Mindfulness Daily Check In September 17, 2018

How can this simple glass of water be associated with mindfulness?
One of the simplest ways to start and end your day, while ensuring you remain on the right path, can be as simple as sipping a glass of water mindfully. When you wake up, it starts your body working with the idea of cleanliness, health and calm. When you go to bed, it helps you flush all the events of that day out so that your body and mind can process them while you get a restful night of sleep.
A mindful glass of water helps you flush out the impurities you have acquired living in our modern world. Mentally, a mindful glass of water helps you release the stress and worries of your day, so that you can literally put it all to bed. It is a reminder that whatever happened, happened. That there is nothing you can do about it except to let the waters work their magic, as you move on to the next adventure that awaits you.
So a simple glass of water is and can be a part of your daily mindfulness routine. I'd like everyone try to be mindful of drinking several glasses of water a day. This so can help you in many ways. Also if your like me-I hate the taste of water sometimes. Please share on some things you like to add to your water if you add things or just drink it down
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@RumpleSteeleSkin Absolutely love this Rumple! I LOVE drinking water, it makes me feel great knowing I am taking care of myself and keeping hydrated :D
What do I add to my water? TEA hahaha! But with normal water sometimes it's nice to add some lemon, ginger and cucumber.
Thanks for this check-in, take care <3
@peppermintlove
Hey there Peppermint good to see you drop by! Yes I found with my recent water increase I even see my skin clearing, also the increase potty- but I also have more energy. That is great that you like water and know your being mindful of your health. I have tried lemon water so much that the insides of my mouth were bitter alot. Cucumber hmmm I love it but idk in water Im going to prepare 1 bottle with that in it for work tomorrow
First thing when I wake up I squeeze a slice of lemon in water and drink 8 gulps... 8 oz.... to replenish the water I didn't get overnight :)
By counting to 8 as I swallow, I feel and enjoy the replenishment. I also do it at noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm... very mindful of how much water I'm drinking and I take 8 gulps all at once. The mindfulness is in the counting.
@RumpleSteeleSkin I like to add ginger powder to make a ginger tea.
@soulsings
Hey there Souls good your here today
I do put a few slices of fresh ginger root in my water with some mint leaves. OMG it is so so heavenly
But I never did try ginger tea-something new to try this week!
@soulsings
yummm ginger tea is so good!! 
@peppermintlove oh yes. Did you ever try peppermint tea? lol
@soulsings
I love peppermint tea, it is one of my favourites! ;) so nice and relaxing
@peppermintlove yes it is wonderful to unwind at night ! I kind of suspecting you liked it from your name.
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Interesting topic... I just ordered/received Thich Nhat Hanh's Mindful Eating... in hopes to slow down myself at meals.
Being mindful of water ... is very difficult for me. I was conditioned in school - no water fountain breaks, no restroom breaks. The only liquid you had was the tiny pint of milk at lunch. Even after I got home - I wouldn't often embibe until dinner's sweet tea. So -- adding water to a day is very hard now - very much of a challenge and to the irritation of my GP and myself.
I don't much care for the "flavor" of filtered/spring/tap water as I taste the minerals and organics (think the little girl from the movie Signs -- It's contaminated). I do use a filter to try to help but sometimes that just isn't enough -- so it is necessary to add lime/lemon/True Lime/True Lemon to help entice sipping. I have done agua fresca with select fruit - strawberries are very good for that.
Seltzer Water (flavored and preferably sweetened but not always) and Tonic Water (which I have come to enjoy in certain brands) are more likely to make me slow down and think mindfully of enjoying them. The tingle of the bubbles, the twinge of flavor and after-bite, the sensation while swallowed -- that I can pause on.
@diplomaticconfucious
HI Diplo wonderful to see you
oh wow that must have been very hard having no water or other drink during the day. Wow. I do understand now why its hard for you in take in water daily now a days. I do know about plain water and getting it into the body and filter the kidneys and such. It is better then flavored any kind of liquid taken in. But..............some tastes are mmmmmmm
You are truly being mindful of your taste buds and what waters work for you. Good job I say. It must really of been hard to change somethig from our past that is ingrained daily into us. Please do continue discovering different waters and do share with us more
@diplomaticconfucious have you tried distilled water? There are no minerals and so less taste.
I like mindful eating. What helps me is to think of all the people that give of their energies from farmers to truckers to store shelf stockers. It is amazing how many people give so much so people they do not even know can benefit.
@RumpleSteeleSkin I drink water and sometimes I put some lemon slices in my water. 
@sweetrosa1987
HIya Rosa great to see you
Yes lemon in water is goooooooooooooooooood also I pucker some too
@RumpleSteeleSkin Pucker up buttercup!
LOL!!!! 
@RumpleSteeleSkin
@RumpleSteeleSkin
I need to get better at this. It would help with my POTS symptoms as well.