the practice sessions for visualization and meditation were the best. I have already implemented meditation and it has done wonders for me. Because I have breathing deeply when I am meditating, I have found that when I am in a stressful situation, I have been stopping myself and mind and breathing to calm myself. My second favorite is visualization. I remember when I was a young girl, my mother had a phobia about leaving the house. So, we contacted a doctor who came to the house to help her try to leave the house. He used visualization and hypnosis. I can remember him telling her to visualize her walking down a red carpeted staircase and walking towards an airplane. The whole idea was to have her visualize herself going out and doing something she wanted to do. She always wanted to go to Spain to see her sister, but unfortunately she didn’t. Anyway, I have been using visualization to help me too. I think about sitting at my favorite beach in Cape May, NJ, and listening to the ocean. It calms me and it doesn’t cost me a thing.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Unit 7 - Meditative
Hi All
My meditation for this week is so calming. I had to envision someone whom I respect, and I picked my mother. She has been gone for almost 19 years and when I did the exercise, it felt like she was sitting right infront of me. I could see her smile and her eyes and hair moving in the breeze. It was a wonderful moment. It calmed and centered me. Many times I have called on her to support and help me, by doing it this way, it will help to calm my mind, body and spirit, instead of reaching for something and not knowing what to do with it.
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself", means that you cannot advise someone on anything unless you have done it yourself. A health and wellness professional cannot help others unless they have followed their own advice. A person needs to walk the road before they can send someone else upon the journey. For me, I know I need to follow a healthy lifestyle along with a spiritual one. I cannot help clients unless I have helped myself first. I will continue to meditate to assist my psychological and spiritual growth.
My meditation for this week is so calming. I had to envision someone whom I respect, and I picked my mother. She has been gone for almost 19 years and when I did the exercise, it felt like she was sitting right infront of me. I could see her smile and her eyes and hair moving in the breeze. It was a wonderful moment. It calmed and centered me. Many times I have called on her to support and help me, by doing it this way, it will help to calm my mind, body and spirit, instead of reaching for something and not knowing what to do with it.
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself", means that you cannot advise someone on anything unless you have done it yourself. A health and wellness professional cannot help others unless they have followed their own advice. A person needs to walk the road before they can send someone else upon the journey. For me, I know I need to follow a healthy lifestyle along with a spiritual one. I cannot help clients unless I have helped myself first. I will continue to meditate to assist my psychological and spiritual growth.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Subtle Mind
Hi All ~
So, I have to compare Subtle Mind with the Loving Kindness exercise. I liked the way Subtle Mind started with focusing on breathing. However, and maybe this is just me tonight, but I didn't like the talking tognight. It felt like it was every 10 seconds or so. So, when I would get in my zone, I was interrupted again. The passed few nights, I have been using the Pandora app on my Nook, and I have found that listening to that has calmed me even more. I focus on my breathing and let my thoughts come and go.
Spiritual, mental and physical all play in together. When I exercise, the endorphins make me very happy, and the spiritual/mental aspect are helped along with that emotion. I find my spirit is lifted since I have listing to the mp3's in this class and meditating on my own.
How do you all feel?
So, I have to compare Subtle Mind with the Loving Kindness exercise. I liked the way Subtle Mind started with focusing on breathing. However, and maybe this is just me tonight, but I didn't like the talking tognight. It felt like it was every 10 seconds or so. So, when I would get in my zone, I was interrupted again. The passed few nights, I have been using the Pandora app on my Nook, and I have found that listening to that has calmed me even more. I focus on my breathing and let my thoughts come and go.
Spiritual, mental and physical all play in together. When I exercise, the endorphins make me very happy, and the spiritual/mental aspect are helped along with that emotion. I find my spirit is lifted since I have listing to the mp3's in this class and meditating on my own.
How do you all feel?
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