Easy Meditation Techniques

Eating Meditation - How To Do it

How are the easy meditation techniques going so far?

Maybe you're feeling calm and relaxed during your meditation? But how about at work or in your daily life?

How do you bring this calm to where it matters? How can the easy meditation techniques help when you're most stressed?

Well they can.....

You can start with walking meditation or eating meditation. As usual I'll describe how to do the meditation and you can do it as you read....

This will work best if you have a small food item to practice with. A raisin is ideal. Get one now if you can. I'll wait here......

Ok got your raisin? Then let's get started.

How to do Eating Meditation

Hold the raisin in your hand. Take a good look at it. Notice its shape. The folds in its skin. Dark and light areas. Take your time.......

Now pick the raisin up. Notice how it feels. Try rolling it between your fingertips- How does that feel?

Try smelling it. Does it have a smell?

Ok now place it in your mouth. Just let it sit there resting on your tongue- and notice what happens. What can you taste? How does the raisin feel now? Is it changing as the seconds pass by?

Next try moving it with your tongue- and then start chewing gently.

Notice how all of this feels.

Now finally you can swallow. But keep watching. Follow the movements of your throat and mouth as you do this.

Congratulations...You've done the eating meditation.

Why should this meditation help you?

Now you can bring meditation to your everyday life. When you pay attention to what you do in this way everything becomes more interesting....more alive....more full....

You'll have less trouble from your thoughts. Less stress.

Try it a with a few meals a week at first.....

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