How stressed are you? Project deadlines, children’s school assignment, stuck traffic and even when domestic help goes on vacation, we get stressed. Every morning we wake up and join the rat race. We can’t change external factors. But we can de-stress mindfully. Take a step towards a healthier happier life.
Every day I try taking a step towards mindful living and I have a beautiful young teacher, my child, Penguin. The way he is sensory aware of things around us is quite remarkable. Actually, the younger the child is the more mindful he/she is. Remember how your child was so focused while watching ants march in the garden.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is all about awareness. Being aware of your own surroundings, thoughts, emotions, and body. Pay attention at the moment. Being present.
However, it’s not that easy. Our mind keeps wandering.
Can you do a quick exercise? Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Release slowly. You have to feel it- inhale and exhale. Repeat 5 times.
No need to raise your hand, just ask yourself were in the moment? Did your toes felt the cold floor? Maybe your mind wandered even before you realize.
Let me share one of the mindful exercises I try to practice every afternoon when my toddler is having his nap. Mindful green tea drinking.
If you are not a green tea drinker yet maybe its time to be one. The benefits of green tea are all over the world. Be it brain functioning, weight loss, glowing healthy skin, and other healthy returns.
How to drink a mindful cup of green tea?
For long I feel it’s difficult to meditate. So, I started building mindful moments in everyday life simple activities, including brewing and drinking a cup of green tea. Earlier I shared how to make perfect green tea? Now let’s make one more cup mindfully using Instacuppa green tea detox bottle. Here, the significant thing is to focus on seeing, feeling, tasting, touching, and hearing. Just in case your mind wanders off return gently to the senses.
- Pay close attention to water on the pan. Notice how it warms up, bubbles inside the pan, how it starts rolling. If it’s making any sound? Stay alert to your senses.
- Notice how your feet are as they carry your weight. Be aware of how the floor feels, how your palms are resting near the stove.
- Place a teaspoon of your favorite green tea leaves in the infuser. Relish the aroma of leaves, their texture, color.
- As you cover with the strainer and put them back in the bottle observe the sound around.
- While pouring hot water notice how the water flows in the bottle.
- Watch the beauty of change in the color of water. Give attention to how the clear water transforms into tea.
- In case you prefer adding sweeteners, realize how you feel while adding them. Same for other enhancers like lemon or mint.
- Take the cup of warm green tea in your hands and feel how warmth travel from mug to hands and whole body.
- While you lift the cup towards your lips, notice the motion of your hands and neck.
- Take a sip of green tea and feel the flavor. Is it perfect to your liking?
- While gulping the liquid, focus on how it flows to your stomach
- Let other thoughts stay away if they try entering your mind get back to your senses like the warmth of cup. Appreciate the delicacy.
- Comprehend if the warmth of the cup is diminishing.
- Take another sip inhaling aroma of tea. Did you notice any change in aroma when the leaves were dry and now?
- Drink your tea as you notice the surrounding around you, your breath and feel relaxed.
Make it a ritual. Maybe an hour after lunch. Being in present in relaxed form would detox the body and mind.
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Drinking a cup of tea mindfully appreciating the moment is practiced as tea meditation by many Buddhist monks like Thich Nhat Hanh.
How do you drink your green tea?
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Are you really able to sip your green tea so mindfully? I will try
Yes Monika. That’s my ME time. No distraction around
I’ve been wanting to add green tea to my day. This is prefect, tea and mindfulness.
Thanks for reading. Do adopt green tea
another interesting post by you Pragnya. Enjoyed it.
Thank you Vartika
That was such a cute beginning to the post. I could never imagine that having green tea could be deconstructed to this extent. really enjoyed reading it.
I got what you intend, thankyou for posting.
That’s a mindfully thought out post about drinking mindfully a cup of green tea. Great post
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Sindhu.
This gives us a lot of useful insights about green tea. Read it and loved it.
Thank you Aritro.
Reminds me of Art of Doing Nothing 🙂 Interesting post.
You are well read Lady. Thanks for visiting
Wow ! This is something interesting
Thanks for stopping by
What a lovely post. Who would have thought that mechanisms matter so much.
Thanks Siddhi
I feel there are so many ways to be mindful. Dare I say, even drinking water can be mindful. Thanks for reading.
What an interesting way to have Green Tea
Not a tea lover but may be I can share with my mom and brother who love tea.
Must try thing
Thank you for such post
I appriciate it
Green Tea Squad
Thanks for the gesture Anurag
woow a wonderful article!! one should practice it often for a healthy life
Regular practice has immense benefits.
Just reading this post made me feel a lot calmer. Mindfulness is an art we all need to practice in our terribly busy lives…sigh!
Thank you so much. Your words made my day. Thanks for reading.
It’s a great idea to live in the moment that too while preparing Tea.Never thought about it ..But how do you execute it ??Any tips
Do it when you have least distraction around you. The details are mentioned in the post. Thanks for stopping by