Everyday Mindfulness

The main reason I need coffee to meditate is that I'm now working nightshifts. I found that tea isn't strong enough to get over the drowsiness. I was concerned that the caffeine content of coffee would interfere with my mindfulness practice and the fact that most buddhist monks and popular meditatio...

Hi, I just wanted to post an update about me drinking coffee before meditation for the last 3 weeks. I have to say that it really helps me focusing and remaining alert in my mindfulness practice. The trick is not to overdo it. 2-3 cups a day is largely sufficient and maintains the mind afresh to be ...

I regularly drink tea and coffee, and I have not considered it once with regard to my meditation in the six years that I have been meditating. I'm not saying that as any kind of boast. I'm merely trying to point out that you don't really have to attach any importance to it if you don't want. Like A...

Do any of the great mindfulness teachers like Jon Kabbat Zin actually drink coffee? This would be an interesting information. Because if they don't, then maybe there's some valid reason behind that pertaining to the practice of meditation.

Hi, This is a question that's been bothering me for a while now. Is it recommended for a practionner of mindfulness to drink coffee, before of after meditation? I discovered mindfulness thanks to Jon Kabbat Zin but in his book Mindfulness For Beginners there no mention of caffeine, coffee or tea. Is...