04/11/2025
What is savouring?
What will be be focusing on in our 7 Days of Savouring?
Simply put, savouring is mindfully enjoying something. We might relate savouring only to enjoying the taste and possibly texture of food. The moment we realise we really like a food, we slow down and just enjoy eating it, purposefully noticing and focusing on the taste and what it is about that food that brings us pleasure.
We can do the same with moments in our day to day life - taking notice of something that brings us joy and pleasure and intentionally slowing down to experience and appreciate it. This is savouring - it is not just noticing that something brings us joy, but the intentional choice of thinking about it, of experiencing it and letting it take over our senses. It could be a food, but it could also be a sound, a feeling, or a physical experience like the sun shining on your face. The possibilities are endless.
And it turns out that savouring moments in actually good for us! Focusing on and immersing ourselves in positive things in our day to day life can improve our overall mental health, help grow in us a positive outlook and an awareness of our bodies and minds. All good things.
Start noticing the things that bring you joy today and take a moment to appreciate them as they happen.