DURATION: Whenever eating or drinking
When you start a meal, do it as if it is the first time you are tasting food in your life!
Normally we don't chew our food, we just throw the food into our body. We hardly taste the food.
Now whenever you eat, eat with awareness.
Be aware when you are picking up your food. Enjoy the feel of it in your mouth. Roll it on your tongue and taste it.
Taste your food completely. Become the taste. We never really taste our food, because our attention is somewhere else. When you really feel the sweetness of the food, you can feel it not only in the mouth but also in your entire body.
While drinking water, feel the fluidity, feel the coolness of the water as it goes down your throat and into your stomach. Close your eyes and drink it slowly, enjoying every sip. Feel the coolness intensely, not only in the mouth but also in the entire body.
When you eat with awareness, with respect, your food itself becomes amrut, the elixir of immortality. In Sanskrit there is a saying, Annam Brahma (Food is God). When you approach these simple activities with awareness and reverence, you will experience this truth.
THANK YOUR BODY