Unit 6 blog

The Universal Loves and Kindness Meditation exercise asks that we spread our feelings of intimacy and caring not just to our romantic relationships but all those surrounding our life. The meditation phrases that we needed to repeat I found to be refreshing. Although it was hard to recite them with my eyes closed, they still made perfect sense and gave me the feeling that I was putting good energy into the universe in order to help others.

The assessment was a little harder for me to get into. I guess because with the meditation it felt as though I was putting out great energy and with the assessment I was just assessing myself. I cant really say that I have any urgent areas of distress that need to be addressed at this moment.na area that I will continue to focus on to support my building of growth and development is my relationship with others. Working on this task I feel will begin to open new doors within me and help others to see the good person that I am.

Unit 5 Blog post

The subtle mind helps us with patience and remaining calm. Breathing techniques go hand in hand with the subtle mind and because of this reason we learn to express unity and show less anger. The exercise begins and I place my focus on inhaling and exhaling through my nose. I did get distracted by a few sounds from my kids watching tv (I did the exercise with my headphones on) but was able to regain focus. Once again with the waves crashing and soft flute playing in the back it was able to literally imagine myself on a beach with the fire going and lots of blue water everywhere. My breathe became deeper as I closed my eyes and allowed the sound to take me away.
During the love and kindness exercise there seemed to be a lot more focus on taking in the feelings and pain of others. Love and kindness wanted us to understand how a loved one felt during a time of sickness where as this exercise made me dig deeper into myself and focus more on my breathing and own stability. I liked that this exercise gave us more time in between the talking for us to think, listen and become one with our minds.

Unit 4 Blog post

I turned on my faucet of love and kindness and was ready to explore. The crashing waves in the back helped me to further relax and put my mind at ease. Becoming still and quiet is beginning to get a little easier and I can notice a calmness in me throughout the day. Feeling the natural rest came easy because I was ready for sleep anyway. But what I didn't like or what gave me a bad feeling was thinking of my loved one suffering. This in turn helped me when it was time to give them joy. No longer did I remember them in their suffering stage but began to think of the happy times, their laugh and great spirit. All in all the exercise was helpful and meant a lot to me.

Unit 3 Blog post

Rating of my optimal health is an exercise where we were suppose to rate our spiritual, physical and psychological well being. For my physical well being I gave myself a 5. I am not at the peak of health that I would love to be, but I am taking steps to reach this goal. For me it's about staying focused and positive and I do this by having a support group. My spiritual well being I rated at a 7. My relationship with the man upstairs is great. I am aware of my many blessing that he has given me and I always ask him to continue to watch over me and guide my every step. I continue to strive for that ten by always giving praise and following the path that he has planned out for me. My psychological health I rated at an 8. I am not perfect and neither is anyone else. We make mistakes at times, we get down on ourselves at times and question choices that we make. To be in great mental health means always being aware, taking responsibility and striving to be the Best you.

I enjoyed this weeks relaxation exercise a lot. By opening up and relating the different colors of a rainbow to the different parts of my body gave a sense of feeling whole which was the "whole" point of the exercise. When we got to the region around our chest and heart area, the color of green as I was taking a deep breath I felt the love down in my fingertips. The aqua blue color as we got to our throat region had me imagining the ocean and vast waves and water. With those thoughts came validation of self worth and the fact that I can give and receive love. My favorite color came at the crown of our heads and that was the color of violet. By this point I was feeling whole and understood what it meant to feel grounded, surrounded by white light and love. I enjoyed this very much and feel it is something you can do on a regular basis to keep your mind still and at peace.