Universal Loving Kindness Exercise

I loved this exercise. Dacher (2006) says to see another, be present with another, acknowledge another, hear another, be present with another, and feel one with another is a gift for oneself and the world. We get so caught up in our own "stuff" that we forget about everyone else. I will use this exercise the next time I feel angry, and maybe it can help me to control that anger.

Integral Assessment
I feel that my emotional development needs some help. I need to learn how to be happier. I also need to learn how to open-up more and not be scared to care about others romantically. I will do all of the exercises that I have been taught from this class to help me grow.

The Subtle Mind

"The human body is the best picture of the human soul." Ludwig Wittgenstein

This exercise focuses on breathing. "Peaceful breathing pattern leads to a peaceful mind. Still the breath and you still the mind." (Dacher, 2006). Ahh sounds so easy, but will take lots of time to master. lol I liked this exercise better. I felt more at ease. I did lose my focus many times, but with practice it will get better. I look forward to learning how to stabilize my mind so that there is total peace and serenity. I feel that this is the exercise that will help me to do that. The loving-kindness exercise has you using your mind to think of a loved one that you have lots of affection and love for. This exercise uses the mind while the subtle mind exercise concentrates on your breathing and not using your mind at all.

It is important to strive for increased wellness not only in the physical dimension, but more importantly in the spiritual dimension. Our health and spiritual wellness dimension is essentially the depth of ourselves. Not only does it refer to our values, our beliefs and our commitments that are at the very core of our being, our spirituality defines our personal code, which governs our emotional wellness and stability and ultimately how we approach and manage life's challenges.
It requires time, careful attention and a commitment to undertaking a health journey to total wellness. Unless it is nourished and exercised regularly, your spiritual wellness will not be able to support you when you need it most. It is important to have a healthy spiritual body in order to be strong mentally and physically.

Loving-Kindness and Mental Workout:

The person that I think about during the meditation is my daughter. I have tons of love and tenderness for her. I was very emotional when I allowed loving feelings to expand within my heart. This was a nice feeling. I have never taken the time to release these types of feelings towards myself. I had good and bad thoughts and images come in and out during this process. I gave all of them equal care. I welcomed loving-kindness into my heart like Dacher suggested. The next visualization exercise was to think of someone who is suffering. During the exercise, I would think of the suffering they were experiencing, and when I breathed out it would be health and happiness directed toward them. I do feel that this exercise helped me create loving kindness that will help diminish my self-centeredness and help quiet my mind.


Mental Workout:
Human mind demands normal workout routines just as any other component of your entire body. You might discover it is really complicated to try something new at first. There’s nothing to worry due to the fact if you continue to try your human brain tends to become fitter. Once your mind reaches a fitter state, you will come across it incredibly quick to undertake a process. This is probably the most crucial component of enhancing your memory.
Just one on the most effective workouts for human brain is laughter. Laughter is ideal for exciting the whole entire body of an person. It tends to free energy from your brain and de-stresses the muscles and  makes you a more lively person. You will be more aware of everything around you. There was a song the went "Free your mind and the rest will follow, be color blind don't be so shallow."

Well-Being

1. Many things in life are beyond our control but you do have influence over your physical well-being through your activities, what you choose to eat and the understanding you have about your own body. My physical well-being is an 8. My spiritual well-being is a 6. My psychological well-being is a 7. The reason my spiritual and psychological well-being are so low is because I need to find peace from within like I used to do. I used to enjoy reading Buddhist books. These people are so calm, and have an inner peace like nothing I have ever experienced.
2. My physical goal is 1 more hour of exercise weekly. My spiritual goal is to learn how to find peace within. My psychological well-being goal is to grow more, learn how to have positive relations with others, and have more self-acceptance. I will try to practice these daily.
3. Meditation can help me feel more at peace with my self. I will also exercise more to get a healthier mind set.
4. Crime of the Century relaxation exercise was pretty deep. My experience with this exercise was pretty positive although my daughter kept bugging me so it was a little hard to concentrate. It did help me relax after a long stressful day. The beam of orange light did help me to feel centered.

Journey On.....

This exercise was wonderful. It has been such a long time since I just put my feet up and relaxed. I was so relaxed that I almost fell asleep. ha!ha! I will use this exercise again at the end of a stressful day to help me "chill." I look forward to learning about new ways to free my mind and body.

Welcome to my blog...

Hi everyone! I'm sorry that I have procrastinated and waited to almost the last day to post, but life has been throwing me a few curve balls. This is my first attempt at creating a blog, and I look forward to learning how to keep it up and running.