Mindful Eating

Author Jan Chozen Bays offers a reflective narration of her book, which promotes a thoughtful approach to eating. Bays points out that people have given up their health and their appreciation of food as a result of a culture that promotes artificial techniques to improve physical appearance, high-efficiency multitasking, and convenience foods. Bays, who is also a longtime Zen teacher, evokes a tone of mindful listening with her low voice and smooth, deliberately paced reading. She offers abundant practical and sustainable tips and exercises not only for improving a person's relationship with food but also for developing a more wholesome way of life. M.F. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine


Author and narrator Jan Chozen Bays takes listeners on a journey into self-awareness as she examines the importance of eating mindfully. She unhurriedly explores how we can improve our physical and spiritual health by discovering a joyful relationship with food. Her soothing voice emanates a tranquil presence perfectly suited to the instruction on how to recognize the different types of hunger and respond to them. Bays's tone is compassionate as she addresses issues of self-worth, preoccupation with the past and future, and the emptiness that plagues our society. The guided exercises, designed to teach mindfulness and tap into one's strength, creativity, balance, and wisdom, are narrated with a reassurance that adds to the calm inspiration of this listening experience. Kaleo Griffith provides a smooth narration of the insightful introduction by Jon Kabat Zinn. M.F. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine