Hello,
Thank you for tuning in with me today.
My name is Davide of Mahi Meditation,
And I want to share something with you,
Something that has become quite an integral part of my everyday life,
And it is something that I practice every single day.
It is a practice of gratitude,
A practice of appreciation.
It creates a moment and a recognition of the nourishment I am about to give my body whenever I consume something.
So this can be food,
But even my morning coffee and the water next to my bed I treat in a similar manner.
I basically create a moment before the moment of consumption or during the making or pouring of the nourishment.
And like this,
I recognize the journey it has taken before it reaches my body and gives me new energy.
The reason I started practicing this is because of the more aware I become of the power of intention and the energy that it brings forth,
The more I am able to feel gratitude for what surrounds me,
What gives me energy and what takes energy from me.
The food I consume and the liquids I drink are quite literally my building blocks.
They are what make up the material that is my body.
So it simply feels right to treat this with respect and appreciation before taking it in and assimilating it.
This might make me sound like a robot,
But I promise you I am a real human being with an absolute weak spot for croissants,
And as far as I know,
Robots do not eat croissants.
So as I explain the practice to you,
I advise having something of a nourishment in front of you.
This can be a piece of fruit,
A glass of water,
Or whatever it is that you would like to bless before consuming is fair game.
I am not here to judge whatever it is that you would like to eat.
I am merely here to assist you in bringing more consciousness to the process of consuming so that you may live through the experience with full awareness and gratitude.
The practice goes like this.
When having the nourishment in front of me,
Usually on a table,
I place the palm of my hand in the direction of whatever it is that I am about to take in.
I close my eyes,
I uncross my legs so that both the soles of my feet are in contact with the floor below.
I take a deep breath into my abdomen to arrive in whatever space I am occupying in my seat and I begin my journey.
My personal acknowledgement has a lot of verbs,
But the invitation is to create a form of appreciation that fits for you within the time that you want to dedicate to it.
Here we go.
Thank you Mother Earth for growing and providing all the ingredients that make up the nourishment in front of me.
And thank you to all the energies that have contributed to planting,
Tending,
Harvesting,
Moving,
And exporting and stocking to a place where I was able to acquire it.
Thank you to all the energies that have helped prepare it.
And lastly,
Thank you beautiful food or beautiful liquid for providing me with nourishment,
Energy,
And comfort.
So I will repeat it one more time,
But the invitation still stands for you to really make it your own.
Thank you Mother Earth for growing and providing all the ingredients that make up the nourishment in front of me.
Thank you to all the ingredients that have contributed to planting,
Tending,
Harvesting,
Moving,
And exporting and stocking it to a place where I was able to acquire it.
Thank you to all the energies that have helped prepare it.
And lastly,
Thank you beautiful food,
Beautiful liquid for providing me with nourishment,
Energy,
And comfort.
Thank you Mother Earth for providing me with nourishment,
Energy,
And comfort.
I end the acknowledgement with a gentle clap with my hands or a click with my fingers as that dispels any stagnant energy around it.
Then I dig in.
Thank you Mother Earth for providing me with nourishment,
Energy,
And comfort.
Thank you Mother Earth for providing me with nourishment,
Energy,
And comfort.
Through creating this small moment of appreciation,
It's like I see the color of the food better and the taste is more rich.
And over time I notice that it's helping me make better decisions for what my body needs instead of what my mind wants,
Which can be quite different from one another.
It is about noticing the small things in life because they can end up being the things that make quite a difference.
May you find freedom and wisdom within.
Namaste.
