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The Wandering Mind

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Forest Painting Autumn Trees by Karen Arnold Roughly four years ago I was introduced to a guided meditation in one of my psychology classes. The goal of the meditation was for us to focus on our breathing and to create our own perception of what we could feel. For example, my professor told me to think of a tree. Students would describe what type of tree they saw in their meditation. Some saw big trees, small trees, palm trees, burned trees, trees with green leaves, brown leaves, no leaves, etc. The point of the meditation was to identify why we were seeing the tree the way it was in our vision. This was expanded upon with a bridge we crossed, a cave, a door, and eventually, what was behind that door. The students focused on their breathing and would be prompted to sense the forest. We were asked if we could feel, hear, taste, smell, or see anything in the forest. Students were able to identify at least one or two senses while in this meditation.  For the last three and a ha