Eating with Fierce Kindness by Sasha Loring

Author:Sasha Loring
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781608821778
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

As you train in this practice you will become more capable of distinguishing when you are thinking about your body versus when you are directly experiencing it. In this body scan practice, each part of your body is given equal attention. In the Receptive Body Scan taught in chapter 8, you will learn how to focus more closely on specific areas.

Perception Shift During the perception shift, you practice recognizing your emotional state and actively shifting your response. For example, during the Awareness of Breath practice taught in chapter 3, you may notice a strong emotion arising, such as anger. Instead of adding to the storyline (“How could they do this to me?!”) or acting on the anger by eating, you can note the sensations of anger (the stimulus) and experience them within a larger field of calm abiding (the response of staying with the mindfulness practice). You could use a phrase like “mindful gap” to remind you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner strength or wisdom. Then you have more freedom to choose a healthy option, perhaps deciding to go out to the garden instead of eating, or decide to eat a small amount of food without the guilt and self-condemnation

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