http://foodandyoga.ca/food-and-yoga-diet Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:33:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://foodandyoga.ca/food-and-yoga-diet/comment-page-1#comment-123 Michele Mon, 04 May 2009 22:53:05 +0000 http://foodandyoga.ca/?p=142#comment-123 what a wonderful way of looking at food. All things in life need balance, whether it be yoga poses or food intake. Great thoughts. what a wonderful way of looking at food. All things in life need balance, whether it be yoga poses or food intake. Great thoughts.

]]> http://foodandyoga.ca/food-and-yoga-diet/comment-page-1#comment-13 Patricia Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:59:25 +0000 http://foodandyoga.ca/?p=142#comment-13 Beautifully written. Very persuasive application of the mindfulness ideas to food. Interesting that many of the points you make about what generally helps people feel good (e.g. lots of fresh produce, taking pleasure in food) would also support the kind of relationship to food that would move towards social and environmental balance as well (I'm thinking about things like eating locally, cooking at home). These things can also be framed as external constraints which can induce guilt or confusion ("should I feed my baby the organic banana or the locally grown non-organic apple?"), but if I think if them in the way you describe, it all becomes part of the same journey. Beautifully written. Very persuasive application of the mindfulness ideas to food. Interesting that many of the points you make about what generally helps people feel good (e.g. lots of fresh produce, taking pleasure in food) would also support the kind of relationship to food that would move towards social and environmental balance as well (I’m thinking about things like eating locally, cooking at home). These things can also be framed as external constraints which can induce guilt or confusion (”should I feed my baby the organic banana or the locally grown non-organic apple?”), but if I think if them in the way you describe, it all becomes part of the same journey.

]]> http://foodandyoga.ca/food-and-yoga-diet/comment-page-1#comment-12 Chris Dunphy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:37:40 +0000 http://foodandyoga.ca/?p=142#comment-12 I agree with you entirely. Diet is the single most important factor in achieving a balanced lifestyle. It is not necessarily overlooked but unfortunately a long list of foods are often trumpeted as "the one true superfood" or "eat this and you'll gain weight" and people are very susceptible to these kinds of scare tactics. If there are this many "superfoods" why are 95% of peoples diet out of balance? The key word is BALANCE! Your article is a great read for those people constantly fighting the battle with food. Make peace not war with it, listen to your body it has a lot more constructive things to tell you about your diet than your mind often does! I agree with you entirely. Diet is the single most important factor in achieving a balanced lifestyle. It is not necessarily overlooked but unfortunately a long list of foods are often trumpeted as “the one true superfood” or “eat this and you’ll gain weight” and people are very susceptible to these kinds of scare tactics. If there are this many “superfoods” why are 95% of peoples diet out of balance? The key word is BALANCE! Your article is a great read for those people constantly fighting the battle with food. Make peace not war with it, listen to your body it has a lot more constructive things to tell you about your diet than your mind often does!

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