Apple

An activity for presence-ing:

If you have an apple to work with physically, that is fantastic, but this can also be done with your knowingness of an apple through past experiences and visualizing.

Hold an apple in your hands.  Rotate the fruit in your palms and feel the flesh on your fingertips.  Notice the weight of the apple.  Notice the color of the apple. Notice the stem and leaf or absence of those.  

How does the apple smell?  Notice the space between your nose and the apple as you smell.  Take a few breaths in, with the apple at your nose and mouth.  Notice the breath at the tip of the nostril. Notice the breath as it moves into the nasal passage. Notice the breath in your body.

Take a bite of the apple.  Let the apple stay in your mouth as you notice the shape and the touch on your tongue. Slowly chew and notice the sound, the taste, and the texture. What do you notice about the sound as you continue to chew this first bite?  What do you notice about the taste and texture as the fruit is made smaller and ready to swallow?  

When you swallow, notice the sensation of the food moving along the esophagus and toward the stomach if that sensation is available to you and notice if it isn’t. There is no should be, only what you experience.

Breathe in with the apple at your nose and mouth again before the next bite. Continue on with slow consumption and deep noticing, taking time to fully presence with the fruit.

Guided Apple Script