Sacred Stillness: A Mindfulness Practice to Regulate & Restore
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Session 1: Mindful Eating – Awakening the Senses
We begin our bi-weekly journey with a gentle invitation to slow down and return to the present moment. In this first session, we explore mindfulness through the senses using mindful eating as a doorway into awareness. So often, eating becomes automatic—something we do while distracted or rushing through our day. This practice invites us to pause, notice, and reconnect.
✨ We are not changing what we eat—only how we experience it.
Through a guided mindful eating experience, you’ll engage your senses—taste, texture, smell, and breath—while noticing thoughts, patterns, and your body’s response. This simple yet powerful practice becomes a living example of how slowing down supports nervous system regulation and deepens self-awareness.
🌱 What to Expect:
- Grounded opening + introduction to mindfulness
- Guided mindful eating practice (simple foods provided)
- Gentle exploration of awareness, habits, and emotional eating
- Optional reflection and group sharing in a respectful space
🌸 Tools & Takeaways:
This is an experiential and educational space offering practical tools you can carry into daily life.
- Learn how slowing down supports self-regulation of the nervous system
- Use mindful eating as a practice to build awareness beyond food
- Receive handouts, journaling prompts, and simple “homework” practices
- Begin creating a more intentional, mindful relationship with yourself
There is no right or wrong way to participate. If your mind wanders and you bring it back, that is the practice.
Mindfulness begins with noticing. From this place, we begin to shift not only how we eat—but how we live.
📅 Tuesday, May 12 from 6:00p - 7:30p
📍 Sozo Healing House, Suite 103 (Classroom), Tempe AZ
💛 Donation Based
🌿 Reciprocity available – all are welcome
Ms. Makaila, a Medicine Way apprentice with a background in psychology and mind-body practices, offers this space with care, curiosity, and heart-centered awareness.
If you’ve been moving through life on autopilot, this is your invitation to pause… to feel, to taste, and to return to yourself—one mindful moment at a time.