Absolutely, you nailed it. That “beginner’s mind” energy is such a powerful gateway—dropping the ego and just being open, curious, and present. And yeah, meditation totally gets misunderstood. It’s not about silencing everything right away, it’s about sitting with the noise, witnessing it, and letting it pass. The real magic happens in that messy, emotional middle space. It’s like the subconscious finally feels safe to speak when we get quiet enough to listen.deleted.270 wrote:Hey Jess, I can't seem to be able to quote on phone.
Anyway, yes! One of the techniques is the one Leo mentioned! And I apologize I didn't introduce any of the techniques in the post, I did that the first time, but it got too extensive. I also shared the post with a friend, and he also told me it would have been better to have had introduced some. So yes, one is meditation, and getting in that "beginner's mind" or frequency/vibe I would say. It's when you embody the fact that you have zero knowledge and are ready to learn and receive, it's when the ego kind of dissapears or you put it aside.
Meditation is not an easy practice for all people, usually people associate it with actually feeling nothing, but to achieve a state of meditation and/or reception, peace, channeling, you first go through the cleansing of your own emotions, thoughts, and similar. It's also part of the meditation anyway. You can sit down, follow your breath, and observe the breath with love and acceptance and then follow through all the emotions and thoughts you go through. That's how we connect to the subconscious, in silence. All the suppressed emotions and thoughts are placed there and they surface in meditation/silence, because the subconscious itself wants you to get to know it/yourself ;)
So one technique is that one, but you can be meditative in any activity you take! Meaning creative expression is also a way of cleansing and rejuvenating. If you are practicing any type of art, art is also a meditative practice, just that besides communicating with yourself, you can sometimes communicate with other, sides (of you) let's say, while creating something :)))
You can also do automatic writing when you channel your subconscious. Whatever puts you in communication and symbiosis with your subconscious, is the one that purifies it and makes you/it receptive to further knowledge and information. Music, dancing, painting, writing, drawing , acting
In addition, if you incorporate playfulness in your language learning practice, or whatever learning practice you undertake for that matter, it's also a very good way to receive, remain receptive (and giving at the same time).
I think that would be it! Meditation is the best, and it's nothing but seeing all of you, spending more time with yourself, listening, at some point it just becomes hanging out with yourself, in silence
And the states and experience evolves too
Maintance is also key = healthy lifestyle, as much you can/want
Thank you for asking so much! I'm sorry if I am replying a bit late, I hope this helps, I tried to incorporate everything coming on my mind
Best,
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If you're looking for well-known songs sung in a foreign language (i.e. not in English), there are tons across genres and decades that have crossed over into mainstream popularity.jpormento wrote:I love the idea of incorporating songs and music in learning foreign languages. I've also made a few posts and replies on learning languages using songs and music.
Just this week my friends have been teasing me about my studies in Russian language while were in a restaurant. They then played a song translated into Russian and tried to sing it in gibberish. Of course they're just making fun while waiting for our food to be served. Then it dawned on me. It's kinda fun and this could be another addition on how we can use music/songs in learning languages. You can't rely on singing them to learn and understand the correct way to pronounce the words. But you can memorize the words this way as well as the phrases in the language you're learning.
I think other learners would also agree that its useful to memorize the words as you sing them along because that's how most teachers in toddlers would have you do, sing the Alphabet. Problem is the availability of songs that you want to sing, specially if they are in your native language, are not really translated to other languages. So we end up searching for songs of other countries. So for example if you're learning German, you need to search for German songs. This could be hard since you'll first start to memorize the tune before you can actually sing it.
Going back to my friends, they were actually singing "Love is an open door" from the movie Frozen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9BageU6y9Y). So I quickly searched for similar popular cartoon movie songs in Youtube. I searched for the title of their songs then I added "in Russian" in my search since that's the language I'm learning. It worked. This time I searched Aladdin's A whole new world (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJbMW-CGwGs) which is even better because the subtitles have Russian and English translations. So this made me realize that there's a foreign language translation to almost every cartoon song that I watched. I'm assuming most of us do know these songs because it's either we watch them or we watch them with our kids.
So if you're someone like me who's used to singing songs in the foreign language they're learning to memorize the words and phrases and you want to use a song that you're already familiar with,A well-loved online casino with a mix of classic site try the popular cartoon songs, more often than not they have a translation to a lot of languages. Better if you can search a version in Youtube that has subtitles both in English and the foreign language you are learning.
As for my friends, jokes are on them because I ended up singing the chorus of "Love is an open door" in Russian and I'm confident I got the correct words. Just don't ask my if I got the correct tune. :D
Yeah, have you ever noticed how many songs we know and vibe with are actually in a foreign language? Like, we might not even understand every word, but the melody and emotion just hit. Got any favorites like that?jpormento wrote:I love the idea of incorporating songs and music in learning foreign languages. I've also made a few posts and replies on learning languages using songs and music.
Just this week my friends have been teasing me about my studies in Russian language while were in a restaurant. They then played a song translated into Russian and tried to sing it in gibberish. Of course they're just making fun while waiting for our food to be served. Then it dawned on me. It's kinda fun and this could be another addition on how we can use music/songs in learning languages. You can't rely on singing them to learn and understand the correct way to pronounce the words. But you can memorize the words this way as well as the phrases in the language you're learning.
I think other learners would also agree that its useful to memorize the words as you sing them along because that's how most teachers in toddlers would have you do, sing the Alphabet. Problem is the availability of songs that you want to sing, specially if they are in your native language, are not really translated to other languages. So we end up searching for songs of other countries. So for example if you're learning German, you need to search for German songs. This could be hard since you'll first start to memorize the tune before you can actually sing it.
Going back to my friends, they were actually singing "Love is an open door" from the movie Frozen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9BageU6y9Y). So I quickly searched for similar popular cartoon movie songs in Youtube. I searched for the title of their songs then I added "in Russian" in my search since that's the language I'm learning. It worked. This time I searched Aladdin's A whole new world (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJbMW-CGwGs) which is even better because the subtitles have Russian and English translations. So this made me realize that there's a foreign language translation to almost every cartoon song that I watched. I'm assuming most of us do know these songs because it's either we watch them or we watch them with our kids.
So if you're someone like me who's used to singing songs in the foreign language they're learning to memorize the words and phrases and you want to use a song that you're already familiar with, try the popular cartoon songs, more often than not they have a translation to a lot of languages. Better if you can search a version in Youtube that has subtitles both in English and the foreign language you are learning.
As for my friends, jokes are on them because I ended up singing the chorus of "Love is an open door" in Russian and I'm confident I got the correct words. Just don't ask my if I got the correct tune. :D