Mindful Cooking – My cooking, My feelings

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Did you know that cooking is a mean for us to get to know ourselves better? It involves experimentation, creativity, fun, rewards and helps awaken all our senses. Why don’t we learn to listen to our internal kitchen? On the menu, lots of fun, creativity and health benefits.

Any act we do while cooking -washing, sorting out, sizzling, peeling- is linked to a sensation and helps us listen to our feelings and emotions. Would you rather toss the salad with your hands or using kitchen utensils? Do you consider cutting as a joy or a threatening experience? Is breaking apart basil leaves and kneading the flour a way to express your anger or on the contrary, a fun and sensorial amusement? In all cases, affects are being unveiled.

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