Practising mindfulness is as easy as allowing a piece of chocolate to slowly melt in your mouth. While avoiding the mental strain and physical distractions of everyday life. One might think of it as micro-dosing on chocolate to improve your mood. Mindfulness can be visually pictured as a well in the ground, from which one draws forth the refreshing water of inner peace, by immersing oneself in the here and now. It can be difficult to escape the insistent chatter of one's mind. One route of escape is to embrace the senses, such as smell, touch, taste, etc. That's why chocolate helps, as it connects a person consciously with their senses. Allowing them to escape the draining escapades of a noisy, tiresome mind. When you focus on the experience of tasting and not just eating chocolate with a strong sense of determination (laughs). It can prove to be an all-consuming event. And a mind consumed by blissful sensory data allows one to take a much-deserved break from mental worries. Further still, a wonderful paradox arises if one practices chocolate mindfulness meditation. One can find it no longer necessary to devour vast quantities of chocolate mindlessly on the couch. This is because by consciously slowing down and savouring the luscious moreishness of chocolate - it's easier to eat less. Because, what one does taste, is consciously experienced and remembered more effectively by the brain, soul, mind and deep self. Well, at least that's the theory. ;)
Source:
Elizabeth Scott, MS,
ow to Enjoy a Chocolate Meditation'.
Accessed at: https://tinyurl.com/y2wm72hu
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