Eating Mindfully
Eating mindfully involves bringing moment-to-moment awareness to our food as we are eating. Not only will we more fully taste our food, but we are also stepping out of autopilot mode and into the present.
1. As you eat your food, be as curious as you can to find out as much information about it. Using all of your senses, fully explore your food.
a. What colours, textures, patterns, etc. can you see?
b. What textures can you notice? Is it crunchy or soft?
c. What do you notice about how the food smells?
d. Does the food make any sounds as you are eating?
2. Next, place the food in your mouth and roll it around to all sides with your tongue, noticing how it tastes and feels in your mouth.
3. Take a moment to reflect on all that you discovered.