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Archive for May, 2010

Memory of Eating

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Here’s a wonderful poem that I stumbled upon in a collection of poetry entitled Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami (edited by three Pittsburgh poets Judith Robinson, Sankar Roy and Joan Bauer). I find this piece to be an amazingly vivid snapshot of an eating moment.  I am curious to know what memories of eating this evokes in you.

Mindful Eating Tracker (Update)

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Mindful Eating Tracker is now about 2 months old.  Here’s what I wrote about it in February:

Mindful eating isn’t a one-time choice – it’s a habit.  Build the habit of conscious eating one mindful eating journal entry at a time. Mindful eating is, in a manner of speaking, a kind of yoga that unites your mind’s intention with your body’s eating behavior.  As such, a mindful eating journal is also an opportunity for you… to rediscover yourself.

Present Perfect
Eating the Moment
The Lotus Effect The Smoke-Free Smoke Break
Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D. is the author of The Lotus Effect, Present Perfect, The Smoke-Free Smoke Break, and Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time.

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