Complete the following and post in your blog:
Your mental fitness practice this week
incorporates the concept of the subtle mind (Dacher p.75). This week, replace
the Loving Kindness exercise of unit four with Practice 2: The Subtle Mind
practice mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing thread).
1.
Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness
exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the
benefits, frustrations etc.
After reading the text and
really understanding and seeing the importance of calming the mind and detaching
from feelings and emotions of a thought, I think I tried harder for this one
than the last. I found this one easier
to relax to. I liked the wave sounds,
the music was distracting when it played.
The woman’s voice scared me when she started talking after the second
stretch of silence. Then I think I didn’t
relax as well for the next stretch of silence because I was waiting for her
voice again. Overall very relaxing! The most effective so far in completely
relaxing me. I think this is something I
will stick with for a while and see if I can become better at it.
2.
Discuss the connection of the spiritual
wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is
manifested in your personal life.
When I am feeling
frustrated, stressed and overwhelmed I talk to God. I am not Christian, but I do believe in
God. I talk to him and work things
through in my head. I believe that
everything happens for a reason and that God is guiding us. This gives me some mental wellness because I
feel like I am not alone which reduces my stress and helps me deal with things
easier. When my mental health is in good
condition, so is my body. I feel less
stressed which results in less wear and tear on my body.
So I should add that toward the end of the audio I started to loose the calmness a little, but at least it was easier this time!
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ReplyDeleteI also found the Subtle Mind exercise to be much easier than all the exercises so far :) I almost fell asleep until the woman started talking again..lol I really enjoyed the relaxation of this exercise; to just be able to talk deep breaths in and out. It is great that you talk to God and you are able to work things out when you need to. I also pray when I need to. I also find when I am stressed out, I can talk to my husband as well. He makes it very easy for me to open up my heart and my mind; usually by the time I am done talking to him, I feel much better :)
Sara DeSanto
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts. After I listened to both of these exercises I automatically felt like a different person and I would definately go back to listening to these just to get some relief. When it comes to feeling frustrated and stressed thats a part of life. The most important thing to remember is keep your head up and be a positive person and you will get through anything. Whenever you feel stressed why dont you listen to one of these mind/body exercises and see what it can do for you. I bet it can make a difference. Thanks again.
Brittany Everman
I need to start remembering to listen to these mind/body exercises. I went on youtube and looked for similar guided meditations that I am excited to use. I wanted to add them to my project for this week and I was excited to see that there were so many on there :)
DeleteThe gentleman's voice at the beginning to very abrupt, harsh and is not very soothing at all. I am always having to try hard to get into a place where I can enter peace for these practices. And you're right the woman's voice was startling after much silence. I feel like these exercises are a great way to calm the mind from the day to day busyness and as much as I tried, this exercise was difficult for me. Great post and insight.
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