Drinking Beer—A Meditative Practice?
Most people know, or have at least heard, that meditation is good for you because it helps you relax, reduces stress, and allows you to be in the moment. While there are various forms of meditation, I came across an interesting article on a meditation form the other day, while paging through the March 2009 issue of Ode magazine. According to Zen and the art of drinking beer, “Drinking beer can be a meditative practice. This isn’t the binge drinking of your college years, but a mindful activity.”
Whether you go to your neighborhood pub, or opt to just pull up a bar stool at your basement bar, you can take the time to smell an aromatic beer, watch the bubbles, notice the color as you swirl it in your glass, and just really enjoy the taste. While you are at it…why not really be in the moment and notice the reflective mica, or depth of the quartz areas in your beautiful granite bar top?
Now that is something to say “Cheers to” and be in the moment about!
Thanks for reading!
Barb
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3rd, 2009 by Barb | | 0 Comments
