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Mindful eating: a powerful practice in transforming your relationship to food

March 8, 2012 by Valerie Love 5 Comments

by regular columnist Valerie Love, Yoga on a Plate Six years ago, I went to visit a friend from college who was teaching English in Kyoto, Japan. A day or so after I arrived, she took me to an outdoor market in the city.  Wandering together through stalls of artwork, antiques, handicrafts and food, I was drawn to a table where a woman was selling daifuku, sweet rice cakes filled with red bean paste. As my friend spoke Japanese and I did not, she kindly did the work of ordering one for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Ayurveda, Yoga & Body Image Tagged With: food, mindful eating, valerie love, yoga on a plate

Introducing “Yoga on a Plate:” A New Column for the Yoga Lunchbox

January 30, 2012 by Valerie Love 11 Comments

Valerie Love

by Valerie Love If you asked me to name the things—people not included—that make me happiest, yoga and good food would be at the top of the list. So writing a column that combined my passions for both of those things seemed like a no-brainer. Except that the more I began to sit down and think about it, the more challenging and the more daunting it became. Many of us, whether yogis or not, have complicated relationships with food at some point in our lifetime. For many, these struggles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Ayurveda Tagged With: Ayurveda, chakras, food, valerie love, wellington, yoga, yoga on a plate

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