{"id":1261,"date":"2018-05-07T04:37:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2018-05-07T04:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:38:56","slug":"the-dehydrated-grape-is-more-than-a-dehydrated-grape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/05\/07\/the-dehydrated-grape-is-more-than-a-dehydrated-grape\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dehydrated Grape is More Than a Dehydrated Grape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partaking in the contemplative practices is an interesting experience.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found that it requires me to step back and not take myself too seriously.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of ridiculous in the same way that volunteering at a preschool is.\u00a0 Sometimes you have to do weird dances or walk like a bear with preschoolers, and I feel the same inhibitions in these instances as when I\u2019m asked do contemplations in class. \u00a0It takes a little bit of effort to let go and indulge in the activity.<\/p>\n

But, as expected, if you take the time to slow down and reflect you\u2019ll be able to come to certain realizations.\u00a0 In this current Western culture it seems that we are always pressed for time and always busy with something.\u00a0 This leaves little time for such reflections.\u00a0 Other cultures move a lot slower than we do, and traditionally practice different sorts of contemplation.\u00a0 And the people of these cultures often seem to have more insights, to be wiser.<\/p>\n

The contemplative practices in class have at least given me the opportunity to slow down and realize the systemic, interconnected issues that impact even the most mundane activities; like eating a raisin. \u00a0There is always a bigger picture, and maybe a little time to reflect is all we need to see this a little clearer.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/etsrc.org\/mindful-eating\/<\/p>\n

Although these contemplative practices may seem unnecessary at times, they definitely don\u2019t cause any harm.\u00a0 And it\u2019s always nice to slow down a little bit, even if it is a little weird and awkward.\u00a0 I\u2019m curious as to how contemplative practices could be used in other, non-traditional, settings?\u00a0 I also wonder how the impacts would be different in these other settings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Partaking in the contemplative practices is an interesting experience.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found that it requires me to step back and not take myself too seriously.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of ridiculous in the same way that volunteering at a preschool is.\u00a0 Sometimes you have to do weird dances or walk like a bear with preschoolers, and I feel the same inhibitions in these… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemplative-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}