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonDrinking wine requires the engagement of more senses than simply your taste buds. It requires the engagement of sight; to notice the colour of the wine and the colour reflected …
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Do You Mindlessly Eat Throughout the Day?
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonMindless eating seems to be a common issue in our modern society. We mindlessly eat as we rush out the door for work or school, grabbing a bite to eat …
Can we arrange foods in our diet in a similar way to flower arranging? That is, by allowing our senses and a loose framework guide us? Open the door to …
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Putting the Brakes on High Speed Eating
by Tansy Boggonby Tansy BoggonIn our busy lives, fast food and eating on the run is a common and accepted behaviour. We consider food as the fuel to keep us going in a similar …
Recently my husband had me in fits of laughter as he confessed to me his secret eating. Not that it is a laughing matter for anyone who finds themselves doing …