Meditation | Unique Experiences Abound In Iowa Community With Extreme Meditation Focus
on August 29th, 2010 at 12:17 amSecond in a series of unique Midwest getaways in rural (less than 10,000 population) areas.
I dunk a wedge of focaccia into the day’s soup – Bogota potato, spiced with a mild curry – at Revelations Caf and Bookstore, while assessing the pulse of this unusual community, sandwiched within the many cornfields of southeast Iowa.
References to health, wellness and Ayurvedic products pop up on signs and storefronts throughout Fairfield’s town square. The businesses face a tidy gazebo, in a park where yoga classes meet on summery Saturday mornings. In abundance – for the community’s size of 9.500 – are jewelers, clothing boutiques, health product shops and ethnic eateries.
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Abundance EcoVillage, a subdivision, is dedicated to energy and natural resource conservation (through wind and solar power, harvested rainwater, Earth Tube technology for ventilation and other like-minded efforts). Among the first dozen houses is Sweetwater Luxury Bunkhouse, four bedrooms of off-the-grid lodging for travelers.
Fairfield’s Go Green plan – fueled by an $80,000 state grant to collect data, create a sustainability guide and hire a program coordinator – aims to make the community a nationwide model of sustainability by 2020.
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