Bless Your Ritz Crackers

Yesterday I ate a bunch of Ritz crackers - one of my favorite “junk food” treats. I tell you this for a couple of reasons.

One, folks like to project on acupuncturists and other “natural” healthcare providers that we are paragons of perfection in the nutrition realm.

Not true. Both because we’re human, and because perfectionism is rigid, not in flow (and unattainable).

Over the years I have gotten to know my body well, and I know what food forays I can enjoy without suffering and which ones will make me feel terrible.

A bunch of Ritz crackers, a piece of delicious homemade cheesecake, and onion rings (are you shocked?!), no problem when I enjoy them occasionally.

Pastries, sorbet, and other really sweet treats without much fat will make me jittery, anxious, and irritable. Not much fun, even if they taste good, so I avoid them.

The other reason I share this is that I feel it is super important to bless your Ritz crackers as fully as you bless your kale.

Many people feel guilty when they eat something they aren’t “supposed to”. The energy with which you ingest anything is as important as what you eat.

Bless everything you eat. Bless your bok choy, bless your smoothie full of organic veggies and fruits, bless your Skittles, bless your In and Out Burger.

Bless everything you eat and drink with gratitude and joy.

At least two cool things happen when you do this. You stay in flow rather than meeting yourself with resistance.

And you find yourself satisfied with less because being present and in flow you can enjoy them fully.

How you do things matters as much as what you do. Guilt constricts. Gratitude flows and expands.

Kirstin Lindquist