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Because of the work I do, I think about and encounter trauma (my own and others) at a very intense level. Lately, I've been working through resources from @ResmaaMenakem and exploring the trauma that lives in my body. So, I've slowly started doing things to notice and
interact with my body more deeply and intentionally. I started running again, I've been stretching, and I'm practicing some of the techniques that Resmaa recommends for white-body trauma recovery. It's been amazing & hard & enlightening & scary & gentle all at the same time.
Now, I'm starting to think about food. One thing that white-bodied people do to each other is pass on a seriously messed up approach to food and nutritional intake. To this day, I don't really know how to eat. Foods that I love make me feel like crap. Foods that make me gag
are considered "healthy." There's a whole expectation of depravity around food in white-body culture and there's a lot of mixed messages and shaming. I don't know what to do with all that. So, I've been thinking about instead of "healthy" foods but rather "healing" foods.
I've started a bit of research. I'm also thinking of foods that are healing for the earth and the community around me. So, what are some #healing foods? What restores us, gives us knew life, and sustains the life of our planet?
What foods do you absolutely love that also make you feel absolutely amazing?
I'd love to have a conversation around how food -
not just general sustenance, but specific foods that can heal us, reinforce our journey out of trauma, and be in harmony with the healing
I'd love to have a conversation around how food -
not just general sustenance, but specific foods that can heal us, reinforce our journey out of trauma, and be in harmony with the healing
we are looking for in our minds and bodies.
PS. I'm vegetarian.
PS. I'm vegetarian.
