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Exploring the mind-body connection.
To answer a seemingly simple question, first, we have to define what meditation is. It’s a tool, a practice that connects the body and mind. Today, we mostly use mindful meditation to go back to the present moment and healthily deal with stress. Meditating won’t make you lose weight overnight, but the connection between weight loss and mindfulness meditating is worth exploring.
Mindfulness meditation is a simple practice of being here and now. Pay attention to where you are, what you’re doing, and how you are feeling at this very moment. Your thoughts regarding weight loss will come, and you should let them in, observe them and don’t judge. This is an essential part of meditation since it will help you deal with guilt and shame of overeating. Usually, overeating is stress-induced, so by becoming more aware of your thoughts and emotions, you can recognize the times when you eat because you feel the pressure.
Meditation helps and encourages you to be more loving and more compassionate to yourself. Avoiding “eating your feelings” as well as being aware of your thoughts without judging yourself is a part of the healing process that meditating offers. All you have to do is find 10 minutes in the day just for you.
Once you’re in a peaceful area, make yourself comfortable. Begin by focusing on your breathing, watching your chest or belly as it expands and sinks on the surface bellow. Feel the breath as it moves in; do this for a few minutes, until you start to feel more comfortable.
Once you’re relaxed, take a deep breath in, hold it for several seconds, and slowly exhale. Repeat for several circles and continue to breathe freely. Watch your breath as it enters the nose, raises your chest, or moves your belly, but don’t change it in any way. Stay focused on your breath for 5 to 10 minutes. You’ll find your mind shifting, which is normal. Just notice that your mind has shifted and return your attention to your breath. As you start to wrap up, reflect on how smoothly the mind shifted. Then simply acknowledge how easy it was to bring your attention back to your breath.
From there, you can start introducing a mindfulness approach to your eating habits. Focus on chewing slowly, on tasting the food. Start learning to recognize hunger from stress. Focus on how you feel after eating a particular food. Try not to be too hard on yourself if you break your diet. Spend time contemplating about what you’re going to eat before actually eating. Mindfulness meditation will help you adapt to healthy eating habits, and unlike traditional diets, you won’t have to worry about the yo-yo effect. Not because this is some kind of weird mind control, but because you’ll be more aware of what it is that you’re eating and how often.
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