Loving-kindness Unit 4

For myself I found the loving-kindness practice to be difficult. I first began by reading "Getting Started" so I could understand the exercise. Then I listened to the audio and followed the instructions. It was difficult for me not to keep shifting my focus from one area to the next. At moments of the practice I did feel a sense of peace, mostly at the beginning when I thought of my children, I felt a loving-kindness with a sensation of pleasant thoughts. When it came to shifting my thoughts, feelings and images in an out of awareness this became difficult. I wanted to just quit but I kept going but I could never truly gain focus of the exercise. I don't know if I would recommend this to others since I could not get the full affects but for some it may be beneficial.

The concept of "Mental workout" means that we can practice and train our mind through exercise. Everyday that we can do this brings us closer to better health, happiness and wholeness within our life. I can implement mental workouts by setting aside 20 minutes a day of quite time. I could practice letting my mind release the negative thoughts and stresses of my day and replace them with positive thoughts and energy allowing to foster psychological health.

My wellbeing

As I was posting my experiences of the exercise. I forgot to post where I rate my physical, spiritual and psychological wellbeing. For all three of these I will rate myself at a 6. All three of these areas need improvement in my life. I believe I am not overweight but I do have my moments when I loss sight of eating healthy or doing things that are not the best for myself. My spiritual side I feel at most connected with. I believe in my higher power and pray often. I get a sense of peace most with my spiritual wellbeing. My psychological wellbeing is powerful, I am a over thinker and find myself needing the most improvement in this area. As I continue this journey I believe I will find a balance between my mind body and spirit and stay focus on whats most important to myself.

The crime of the century blog

After doing the mediation procedure "The crime of the Century" I had to really wait to do this blog. I had so many different feelings and emotions running through my mind and body. I truly felt a connection with this exercise.  A great feeling of peace, calming and comfort came across me. I had a overwhelming feeling of wellbeing physically, spiritual and psychologically.

My goal is to find more inner peace within myself and my environment. Doing such an exercise such as mediation allowed me to discover this. I plan to try and complete this activity on my own each day. As I took each deep breath I felt all my energy focusing on letting all my negative thoughts be released. I felt like this allowed me to take control and find a balance within my body, that my mind could find peace and that I had a spiritual awaking that I have never felt before.

I believe that if we can find a connection such as this with our mind and body we can have a life full of happiness, wellness, wholeness and health. This exercise was a very powerful experience that is difficult to explain.

Reflection exercise

As I listened to the reflection exercise, I allowed my mind to clear, It felt so good and I felt at peace with my thoughts.

Welcome statement

Good morning to everyone.  I am not sure if I am doing all this correctly. I have never blogged before so this will be a learning experience. I hope everyone has a great day and I'll see everyone in here or the DB.

Experience

Hello class and professor, Just thought I'd try this out and see if it worked.