Mindfulness for Stress Reduction | MBSR in San Francisco with Augusta Hopkins

Mindful Eating ~ First Four Bites

Cultivate Mindfulness and Presence through the First Four Bites of any meal

Take a bite, put the fork (spoon, chopsticks, apple, sandwich, whatever is in your hands) down!  Enjoy breathing all the way in, all the way out and all the way in again.

One and a half conscious breaths.

And say to your self, as correlates to the bite…

  • With this 1st bite I practice the love that brings joy.
  • With this 2nd bite I practice the love that brings a release from suffering.
  • With this 3rd bite I practice the love of myself.
  • With this 4th bite I practice the love of all beings.