Monday 24 February 2014

Mindful eating - a raisin

In Room 14 - now to be known as 'One 4 All' we have been learning about Mindfulness. It helps us to focus and think more clearly.  We are at the beginning stages, at the moment.  Some of the mindfulness activities mean we have to sit quietly and relax, but today we tried mindful eating. You can do this at home too. 


How to: Mindfully eat a raisin

  1. Sit comfortably in a chair.
  2. Place a raisin in your hand.
  3. Examine the raisin as if you had never seen it before.
  4. Imagine it as its "plump self" growing on the vine surrounded by nature.
  5. As you look at the raisin, become conscious of what you see: the shape, texture, color, size. Is it hard or soft?
  6. Bring the raisin to your nose and smell it.
  7. Are you anticipating eating the raisin? Is it difficult not to just pop it in your mouth?
  8. How does the raisin feel? How small it is in your hand?
  9. Place the raisin in your mouth. Become aware of what your tongue is doing.
  10. Bite ever so lightly into the raisin. Feel its squishiness.
  11. Chew three times and then stop.
  12. Describe the flavour of the raisin. What is the texture?
  13. As you complete chewing, swallow the raisin.
  14. Sit quietly, breathing, aware of what you are sensing.

3 comments:

  1. What a great exercise!

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  2. Rose (Selwyn House School)28 February 2014 at 11:13

    Sounds Fun!

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  3. Thats such a cool thing to do.

    Charli
    Selwyn House School

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