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Warm drink pause
Three mindful minutes with a warm drink
- 3 to 5 min
- Early or limited research
Make your drink, then come back
Three minutes, one drink, nothing to fix. Put your phone down if you can.
Let hot drinks cool a little before you sip. If sipping is hard for any reason, just hold the cup and follow along.
About this tool
Mindful eating and drinking is a common way to practise paying attention to the present, and many people find a slow cup of tea a gentle place to start. Evidence for this single exercise is limited, so treat it as a small kindness to yourself, not a fix. It works just as well with coffee or plain water.