Coffee Meditation

So many of us live hectic, busy lives. We run from home to work or school to evening activities and along the way drink coffee or tea to keep us going.

How often do you stop to savor it's taste or sense how it feels in your body? Consider doing a coffee meditation to not only feed your body, but also calm and center your mind.

To get started put on some soothing meditation music. I like ocean meditation on Pandora. Get a packet of your favorite Organo Gold coffee or tea and a mug filled with steaming hot water.

Now, close your eyes and take in a deep breath to relax. Yawn a time or two and stretch, opening your body and mind to the process.

Next, feel the universal quality that is urging to express through you at this moment, like love, joy, peace, freedom, abundance, etc. Say the word in your head and make sure it resonates with you. If it doesn't, choose another.

Open your coffee or tea and write the word on the envelop.

Stir your coffee or tea in the hot water and say:
"I am infused with (insert quality)."
Repeat the affirmation 2 times.

Take a sip of coffee or tea and say:
"I drink in the (insert quality)."

Close your eyes again and notice the warm feeling of the coffee or tea as it moves down into your body.
Say: "I feel the (insert quality) of the Universe filling my entire being."

Take a deep breath and say:
"(insert quality) and I are One."

Take another sip and say:
"The (insert quality) of the Universe is within me now and always."

Sit quietly listening to the soothing music and enjoy your coffee for as long as you feel appropriate.

To order ganoderma-infused Organo Gold coffee, click here.

Thank you to Rev. Karyn Allen (Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley) for this beautiful meditation ritual.