Chocolate

Select a small, simple item that you would like to eat. This can be a raisin (as recommended in the video), or a craisin, a pierce of fresh strawberry or a raspberry, or even a simple piece of chocolate — something small and bite-sized, no bigger than your finger tip.
Play the video below and follow the instructions for the exercise. Be forewarned, when he asks you to place the food item in your mouth, do NOT immediately chew and swallow it. Follow his instructions.
Review these questions in advance and then, after you have completed the exercise, answer the following questions:
~ What did the item smell like? If you did not know what it was, how would you describe the smell to someone who never smelled something like this before? How is your body reactive to the smell…do you feel the saliva anticipating you placing it in your mouth…how is your stomach responding to the smell?
~ How did the item feel in your fingers? How would you describe the texture?
~ When you placed it in your mouth, which side of your mouth did you place it? Do you always place food in one side of your mouth or another? How did it feel when it moved around your mouth? How did your salivary glands respond once you placed it in your mouth?
~ How did the item taste to you? Was it different than you expected it to taste or that you remember it should taste? Describe the taste on your tongue…salty, sweet, bitter, sour, umami?
~ When you first bit into the item, what did it taste like? Did the flavor change as you chewed it as opposed to just having it sit in your mouth? What was the texture like?
~ As you swallowed it, could you follow it down your throat to your stomach?

Answer the following questions about mindfulness in general:
~ How can you apply the lessons learned with mindful eating to mindful decision making? What parallels can you draw to help you slow down and use all your senses to make a decision, especially when you have little information and/or may be facing a crisis?
~ Go back to our initial discussion on decision making and emotions. How can mindfulness help us manage our emotions better?
~ What is one thing you can do to be more mindful?
my item is chocolate
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Use this link to watch the youtube video. Please make sure to cite in APA format and answer EVERY question in
details!

Here is the link
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DfLKgJP8c

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