Turn Off All Forms of Media During Your MealsSimple Instructions:
Watch this video for an explanation of this Lifestyle Practice from Whole Life Challenge co-founders Andy Petranek and Michael Stanwyck... Why Is This Practice Important?The practices and traditions we have around food can give us energy, connect us to our community, and even define who we are. Our eating practices also have the potential to affect us in negative ways.
Given how important eating is to our existence, it’s amazing what short shrift it gets in modern life. It’s never a surprise to see someone triple-tasking – eating, while trying to be with someone at the table, while texting someone else between bites and live conversation. We eat standing up, settle for fast food, “grab a bite” when we have time, and answer emails while we lunch. We’ve largely disconnected from that which nourishes our body and our soul. And we’re paying the price, both physically and mentally. This week you will not simply change your “diet.” You will explore a different relationship with food, with your community, and with yourself. You may see what it’s like to have eating play a totally different role. What if meal times were became opportunities to re-energize? To recover? Or to commune, with yourself, with family, or with nature? What if meals were truly the times of nourishment on all levels? Imagine what it would be like if the time you spent eating fed more needs than just the grumbling in your stomach. For More on This PracticeTraver Boehm is what you might call an expert on “no media meals.” He spent most of 2016 disconnected from electronics due to spending 28 days in the wilderness, another 28 days in total darkness, and a month studying meditation in Big Sur, California. For Traver’s thoughts on the practice of eliminating electronics during mealtimes, click through to the podcast and jump to the part at 1:02:28.
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