{"id":2891,"date":"2011-10-20T12:21:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T16:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2011-10-20T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T16:21:18","slug":"living-in-sensuality-sight-smell-sound-touch-and-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2011\/10\/living-in-sensuality-sight-smell-sound-touch-and-taste.html","title":{"rendered":"Living In Sensuality: Sight, Smell, Sound, Touch and Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Our<\/a>I was having a kick-tush conversation<\/a> with one of my star clients (you are all stars)<\/em> regarding sexuality and sensuality.\u00a0 Certainly, weight can and does bring up issues with or concerns about sexuality; increased sexuality, decreased sexuality, et cetera.\u00a0 But – what about sensuality?\u00a0\u00a0 How does sensuality weigh in?<\/p>\n

What is sensuality?
\n<\/em><\/strong>I searched through various dictionaries for a clear definition of sensuality and what became clear was that \u2013 depending on the dictionary \u2013 a multitude of definitions exist.<\/p>\n

While there is a sexual component to sexuality, sensuality is not sexuality.\u00a0 Sensuality has to do with enjoying the pleasure of your senses:\u00a0 Sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.\u00a0 It\u2019s about being awakened and stimulated by things that activate these various senses.<\/p>\n

To live \u2018in sensuality\u2019 is to be aware of, appreciate and take delight in our senses.\u00a0 It is to live a life felt through our senses.\u00a0 When we shift of focus to that which is felt, smelled, touched, heard and tasted, it has a significant and positive bearing on how we experience life.<\/p>\n

Studies show that those who are especially sensual have a tendency to be more \u2018present.\u2019\u00a0 They are not living in the past, projecting the future; they are one with the smell of the rose, the feel of a soft breeze.<\/p>\n

Opportunity in sensuality.<\/em><\/strong>
\nThere is opportunity in sensuality. An opportunity to slow down and pay full attention to the feeling at hand; an opportunity to bask in the actual moment of sensuality rather than rush through life.\u00a0 Rushing to get where?<\/p>\n

How does sensuality weigh-in on our weight? <\/em><\/strong>
\nWe are sensual beings.\u00a0\u00a0 Our bodies are designed to experience multiple kinds of pleasure. \u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s important that we tap into all of our senses.\u00a0 The more we take the time to slow down and be present; to appreciate the beauty, the sounds, the smells, the textures that surround us, the less likely we are to be act from an unconscious place and overeat.<\/p>\n

And, of course, taste is a sense.\u00a0 If you approach food from a sensual place and truly appreciate food, if you slow down, eat with awareness, appreciate the smell of the food, the taste, the texture, its beauty, you will eat less.\u00a0\u00a0 (Eating less usually leads to weighing less.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Overflow with appreciation, awareness, heighten your senses in every area of your life; apply the lessons to food and watch your body reflect a new you.<\/p>\n

Join with Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a> and me<\/em><\/strong>!
\nPlease join with us as we explore our sensuality.\u00a0 Let’s enjoy the song of the bird, the smell and beauty of the flowers, the feel of our furry friends, the taste of a crisp, sweet autumn apple.<\/p>\n

How are you exploring your sensuality?\u00a0 Weigh-in (comment) below!<\/p>\n

Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing!<\/em>
\n Janice<\/em><\/p>\n

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