Touch – every tool or surface you touch is taking you one step closer to enjoying and savouring this drink. Count to yourself or out loud how many touches you make in the process. Try and remove the light touch process and spend a few seconds on each one at least before moving on to the next. By doing so, you can notice the contrast between materials, their temperature and texture…. and slow down.
Smell – the coffee itself as you prepare it and then the result itself before you are ready to drink it. Before you begin drinking, remind yourself of how far you have come with your sense journey. Breathe in and smell the coffee or simply inhale and exhale. Take a moment, take a few moments to enjoy the smell of your drink before you begin to taste.
Taste – The intended outcome, the drink prepared just how you like it, the right temperature, strength, and colour. Drink it how you want to, a sip and a rest, a mouthful held and then enjoyed. You choose. Enjoy… well done – you’ve done it!
Selecting something you do regularly, without thought, is the perfect opportunity to shift your mindset and turn it into a mindful action.
The process I share can be part of the small step process. Choose to do one a day or one a week – the beauty of this is you are in control. In a busy day, the preparing and drinking of coffee is easy to be overlooked as an ‘every day’ activity – one that is almost done subconsciously. Selecting something you do regularly, without thought, is the perfect opportunity to shift your mindset and turn it into a mindful action – one that will benefit you emotionally, spiritually and with a greater sense of intentional wellness beyond the intended outcome – a cup of coffee.
With everything you have to hand, there is no expectation to go out and purchase additional items to achieve the mindful results you desire. If you can, share the process with others in your home or your social circle.
The emotional connection you have to each stage of slow, gentle living are all part of the process and can work together with ease and flow to develop a Just Hygge mindset of living intentionally every time, every day, everywhere.
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