People often practice walking meditation. Why not practice cooking meditation? Let’s do mindful cooking before our mindful eating! It’s an easy way to turn a chore into a mini-retreat. For some of us, it’s the only chance we have all day to connect with the natural world. Practice mindful cooking by following your breath as […]
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Meditation for Cooks
Use this meditation for cooks to turn your cooking into a mini-retreat. Calm your mind and enjoy the present moment while you prepare food for yourself or others. Prepare Your Space Start by preparing your space so you can to focus on the present moment. Free your kitchen from distractions if you can. Turn off the […]
How Eating Plants Supports the Five Mindfulness Trainings
Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh wrote the Five Mindfulness Trainings as a nonsectarian way to practice compassion and understanding. He says their nature is universal, with all spiritual traditions providing similar guidance. In this post, I look at how eating a plant-based or vegan diet supports the Five Mindfulness Trainings: Reverence for life […]
How to Stop Climate Change
The Cow in the Room: Beef is Worse than Cars for the Planet The United Nation’s 2006 report Livestocks’ Long Shadow says that: Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter production methods, including improved animal diets to reduce enteric fermentation and consequent methane emissions, are urgently […]
Spheres of Engagement: How to Communicate about Food
Use the spheres of engagement as a handy way to communicate effectively about food. The concept works whether you are using words or the food itself to communicate. I learned this through sometimes painful experience. I hope this idea will help you be confident and make a difference. After I woke up to the difference […]
7 ways home cooking can reduce your post-election risk
No matter how you feel about the U.S. election, you probably expect big changes to start happening soon. Some of the predictions are downright scary: reducing food inspection and regulation, reducing protection for animals, and ignoring climate change. Even our health-care system is about to shift again. We still have apron power! By cooking plant-based, […]
