What is Nourishment?

 

 

Nourishment = nutrition + the heart.
If you have been following me awhile you will know that my fave word is nourishment. But what does it really mean?⁣

Well to me it’s more than nutrition. It includes the experience of nutrition too – the heartiness, the sentiments, and the intention with which we eat. ⁣

Ultimately what nourishes us is;⁣
– our relationship to food,⁣
– our participation in the experiment of eating,⁣
– the wonder,⁣
– the joy,⁣
– the change,⁣
– the aliveness,⁣
– the shopping,⁣
– the cooking,⁣
– the sharing, ⁣
– the ripe raspberries,⁣
– the sticky spaghetti, ⁣
– the fresh salad,⁣
– the sweet ice-cream, and⁣
– the knowing that when this meal is finished we will soon return for another (and another, and another). ⁣

We all eat – but have you ever taken the time to consider what it means to be an eater? Whether you know it or not, each time you eat you secretly make a commitment to continue to be alive. ⁣

That to me is nourishing.

⁣If you’d like to explore this topic more, come and join me at one of my upcoming workshops. It’s a topic I love to weave into every conversation.

With love,⁣
Kerryn x⁣

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