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Travel Update: Shhh, Hear the Corn Grow?

Shhh, Hear the corn grow?…Listening meditation for Health

Travel Update: Shhh, Hear the Corn Grow?

Shhh, Hear the corn grow?…Listening meditation for Health

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

 

Stay tuned for Health & Wellness info & travel updates.

Feel free to comment. If you are a past patient, feel free to email or call me.

 

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.

 

DISCLAIMER

This article is not intended to replace any health care. No information on this site should be relied on to determine medical diagnosis or treatment for a medical condition. As with any health concerns, always be sure to consult your health care provider with any health concerns.  

 

 

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Travel Update

Here is a quick update on life & travels…

Closed the business–

Since closing the Aleesha D Acupuncture clinic in December 2022, my new husband Mark and I have been traveling in a R.V., across the U.S.A.

 

See You in MN!

We keep a home base in Minnesota and stop home often to see family and friends. If You were a patient of mine and miss my Energy, Please reach out if you want to meet for coffee! …You KNOW I miss You, too.

 

Travels-

We have stayed in Lafayette, Louisiana and Cypress, Texas, (near Houston). There’s another Cypress near Dallas, so…

You know that was interesting at times with GPS.

 

Plug–

If you’re in search of a professional massage in Cypress, TX get a massage from Eli at Eli Kneads Massage. She is skilled in deep tissue, as a kind, gifted and intuitive therapist.  

 

Keep in Touch!

Feel better, Move forward and Keep in touch.

 

 

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Our First Christmas (Not Home)

Don’t Get Stuck (unless it’s Acupuncture)

I know, I know my humor is bad.

Stick with me, here.

Sorry, moving on. We all get stuck…

 

Stuck in the movie inside our minds

of how “it” should be.

Whatever “it” happens to be at the time. 

 

Canceled Flights

Remember all the canceled flights in December 2022 over the Christmas holiday?

It affected most of us.

Some of us could not get a flight out.

Some of us could not see our loved ones.

 

Our First Christmas

My husband Mark and I looked forward to traveling home to see our family together for our first Christmas as newlyweds.

After the fifth flight delay

came the final flight cancellation.

We had to call and say I’ll (Not) be home for Christmas.

It was our first Christmas and we were pretty upset about not being able to see our family, especially our kids.

 

Finding Peace

We decided after calling family and feeling really bummed out that we would make the best of our first Christmas together- alone. 

”Accepting what is” proved important in keeping our stress down and our moods up.

We can all get caught-up in our expectations of how life “should be.”

Acupuncture, Meditation and a Healthy lifestyle with appropriate movement and food can help us to get un-stuck more often.

Well, with acupuncture you get stuck, then un-stuck. Okay, okay. Moving on…

 

New Traditions out of Old

We had a lot of fun playing games, singing, talking and cooking delicious food together!

Silver lining: More time to get to know each other’s holiday traditions!…

We learned each other’s food/ celebration traditions and the ethnic roots of these for Christmas and New Years Eve and day.  

We came up with our own traditions, including baking our (still) favorite cake. It’s the BEST apple and walnut cake. We only revised it a few times. We prepare it for family and they love it, too.

 

Feeling Love 

We all have an “apple cake” that makes us happy just thinking about it.

Memories of preparing it, smelling it, tasting it, but most of all sharing it.

Sharing our hearts with our favorite people is the essence of love.

Food is just one way to bridge that connection.

We can all find ways to stay connected, even when apart.

 

Stay in Touch

Let’s continue finding ways to connect.

If you are an ex-patient of mine,

Reach out if you would like to meet for coffee when we are in MN or call for a chat sometime.

Feel better, Move forward, Stay in Touch…

 

Written by Aleesha D Kaplan, LAc

Aleesha Kaplan is a certified and state licensed acupuncturist with a Masters degree in acupuncture. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hamline University. Aleesha specializes in helping others find relief of pain and suffering.

After a severe auto accident from high school, she experienced severe, constant pain for 17 years.

Though recovered from chronic pain, this rich experience allowed Aleesha the ability to empathize with others in pain. She remains focused on relieving the pain and suffering of others.

 

 

 

 

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Closing Clinic End of December 2022

Closing Clinic End of December 2022

After 8 years of serving Anoka with Acupuncture (4 years as Aleesha D Acupuncture),

it is with a heavy heart (and an open mind), that I step away and move onto the next adventure. 

As of December 19, 2022 I, Aleesha Kaplan, L.Ac. am closing my acupuncture practice

and will no longer see patients at the current location.

 

Current Patients: My aim is to continue to provide quality care to you through December 19, 2022.

Continuing acupuncture care is important and I can provide names of providers who I feel may be a good fit for individuals.

 

I am grateful you have found me. My hope is that you find value in my posts that I enjoy writing and sharing with you!

 

Take extra special care of yourself,

Aleesha Kaplan

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COVID-19 Update

•  Your safety and my safety are top priority.
•  You will be met by Aleesha at the door where she will welcome you in to your individual appointment.
•  We are both wearing face masks before you enter.
•  Your forehead temperature is scanned at the door.
•  Hands may be sanitized as you enter with non-drying, non-sticky alcohol spray from local Minneapolis business, Tattersall distillery (Support Local)!
•  An Atem HyperHEPA filter IQAir Purifier is filtering 99% of ultra-fine particles in the air you breathe during your appointment.
•  Extra time is added between appointments to sanitize before and after your appointment.
•  We both deserve a safe, healing environment!

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