Episode 8: Mindful Eating | Taste

Did you enjoy this guided meditation? Rate + Review + Share The Meditation Well.For more information on meditation, mindset, and mindful movement services Jess offers, visit www.yogastorynow.com.Thank you for meditating with me today!Meditation Script:In today’s episode, we’ll explore our sense of taste throughmindful eating. You can do this meditation during a meal, with a friend orfriends or co-workers at lunch. Find something edible, something you enjoy oryou can invite a bit of challenge into this practice by picking something thatyou don’t enjoy, but can tolerate. Once you have your edible item, if you canhold the item in your hand, hold it, observing the piece of food as thoughyou’ve never seen it before, with wonder. Notice the shape, the color orcolors, the dimensions, the texture. If you are holding the item in your hand,does it feel soft, smooth, are there rough edges, is it hard or malleable? Take a moment to express gratitude for all of the land andenvironments, the people and processes, every entity that had to work inconcert to provide you with the item you’re about to eat. Bring the item toyour nose, breathe in. Observe the aroma or aromas that arrive in through thenostrils as you breathe in the scents of this food item. As you breathe in, noticeif smell connects you to a memory. Hold space for that memory. Remember. Thenreturning to this moment, take a small bite, holding the piece of food in yourmouth for moment before chewing. Feel the texture, notice the initial flavorstouching the tongue. Slowly chew, then swallow. What flavors arrive. Observebitter or sour or salty or sweet or spicy or tart or whatever other flavorprofiles you notice. Once swallowed, does the flavor linger? Or does it quicklydissipate. Notice if you are satiated with this one bite or wanting more. Pausebefore continue to eat, allowing yourself to lean into either satisfaction orwant or, perhaps both. You can repeat this practice, or simply eat as younormally would with an increased awareness of taste and gratitude for thismoment of mindful eating.