Benefits of Meditation and Mindfulness

Mindful Eating The Japanese have a concept of mindful eating called ‘Hara Hachi Bu’. This concept comes from Confucian teachings and roughly means to eat only 80% of your food. The idea is to eat slowly and focus on the tastes and textures of your food. Rather than assuming that a plateful is your allocated amount of food, you only eat until you’re 80% full. This helps ensure that you don’t eat too much as eating slowly helps give the...