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Photo donated by Rebecca Fairchild at The Food Advice Centre www.Thefoodadvicecentre.co.uk but I do not enjoy it, my guts will cramp, digestion will shut down, and I will not absorb all the nutrients from this supposed “healthy” salad. Have you ever been on vacation and decided to eat whatever you wanted in a relaxed manner and you actually lost weight? This has happened to me countless times, and I am always in awe of how feeling relaxed in our viscera and eating with pleasure and enjoyment can help our body to do what it naturally does and allow us to feel healthy and vibrant in our body. Lastly, I want to add that there is no such thing as perfect digestion. When I feel uncomfortable in my gut, I have learned that I need to slow down and listen. Every ailment experienced in the body is the body’s way of communicating. Within every digestive complaint is a message waiting to be heard. Perhaps I am eating too fast, or eating things I know don’t sit well in my body, or I am trying to fill an emotional hunger with food. No matter what place I am eating from, I can view my digestive upset as information and not judge myself for doing something “wrong.” Our experience with food is a practice of compassion and self love. Here is an experiment you can begin today: sit down with your meal without any distractions (no book, no phone, no computer, no talking, no television) and delve into the experience of eating. Smell your food before you take a bite. Notice your mouth salivate. Chew your first bite, notice the sensations happening in your body and the thoughts as well. Does a voice say hurry up and finish this meal as fast as possible? What is happening within and around you in this moment? What is your external environment like while eating this meal? Notice how the texture and the taste change with every bite. Pause between each bite. Set your fork or spoon down and notice what is happening in your body? Does your gut want more? Is your head saying eat more when your gut has had enough? When you reach the point of feeling full, observe what that feels like in your body. Do you sense any tingles, warmth, calm, clarity? Additionally, take a moment to notice what it feels like to give yourself nourishment. Every time you eat you are engaging in the same act that your parents did when you were born. Every time you eat you are committing to be here on earth, to keep yourself alive, and you are giving yourself love on some conscious or unconscious level. Be sure to read Stephanie’s related article, The Enteric Nervous System and Body Psychotherapy: Cultivating a Relationship in the Gut Brain in the International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 2014 Open access: http://www.ibpj.org/ Stephanie Pollock MA, CHC, EPC, CYT is a Certified Nutritional Counselor, Eating Psychologist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and has her Masters degree in Body Psychotherapy. She encourages every individual to be an active participant in their own healing; and to find nourishment that will work for you and only you. Stephanie stresses bio-individuality and works with her clients to foster intuitive eating. You can e-mail her at ActiveTherapy@Live.com. References Gershon, G.D. (1998). The Second Brain. New York: Harper Collins, Publishers. Mayer, E. (2011). Gut feelings: the emerging biology of gut-brain communication. Nature Reviews, 12, 453-466. Somatic Psychotherapy Today | Fall 2014 | Volume 4 Number 2 | page 38
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