My Favorite Exercises

My favorite exercises that we have taken in this so far has to be the relaxation exercise that was one of our initial exercise and the loving kindness exercise. The relaxation exercise was one of my favorites because it was sort of a new beginning to me. It opened me up to being able to do the other exercises and helped me to relax enough to put myself in a mind state that allowed me to complete all of the next activities. The loving kindness exercise had to be one of my other favorites because it allowed me to develop and reach a level of compassion and love that always has been beneath the surface of me. This exercise touched a part of me that I rarely show and bought that part of me to the surface. This exercise allowed me to find out where the loving-kind part of me was and how to bring that side of me to the surface. I really enjoyed all the exercises as they have taken me on a roller coaster of emotions but each exercise has taught me something individually and it is unique to see how much you can learn from the good and bad aspects of the things you do.

Meeting Aesclepius

In this weeks assignment  we get a look at what a clear mind is and looks like. It gives us a look at our inner healer. I like this exercise because it made me feel comfortable and happy with the creating a healer from my own mind. I feel as though I can continue to use these exercises to foster a more calm mind in stressful environments and to try to heal myself through having a strong control over my mind. I believe these practices can help me deal with stress and anger that build up and arise on an everyday basis in my life. "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself", applies to health and wellness profession by saying that you can not guide an individual to having a clear consciousness or to a deeper mind state if that is a place that you, yourself have not been mentally. Only a person that has been to a certain can describe how that place is to another individual. I feel as though a practitioner should be developing all aspects of his or herself so that they will always be able to provide patients with the best care that they can. There are many ways to implement psychological and spiritual growth in your life such as growing to church, meditation, reading and puzzles as well as sports and anything that allows deeper concentration.

Loving Kindness Exercise and Travelers Assessment

In doing the loving kindness exercise from pg. 93 of our book I feel as though I discovered somewhat more of my sensitive side. I thought about individuals all across the world as I uttered the phrases that were required to complete the assignment. In thinking about all these individuals it made me realize that there is always someone out there who has it worse than I do and that I should be happy for what I do have and use it to try to help the people I can. I discovered my heart is much bigger than I tend to think it is from doing this exercise. In doing the travelers assessment I focused more on my anger and attitude as it sometimes keeps me from accomplishing tasks and gets the best of me. I think meditation is going to be a great exercise that I can use to foster improvement in this area because it will help me think and focus. I think I lose a lot of focus when I am angry and to remain focused would definitely keep me from losing control. I think the breathing part of meditation will be vital to me improving my anger issues as well as the calming effect it will have on my body.

Loving Kindness vs The Subtle Mind

I personally enjoyed the Subtle mind exercise much better than the loving kindness exercise. I felt that the subtle mind exercise put me more in touch with my body and mind. I think the breathing of this exercise put me in a calmer, more relaxed mood as I was able to relate to this exercise much better than the loving kindness exercise. The loving kindness exercise had my mind all over the place while this exercise had my mind rooted into one basic emotional state of calmness. I feel that spiritual wellness is connected to mental and physical wellness by creating a oneness. If one aspect is not well than the whole body is not well. I feel to be completely well is to be in good shape in the physical, spiritual and mental aspects of the body.