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When one is fully present in the moment, life takes on an incredible richness. This richness cannot compare with even the most decadent of desserts. With mindfulness, life becomes the dessert! Weight Loss And The Wisdom Of Zen What is Zen? Zen is the fine art of paying attention. It is mindfulness. It is being as opposed to doing. It means fully inhabiting ones self in the present moment. It is bringing your full attention and presence to whatever you’re doing. Zen is a philosophy. Anyone can practice
Zen. It is not a religion. Living in a Zen way means when you eat, eat. When
you work,
work. It means being fully present and showing up for your life. In the
words of
Ram Dass, “Be here now.” Sounds easy right? Most of us live mindlessly. We go about our lives
with an
endless to do list running in our heads. We are
either in the future focused on what we are going to do next, or
playing out old
scenarios from the past. Rarely are we ever fully in the moment. Zen is about becoming still. Zen requires that you
slow
down enough to center yourself in the moment.
Life becomes your meditation. When you live your life mindfully, each moment
becomes
it’s own reward. Life takes on an incredible richness. This richness
cannot
compare to even the most decadent of desserts. With mindfulness, life
becomes the dessert! When you live from the center of your being, you
begin to
flow with the river of life. When you are in the flow of life, you can
hear your life speak to you. You begin to experience your unique
rhythms, and
your being begins to dance in harmony to the rhythm of life. Life
unfolds the way it is
meant to be. It ceases to be a struggle. Most of us are in the river of life desperately
trying to
swim upstream! We are overbooked, frantic, and living in
overdrive. How can the wisdom of Zen mindfulness help you to
lose
weight? Most of us eat mindlessly. We eat and aren’t even
aware
of what we are eating. How many times have you eaten something only to
find a
few minutes later you don’t even remember what you just ate? It barely
even
registers an impression! Most of us eat when were watching TV, driving,
reading,
or working on the computer. You can ingest hundreds of calories and not
really
be present while you are doing it. Mindfulness has been used successfully to treat
eating
disorders, and compulsive overeating. By being mindful when you are
eating, you
can fully enjoy the food you are eating and tune into your body’s
natural
reactions and instincts. When you eat compulsively, you are using food to
meet your
non-food related needs. You are starving for your own attention. If fat
could talk
it would say I am hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. Pay attention to me!
If you
have years of compulsive eating under your belt, you are probably an
expert in
overriding your body’s signals. With mindfulness, you can learn to discern when
you are
hungry for food and when you are hungry for emotional sustenance. When
you eat
mindfully, you learn to truly savor food and eat until your body
register’s
that you are satieted and no longer hungry. Eating then becomes the true act
of nourishment it was meant to be. When you become mindful, you can tune into your
body’s inner wisdom. The body never lies. Mindfulness helps you develop
a solid
connection with what you are feeling and what you are doing. It
develops your
inner ear - your intuition. You soul speaks in whispers. You have to be
still enough to hear it. When you practice mindfulness, you will be able to instinctively know what you really want and need. It might be guacamole or it could be a hug! The wisdom of Zen allows you to make the choice.
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