"Savouring": The New Art of Living Life

When we hear the word "Savouring" it is normally associated with "enjoying the food"like relishing the taste of food, or quite simply enjoying the and appreciating the enhanced flavour or experiencing a new positive about something, treasuring, feasting, marvelling or similar verbs that explain our condition when we taste some exotic food item it's taste really makes us happy and feel heavenly and we enjoy that moment the food is in or mouth, that rich mouthfeel or positive feeling we get enjoying our favourite food or snack.

On the similar basis in Psychology there is a different meaning to the word 'savouring' it adds to enhance the intensity of positive experience of some moments like when you receive a surprise gift from a friend or a colleague gives you an honest compliment on your new dress or hairstyle or some one across the street gives you a rose in appreciation to your greetings. The savouring of the moment is indeed that pleasant fragrance of the moment when you feel suddenly so rich and happy about something which we feel like cherishing.

As we all know our life is so 'momentary' in nature that the happy moments don't last forever for example look at the wedding day in the life of a person is so special that two lives become one on all respects the celebration galore with family and friends on the day of wedding is so beautiful and enjoyable, but it is then over the next day. Similarly when you see the birth of a child and your first touch or feel of the new born is so satisfying to mind but then it is over in a few moments or you are having a party at home with all the near and dear ones and and as they leave after the party the moment is over and we feel 'oh it's over already'!

Savouring therefore helps us in extending that state of happiness or positive emotions for a longer period of time. Like the moment is extended further and it is continued for some more time for you to enjoy and relish.You try to retain that smell, that flavour, that sound, that physical touch forever by embedding it in your mind forever that whenever you feel to experience that moment again your savouring helps you to relive the moment once again.

In the mindful sessions we are told to enjoy the present moment and forget everything else, whereas in savouring it is to recapture the moment and relive and retain the feel of the moment once again and as we see the album of our memories of pleasant past events we get that nostalgia and we relive those moments once again and feel much better and happier. Savouring really helps us to capitalise on that positive feeling and emotions and store it forever by sharing it with others on social media or with the friends in a Whatsapp group or like Google photos shows you the past moments by "on this day that year" and you get nostalgic and enjoy what you actually were doing on this day last year or 5 years ago.

Psychologists say that savouring can also be of the present moment or even future events planned and foreseen as forthcoming adventure or a trip to a new exotic locations and we start feeling already very good a out the future upcoming events that we are going to enjoy. Savouring therefore is an ongoing process of mind which keeps us engaged with past, present and future moments of our life that enrich us all the time and increase our 'dopamine' levels in the brain creating the happy state of mind. Savour the moment guys it is very important to be positive and enjoy life with every moment giving us a new feel of freshness