I started this exercise out listening to the audio, for some reason listening to the voice makes it difficult to relax so I decided to do this one from the reading. I had a much better experience than I did with the Loving-Kindness practice. I felt that the breathing techniques allowed me to find peace within my mind and body. With each breath I felt the stress and emotions leave my body. My mind did develop witnessing consciousness and I had unity in my consciousness. I could feel all the tension be released as I proceeded with this practice. I was allowed to stay focused on the steps of my breathing and felt a relationship between my mind and body. During the process I felt that my thoughts and feelings were not as important as I thought they were and I felt at times I was escaping all the negatives. Once I completed this, I layed there so relaxed and just at peace with my self and my life.
Connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness is how we gain psychospiritual flourishing. With spiritual wellness we can allow our mind and body to have health, happiness and wholeness. We can find inner health from within ourselves and with using the practices and exercises in our life will allow use to release our daily stress and pressures and find total integral health.
Isn't it amazing that we can actually achieve a ststus of relaxation and inner peace just by breathing and listening to a voice? How long after wards did you feel this feeling of contetedness with you and your world around you? Did it last a little? I think the aim is to prolong this feeling always a little more- with the end being in that state of mind always. Wouldn't that be great? But it is a travel towards getting to know our inner potential that lies unseen and unknown to us (Dacher, 2006,p. 78).I am curious how this will happen....I just see the potential of being at peace, but that is not all, isn't it?
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Experiencing the subtle mind, witnessing consciousness, calm-abiding, and to know that from there we will move into unity consciousness, is a heart warming and very real goal we are told we can achieve.
You wrote "I felt at times I was escaping all the negatives", and I can relate, as I experienced that feeling myself. I hope to learn to embrace that feeling throughout most of my waking hours.
I enjoyed reading the text and then listening to the audio. Particularly, I found that the colorful movement of the screen helped to "hypnotize" me into a deeper sense of calm.
Best wishes on your continued exploration.
Namaste :)
Hello Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great post. I have heard several of times from different people and sources that breathing exercises are very beneficial to us. It is said that 30 minutes of deep breathing is the equivalent to 30 minutes of aerobics.
Great post! I'm with you about the voice, not the woman during the actual meditaion, but the man who introduced it. I don't know what it is his accent maybe was just distracting. Anyway by the time I was finally able to settle my thoughts it was an amazingly relaxing experience. This is one I think I'll use throughout my life. It works very well when I'm feeling emotionally overwhelmed or just stressed out.
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