Eat: Transform Your Relationship with Food Through 20 Mindful Exercises to Feel Better and Become More Fulfilled

I invite you to think about the last meal you had today. Did you eat on autopilot while

your mind was elsewhere? Were you thinking about a past memory, planning the future,

or running a fantasy? After a brief instant, the plate was empty, and you were ready to

move on to your next task.

Did you notice the colours and the shapes of your food? Did you stop to smell it?

What were the textures and tastes you experienced? Did you hear the sounds the food made? What emotions did the food trigger? What thoughts happened when you ate that meal?

EAT brings you on a simple journey to become more mindful, experience life more intensely, and increase the richness and vividness of the multisensorial experience of eating.

You can increase the pleasure you get from eating through simple mindfulness exercises. Discover how to be truly satisfied and seize every occasion that life offers you. Explore how to be in the present moment. Learn how to decrease the suffering or discomfort you may experience with food. As you get to know how your mind and body function, guilt, shame, frustration, anxiety, and pain lose their grip and you become happier. As your mindfulness skills improve, you become able to make better choices in stressful situations.

EAT is inspired by ancient and modern contemplative practices. Whether you are new to mindfulness or you are an experienced practitioner, you will discover a buffet of mindfulness techniques that will satisfy your hunger!

DR. MARC-ANTOINE LANDRY is a neonatologist working at a busy neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Edmonton, Canada. He is a trained mindfulness coach and teaches medical students and parents of his newborn patients mindfulness exercises to reduce stress, connect to the present moment, and learn valuable insights. He instigated scientific studies that research the effects of mindfulness on medical training and patient care. A father of four children, he uses mindfulness in his personal life to keep balance and to live fully, including savouring his wife's amazing food. Dr. Landry has been coaching mindfulness to his patients and medical students for several years. Here are the benefits that people commonly report: - Freedom from intrusive or racing thoughts - A sense of calm that pervades into every aspect of life - Ease in finding inner relaxation not dependent on external surroundings - Less difficulty falling asleep and improved sleep - Reduced stress and anxiety - The ability to find areas in the body where there is no pain, so one can find rest - Improved well-being - Enhanced self-care - An increased ability to be present - Better self-compassion - Increased happiness - Heightened effectiveness throughout the day - A better understanding of self - Improved emotional regulation - The opportunity to grow - Boosted focus and clarity - The ability to make better choices in certain situations such as with heightened emotions - A refined ability in receiving feedback - Improved interpersonal relationships - And more...