Loving- Kindness

Hey Bloggers,

                     My experience towards the Loving- Kindness exercise definitely surprised me by how it made me feel after finishing it. Even though you are supposed to practice it two times a day, my first time practicing it made me feel better towards others and their feelings. I personally have very heavy anxiety when it comes to environments packed with people I do not know and I feel like this exercise can help with that, by not looking at those individuals as worldly people but as a part of the human race who experiences attitudes, emotions and well-being just like mine. I would recommend this exercise to others most definitely, however I would recommend practicing it in a very quit environment. I found that during the times when the waves were just heard my mind began to wonder as to the dull sounds around me. I believe that concept of mental workout is the act of training the brain to be a guide to our choices, actions and thoughts. Research indicates that the benefits of mental health are ultimately human flourishing, focusing on the part of the body that controls the rest. Use the mental workouts to educate and put the mind in a healthy state were it can focus on the psychological health. Hope to hear great feedback!

Steph

My Physical, Spiritual and Psychological Well-Being

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            This week has been hectic for me from work, school, inner battles and more, but this unit has helped me to work some of these activities out. I would give my physical well being a score of 8 because I frequently exercise and practice good physical health. My daily routine consistently works out my physical being and I am always working to make it better. My spiritual well being is given a score of 4 explaining that this aspect of my life has fallen severely in the past few years, my hope was gone and I did not know were to find it or who to find it in. I feel that I run from spiritual well being and the answer of why is a mystery to me, but I am working to make it stronger. For psychological well being I would give myself a score of 6 because it is not one of my strong suits either. I feel sometimes the second everything is in the right spot or state there is always something else that comes along to confuse it and occasionally do not get it back.

            My goal for physical well being is to focus on my physical self while being aware of the spiritual and psychological aspects as well. Also incorporating exercises that are relaxing and therapeutic to the body. My goal for spiritual well being is to start going back to my roots and allowing something that is bigger then life give my hope back and assist in the future. Finally my goal for psychological well being is to challenge myself on a daily basis, to learn and love as many things I can find until there is no longer anything left. An exercise for physical well being for me to work on would be yoga. Spiritual well being would be through prayer, meditation and love-kindness preparations and psychological well being exercises would be visual imagery and skillful actions.

            The Crime of the Century helped me to relax and keep still, however it was very frustrating to me that my images would fade quickly. I could imagine the color of the rainbow and spot that is was describing, but only for a minute and then it was gone. It was beneficial to me because my mind was very scattered before the exercise and after it relaxed, open and ready for a new experience.

Steph

Journey Of relaxation exercise

                   Hello everyone, welcome to my blog page I am very happy that we will be getting to know each other better during this term. When reflecting back to the Journey On relaxation exercise I feel that it really took my stress and tense feelings out of my body and in return left awareness and life back into my limbs. This technique I believe would be wonderful with individuals that suffer from anger issues and struggle to find solutions in calming the mind and body down. It not only made me feel like I was being able to relax my self in this crazy fast pace world we live in, but it made me feel like the every day stressors I face can be faced. It makes you feel like anything is possible because your mind and body are working together to achieve the same goals, instead of fighting against each other as a result of the mind being out of balance. I feel like in this century for sure we have forgotten how to take a step back and enjoy being human, we are always trying to reach a goal that in the end will never make us physically, mentally and spiritually happy if we do not learn how to train our brain towards positive thinking. The Journey On exercise was very influential to me, because there is no other technique that will relax you to the state of weightlessness and at the same time keep you feeling energetic and  free, feeling like you can achieve anything. Mae West once said "you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" meaning that when we have lived a relaxing and conscious mental and bodied life then wholesomeness will be all you feel in the end.

Steph