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Mindful Eating and Inner Healing

Mindful Eating and Inner Healing

By: Larissa Halls
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Welcome to The Mindful Eating and Inner Healing Podcast, where we guide you on a transformative journey towards gaining freedom from health-sabotaging behaviours and weight loss struggles. Open the door to a brighter future, filled with vibrant health, profound healing, and a harmonious relationship with your mind, body, and nourishing food.

Join us for thought-provoking conversations as we delve into the core issues that block your path to unlocking untapped potential. Gain insights and practical wisdom to ignite ever-lasting change in your life.

But that's not all.

Immerse yourself in deeply transformative inner healing rituals, introspective meditations, mind-body practices, and more.

There's a million experts telling you what to do yet little diving into the intricacies of how to do it.

We're here to bridge that gap and share tools and know-how that pave the way for mindset shifts, leading to fulfilling and purposeful change.

Get ready to embark on a journey of mindful eating, inner healing, and profound self-discovery.

Welcome to The Mindful Eating and Inner Healing podcast where your transformative experience begins.

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  • #11 Connecting Scattered Parts Grounding Practice - Part 3

    #11 Connecting Scattered Parts Grounding Practice - Part 3
    Mar 11 2024
    Many of us have a low tolerance for discomfort in our lives and a high affliction for distraction. We are constantly being pulled away from ourselves like a flock of birds suddenly startled into flight, their once grounded harmonious formation dispersing chaotically across the sky. Our own minds and authentic selves can really feel scattered and fragmented amidst the distractions of daily life. We often feel lost and seeking direction like those startled birds, yet we yearn for a sense of alignment, connection, and wholeness. Today, I'm sharing another beautiful grounding practice, which is actually part 3 of this three-part grounding series. It's called connecting scattered parts. As we strive to connect our scattered parts we embark on this transformative journey of inner exploration Seeking to reclaim our focus we center ourselves and find solace in the present moment. So grab your headphones and find a comfortable seated or lying posture. Somewhere where you feel at ease and somewhere that you won't be distracted for a little while. This guided practice will start as soon as the podcast intro finishes. Enjoy my friends. Begin by finding a relaxed seated position. Allowing your body to soften by unclenching the jaw. Gliding the shoulders down, allowing them to nestle comfortably into the frame of the body, and opening up any rigidness or contracted muscles around the belly. Whenever you feel ready, close down the eyes gently, turning towards the rhythm of your breath as it flows in and out of the body like a beautiful tide. Feel free to adjust the rhythm and the pace of your breath to evoke a profound, comforting sense of connection with yourself and your physical body. As I count from 5 to 1, start to envision yourself stepping away from the noise and the chaos of the outside world and entering into a serene sanctuary within. Firstly, picture yourself lying in a tranquil garden space or secluded forest clearing. Somewhere, anywhere, where you can find a sense of solace and connection with your inner self, and also the earth around and beneath you. Feel yourself becoming more and more immersed in this peaceful environment, letting go of external distractions and embracing the tranquility of your inner sanctuary. As I count from 5 to 1, this gentle retraction from the outer world gets deeper and deeper. 5. Continuing to connect with your chosen comfortable place in nature. Comfortable place in nature. 4. Start to sense or visualize yourself lying down, feeling like your body is being deeply immersed and connected to the earth or the surface below you. 3, on the next out breath completely let go of all the happenings of the outer world. Allow your image or your visualization to become brighter and brighter. 2. Sink further and further into your body, allowing the parts of your body connected to the surface below to become heavy and grounded. 1. Grounded. 1. Invite a warm comforting embrace to delicately envelop you like the softest, most luxurious blanket imaginable, cocooning you in a serene sense of security. As you lay grounded and comfortable in your scene, start to visualize the sun, slowly but gracefully descending on the horizon. It casts a golden glow of warmth gently across your face and your body. Feel this warmth. Feel the comfort of this warmth. And allow yourself just to let go sinking deeper and deeper into this warming comfort. As the body lies connected and grounded to the earth. Start to imagine yourself looking up at the brazen depths of darkness of the vast night sky. Focusing in on the glimmering force of the shimmering light of the stars above. Observe their scattered arrangement. Light bursting between the deep indigo expanse of the night. And become aware of how some flicker, brighter and lighter than others. Each of these stars in the night sky represents a different aspect of yourself scattered across the expanse of the lunar landscape of the cosmos. Just as the stars in the night sky are scattered across the heavens, So too are the various thoughts, emotions and aspects of yourself scattered within and around your being. Some parts of ourselves have been splintered away into the depths many, many years ago, and some more recent. Yet this is the time right now to bring yourself back to a sense of wholeness, alignment and oneness. Alignment and oneness. Although the stars are physically thousands of kilometres away from your current grounded aspect, In your visualisation you are able to reach up and connect with their light, drawing them closer and closer to you whenever you like. So take a moment now to draw your attention towards 1 particular star. Notice what brings your awareness to it. Is it brighter than the others? Is it the iridescent colours? Is it the iridescent colors? Or is it just a feeling that's drawing you towards this 1 particular star? If this star were to symbolize a fragmented aspect of yourself, what would it be? This aspect could be something that you've ...
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    21 mins
  • #10 Guided Grounding for Inner Connection Practice - Part 2

    #10 Guided Grounding for Inner Connection Practice - Part 2
    Mar 3 2024
    00:01 - 00:40 Speaker 1: Welcome to part 2 of the power of grounding. Today is a really special practice for you to bring together all of the information that I shared last week in part 1, Which was called the power of grounding and why it's crucial for mind-body connection What we'll be doing is I will share a quick recap now about what is grounding or you can go back and listen To part 1 if you missed out on that last week, there will be the show intro and then we're moving on to the beautiful grounding practice. I'll pop in the show 00:40 - 01:29 Speaker 1: notes below the time that the practice starts. So if you want to come back to this practice often, which I of course recommend you do, you can always just fast forward to the part where the grounding practice starts. Grounding is really being able to come into your body, feeling present in the body, and being able to clearly identify sensations going on inside the body. So having an interoceptive awareness and also sensations going on outside of the body. It really is this beautiful connection between mind and body and now there's so many reasons why we lose that 01:29 - 02:13 Speaker 1: connection which I went into in depth in our last episode, but they could be things like pain, generalized stress, or even trauma. Now the benefits of grounding, they really give us this beautiful foundation to navigate and balance our stress. And it allows us to be fully and completely aware of what's going on within. Our minds tend to lie to us often. I remember I was on the brink of burnout and people were saying, are you okay Larissa? And I'm like, yeah, I'm totally fine. I'm fine. Sometimes our minds like to lie to us and we lie 02:13 - 02:58 Speaker 1: to ourselves. But understanding this beautiful practice of grounding allows us to create deep, authentic connection with ourselves. Now, grounding when it comes to mindful eating is really important because we wanna start to navigate and understand the language of our body. In particular different cues and triggers to eat. Some cues and triggers to eat are because we're hungry but there's many cues and triggers to eat that don't involve hunger at all. And this is where the real magic happens when it comes to mindful eating. It's really starting to understand our behaviors and the sensations that happen internally 02:58 - 03:44 Speaker 1: and also externally that are some of our cues or triggers that drive us to eat or overeat certain foods. When we understand ourselves at an ever greater deeper level, then we have a platform to create lasting change instead of just getting wrapped up in the next fad diet thinking that that's the answer to all of our problems when we actually have a lot of internal and also external cues and triggers to eat. Now that you have a greater understanding about the art of grounding, no doubt you will see how important it is to create that connection 03:44 - 04:41 Speaker 1: between mind and body. To prepare yourself for this grounding meditation, find a comfortable seated or lying position, somewhere where you won't be distracted for about the next 10 minutes, somewhere where you feel safe. And if you choose to, you can close your eyes or keep them open. So next up is our show intro and then your beautiful grounding practice. Once you've settled into your seated or lying position, choose to either gently close your eyes or soften your gaze at a particular point, starting to invite a sense of calmness to wash over you. Lengthen the spine with 04:41 - 05:53 Speaker 1: a graceful stretch, and with a slow audible sigh, let go of any lingering tension in your body, allowing the shoulder blades to gently release into the frame of the body. If comfortable, gently close the mouth, feeling the upper and lower lip touching ever so slightly together. And then start to notice your breath moving in and out through the nose. Taking awareness to the body, and opening up to the points of contact between your body and the surface below you. On the next out breath, Sink into these points of contact, like you're relaxing into a warm bath. 05:55 - 07:03 Speaker 1: Feel the stability and the strength of the surface below you caressing your body. If you're seated, it might be your feet pressing against the floor, the underneath of the thighs pressing against the seat. If you're lying, it could be the back of the heels, the back of the pelvis or the shoulder blades pressing firmly into the surface below. Rest here for a moment, really finding that connection between the physical body and the surface below. With every exhale, sinking the mind and the body into these anchor points. Noticing any subtle sensations in or around these anchor points. 07:10 - 08:20 Speaker 1: Gently drawing breath in through the nostrils and becoming aware of which nostril feels more open and accepting of the breath. Tracking the journey of the breath as it moves through the nostrils, gliding down the back gliding down the back ...
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    17 mins
  • #9 The Power of Grounding and Why it's Crucial for Mind Body Connection - Part 1

    #9 The Power of Grounding and Why it's Crucial for Mind Body Connection - Part 1
    Feb 25 2024
    00:00 - 00:47 Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like you're floating through life, disconnected from your body and the world around you? You're just being pulled along in this endless sea of distractions and obligations. If so, you're definitely not alone. But what if I told you there is a way to anchor yourself amidst the chaos to find solace in the present moment and reclaim the connection to your inner wisdom, your inner compass and individual sense of self. Today we're diving deep into the transformative practice of grounding and we're going to explore how it can be this life raft you've been searching 00:47 - 01:50 Speaker 1: for in the vast ocean of the scattered mess of our modern day living. We're going to look at how grounding can actually provide a stable foundation from which we can navigate and balance stress, anxiousness, disconnection, overwhelm, burnout, physical and emotional pain, and more. Join me today as we uncover the profound benefits of grounding and of course learn practical techniques to integrate this powerful practice into our daily routines and lives. It's time to reclaim our sense of presence, purpose and mind-body connection in a world that often feels adrift. Today we're diving into the transformative power of grounding 01:51 - 02:34 Speaker 1: and why it's absolutely the key to unlocking a deeper, more meaningful connection with our body and of course our mind. And then over the next few weeks I'm going to share some grounding practices for you. I know how exciting that you do not want to miss out on. So be sure to subscribe to the podcast or jump over to our website and you can subscribe and receive our weekly updates. First, we're going to get clear on what grounding is so you know in what context we're talking about grounding in. Grounding is really coming into the body, 02:35 - 03:21 Speaker 1: feeling present in the body and being able to clearly identify sensations inside the body and sensations outside the body. Everyone has a different level of understanding when it comes to the interoceptive and proprioceptive system. Your interoceptive system is this system that helps you to identify when you're hungry. So, inner sensations, or even perhaps when you need to go the loop. And it also helps you to identify different feelings. So when you're anxious because of a situation or maybe become fearful, it could be when you're feeling happy, comfortable, and content. Now your proprioceptive system is this part 03:21 - 04:02 Speaker 1: of the physical structural body that helps you better understand where your body is in time and space as it relates to other things around us. So for example just say a tiger or some sort of robber or thief entered the room. Your body would feel that and be able to signal through your nervous system that it's time to hightail it out of there. Now this experience even happens sometimes with different people or situations. We just have this sense that something isn't right. The body gathers information from the outer world and then sends it to the inner 04:02 - 04:44 Speaker 1: world and gives you different feedback or feelings and sensations for you to take action. Fight, flight, flee, appease, whatever it is. So the proprioceptive system and the interoceptive system, They really plug into 1 another. They're like peanut butter and honey. I know Americans say peanut butter and jelly, but I love peanut butter and honey, right? They're like peanut butter and honey on a sandwich. They plug into 1 another and create connection. And through grounding, we're able to leverage that and better understand what the unconscious is communicating through the somatic body. So through your body, through feeling. 04:45 - 05:32 Speaker 1: So grounding could also be described as a state of being. It's kind of akin to anchoring oneself firmly in the present moment. It's about being rooted in this profound connection to the physical body and our surrounding environment. It's a state of deep presence and inner stability and really aligns us with the here and now. It's really the embodiment of the self and mindfulness in action. Now in this state of grounding, outer distractions can start to fade into the background and we can have this heightened awareness of sensations, emotions and thoughts as they arise in the present 05:32 - 06:16 Speaker 1: moment. Now, grounding allows us to feel rooted also in our authenticity, empowered by this sense of inner strength and resilience. And this can transcend the fluctuations of external circumstances. So it doesn't matter what's happening in the outer world. I always say it matters what's happening in the moment in your inner world. Grounding techniques can include things Grounding techniques can include things like focusing on the breath, engaging in specific physical movement, sensory awareness through mindfulness, or using objects to anchor our attention to our present reality. The goal of grounding techniques are to really ...
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    18 mins
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