Happiness Break: A Visualization to Connect With Your Heritage, With Bryant Terry
Chef and author Bryant Terry leads us through a visualization to connect with our ancestors by appreciating our families' traditional foods.
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Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yc6d69py
\n\nHow to Do This Practice:
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Find a comfortable place to start this practice, focusing on your breath.
\nThink of a meal or dish that is linked to your culture. Reflect on what it looks and tastes like, as well as when you would eat this dish.
\nRecall whoever would normally make this dish for you, and any stories that might have told you about it.
\nRefocusing your attention on the dish, consider all the different ingredients that went into it, tracing them back to where they came from.
\nReflect on how generations of your family have been nourished from these sources, all leading up to you.
\nComplete the practice by grounding yourself in your body, and thanking your ancestors for what they have provided.
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Today\u2019s Happiness Break host:
\n\nBryant Terry is a meditator, chef and food justice activist based in San Francisco.
\n\nLearn about Bryant Terry: https://tinyurl.com/juvz7sb2
\n\nRead Bryant\u2019s books: https://tinyurl.com/59nxrn8e
\n\nFollow Bryant on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/ycyb8dwc
\n\nMore resources from The Greater Good Science Center:
\n\nHappiness Break: A Meditation to Connect to Your Roots, with Yuria Celidwen (The Science of Happiness Podcast): https://tinyurl.com/3mrd6247
\n\nEpisode 81: Are You Listening to Your Elders? (The Science of Happiness Podcast): https://tinyurl.com/2wjbjj3e
\n\nDo Rituals Help Us to Savor Food? https://tinyurl.com/52xpj7fn
\n\nFind Purpose by Connecting Across Generations: https://tinyurl.com/h4yyjesh
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