If you think of mindful eating as chewing on a single raisin for hours on end, think again. Exploring food with Marcella is anything but a chore or a bore.
This course brings together cross-cultural spiritual teachings and cutting-edge research (heaven), practical tools (earth), and group support (human) to experientially transform food from a means of survival into an expression of personal dignity and enlightened society.
This class will not only enrich your spiritual and intellectual understanding of mindful eating; it will give you simple, effective practices for resolving the unconscious behaviors that sabotage your relationship with food, so that you can effortlessly join the view and practice of eating properly at meal time.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Mindful Eating: Why Bother?
- Mindful Eating and Enlightened Society
- Stop Eating Concepts and Start Eating Food
- Golden Rules of Mindful Eating
- Six Rules for Eating Wisely
- How to Think About Food
Module 3: Feeding the Ghosts: Healing Unhealthy Food Habits
The Universality of Hunger
- EFT Tapping Instructions
- EFT Tapping Guide 1: Choices Method for Food Cravings
- EFT Tapping Guide 2: The Discipline to Make Changes
- The Upside of Compulsive Eating
Module 4: Making Peace with Your Trigger Foods
- Eating One Potato Chip
- How to Eat One Potato Chip
- Synchronizing Mind and Body
Module 5: Stabilizing the Body with Fermented Foods & Breakfast
- Feeding the Ancestors: Why Fermented Foods?
- Breakfast: The Key to a Happy Life
- Do Gut Bacteria Rule Our Minds?
- Rise and Shine: What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast
- 7-Day Breakfast Challenge
Module 6: Your Life is the Supreme Meal
- Can Home Cooking Restore Enlightened Society?
- Tip Sheet on Meal Planning
- Meal Prayers and Blessings from Around the World
- The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun
Module 7: What’s Next?
Bibliography
- Friel, Marcella. “Breakfast: The Key to a Happy Life.” The Tapping Solution, June 23, 2014.
- Friel, Marcella. “The Sovereign of Love.” The Contemplative Chef, February 12, 2010.
- Norris, Jeffery. “Do Gut Bacteria Rule Our Minds?” University of California San Francisco Newsletter, August 15, 2014.
- Pollan, Michael. “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch.” New York Times Magazine, August 2, 2009.
- Pollan, Michael. “Six Rules for Eating Wisely.” Time, June 4, 2006.
Recommended Texts:
- Trungpa, Chögyam. “Discovering Magic.” Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Shambhala Publications.
- Brown, Edward Espe: “How to Eat One Potato Chip.” Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings: Recipes and Reflections. New York: Riverhead, 1994.
- Garson, Sandra. Veggiyana: The Dharma of Cooking.Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2007.
- Glassman, Bernard, and Rick Fields. Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Living a Life That Matters. New York, Bell Tower, 1996.
- Ortner, Jessica. The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2014.
- Pollan, Michael. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.New York: Penguin, 2009.
- Scott, Anne. Serving Fire: Food for Thought, Body, and Soul. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1994
