Mindful Eating Comes to America
Mindful Eating (Photo: Harvard Public Health/YouTube)
There’s a food movement called mindful eating that’s picking up speed here in the US.
The Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hạnh is a leading proponent.
He has a food meditation center in southern France.
Plum Village, as it’s called, attracts visitors who want to learn how to eat more mindfully, among other things.
Plum village winter retreat (Photo: Plum Village Online Monastery/Facebook)
So, for the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for the name of the French department or region where you can find Plum Village.
It lies between the Loire valley and the Pyrénées …
The answer is Dordogne, France. A Buddhist meditation center there called Plum Village attracts vistors from around the world who want to explore mindful eating. Lilian Cheung of the Harvard School of Public Health and co-author of Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life explains the basics of mindfulness to anchor Marco Werman.
Dr. Cheung shared one of the meditations she learned from monks at Plum Village. She says its a grace that’s said before each meal as a way to contemplate and honor the nourishing food:
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