Travel Update: Shhh, Hear the Corn Grow?
We are in Indiana now, surrounded by fields of corn.
We love their sweet corn (though not part of a low inflammation diet).
If ever in Indiana, try the sweet corn (if you don’t suffer from inflammation).
Peace and quiet.
You can hear yourself think… & see wind blowing through corn fields.
Must be where the saying came of “watching the corn grow.”
Yeah, yeah the saying is actually “watch the grass grow.”
I say instead, “Listen to the corn grow.”
Increase Awareness with Listening Meditation
One way to increase our awareness
And relax our nervous system (besides with acupuncture) is to meditate.
…(Try Listening Meditation)…
I like to do a listening meditation while on a hike.
You could do it just sitting (inside or outside).
We spend so much time noticing our surroundings as they are filtered through one of our senses; through our eyes visually.
We focus so much on what we see. We actually miss many sounds around us.
It always amazes me what I hear for the first time in a familiar place.
Just by noticing through focused awareness on only one sense; hearing.
One time I heard a train nearby (never noticed it before).
…Until I did the Listening Meditation during this hike.
I was quite surprised.
It is also good for your brain to shift to paying attention in a different way.
Animals are much more in tuned with noises in their environment.
We can benefit from paying attention to the sounds around us, too.
Mindfulness meditation can help many things; Mood, Energy, Blood pressure.
Want to increase Mindfulness through Meditation?…
Read on Mindfulness Meditation Here
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Written by Aleesha Kaplan, LAc
Aleesha Kaplan, LAc is a licensed acupuncturist with a Master’s degree in acupuncture. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hamline University.
She became interested in acupuncture and holistic medicine when acupuncture virtually cured her of 17 years of debilitating migraine pain caused by a collision with a semi-truck in high school.
This rich experience helps her to empathize with her patients. Aleesha specializes in treating acute and chronic pain and anxiety that can go with it.
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