Let your mind wander… 

 

If you were a recipe, which ingredients would you choose?  What do the ingredients smell like?  What do they look and feel like?  

 

Where is the kitchen and what does it look like?  Try to picture every detail inside the kitchen, and the kitchen itself.  What are the walls made of, what color and what is the view outside the window?  What does the kitchen smell like as you begin to cook, how does the smell change as the ingredients come together and finish cooking?  Since you and the recipe are the same, how does the recipe feel inside your mouth?  Is it warm or cold, gooey or crunchy?   How does it feel inside after swallowing?

 

It is mid-autumn, the time of year we tend to bake more often and cook more soups and stews.  And just because it’s colder outside doesn’t mean we can’t make ice cream.  The purpose of this article is to love and emphasize the center, our physical middle.  Here are more ideas…

 

A wonderful exercise in doing nothing :

Find a comfortable place to lie down, placing pillows where you like, such as under the knees and head.  Place the back of all four fingers together, knuckles to knuckles (leaving the thumbs out) and let your hands rest over the belly button (pillows under the elbows might be nice too!).  You do not need to do anything with your touch, simply be there completely present through the touch of your fingers.  While doing nothing, it is remarkable how much change can occur in a short time.

 

Another comfortable exercise for the abdomen involves using castor oil.  No, we do not need to drink castor oil.  Simply rub the oil clockwise around the umbilicus, cover with a thin cloth, then heating pad.  This is safe for all ages, newborn to 150, (with the exception of pregnancy) and encourages gentle blood movement and detoxification.  Scroll to the end of the article for more details :   http://daisylear.com/inflammation/  

 

All three of these exercises can be done together.  And if the kids come in and wonder what you’re not doing, they may want to join you.

 

Pondering the middle a bit more… http://daisylear.com/transition/