Unit 5 Subtle Mind

Hello everyone,

I enjoyed this exercise better than the love and kindness exercise. The subtle mind exercise allowed me to relax more and I was able to achieve a peaceful state. Maybe it was because there was more narrating in the love and kindness exercise than the subtle. I noticed love and kindness was all about caring for self and others, but this exercise was tailored more to the individual person. My personal thoughts on it is that meditation is more beneficial to the individual needs than promoting love and kindness for others and self. It is much easier for me to achieve a peaceful mind when thinking about self first. I did enjoy both exercises and the ocean in the background was relaxing.

Unit 4 Love and Kindness

Loving and Kindness

Hello all,

I found this exercise to be very beneficial to me. I am already a caring person so this exercise helped me to expand on my natural demeanor. My nephew always tells me I am the nurturing person in the family. The sound of the ocean in the background helped me to relax and go in deep thoughts about what the narrator was saying. I would recommend this exercise to others because it will give them a chance to see if it is beneficial for them and I just think it’s a good exercise. The purpose of the mental workout is to reach your inner soul and learning to love yourself so that you can love others. You get back what you give and you must first be able to love yourself before you can really love others. You must also be able to have love for strangers. Mental workouts also help better you psychological health. I enjoyed this exercise and I’m enjoying this class as well. 

 

UNIT # 3 BLOG

  

Reflecting on my total wellness, if I had to rate my physical well-being, spiritual well-being, and psychological well-being on a scale of 1-10, (ten being optimal well-being), it would be as follows: physical well-being - 7, spiritual well-being - 9, and psychological well-being- 8. My physical well-being would 7 because, I suffer from bone spurs and bulging disc in my lumbar spine and c-spine from my 21 year military career. My spiritual well-being would be a 9, because I am still growing but I have learned so much through reading and trying new things. My religion helps me a great deal too with my spiritual. My psychological well-being would be a 8, because I think psychologically I am healthy but there is always room for improvement.    

Setting goal for my physical well-being would be to continue to move and engage in physical activities that will help alleviate some of the pain I have from time to time. Take a yoga class. A goal for my spiritual well-being is to meditate more and find more relaxation exercises. A goal for my psychologically well-being is to control my emotions when it comes to stress and thing I can’t control.  I can also find some mind building health classes if any exists.

The Crime of the Century

I am undecided about this exercise. It was a little relaxing but it a little busy too. I would have preferred more of a relaxing tone or music and concentrating on different things. The narrators' tone was okay but I found myself trying to concentrate more on the background tone than what I was told to do. It started off fine, but it’s not what I would like.