~ ~ Loving Kindness Exercise ~ ~
My experience with the loving kindness exercise was
very difficult at first because I have
worked 3rd shift and it was
very very busy at work and all I wanted to do was to go to sleep. But after
listening to it after several times it became very beneficial to me. The waves
of the ocean when they come rolling in on the beach when the birds was singing,
the wind blowing that really really made me very relaxed as I closed my eyes. When I closed my
eyes while listening the ocean I felt that I was really there on the beach as
well as the birds singing and flying around me, and the wind blowing on me.
~ ~ Mental Workout ~ ~
A mental workout would be a day-to-day commitment to apply
or learning of inner peace as well as human flourishing. Actually I think
that a mental workout is just like a physical workout as well as that it is
just as of great magnitude to recuperate your physical body at the same time as
mental exercise is imperative to convalesce your mental prominence.
~ ~References ~ ~
Dacher, E.S. (2006). Integral
Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Elsevier Churchill Livingston
Publications.
Hi Rachel, I am glad to hear that you have been listening to the loving-kindness meditation. I have listened a few times. Every time I get into my meditation, the woman's voice startles me. I like your idea of a mental workout. Personally, I came back to school to get a mental workout, but I can see that meditation can be a mental workout as well.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time listening to the loving kindness mp3 too. I'm just not "into" relaxation exercises like that. I tend to prefer self-guided relaxation, such as listening to some sort of white or pink noise, i.e. a fan or the rain. But I do agree that something like that can be beneficial for the right person.
Hi Rachel.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand about the long hours and the need for sleep or rest. So the first couple of times did you fall asleep? Or was it just hard to concentrate. I decided to try and do this before I start my schoolwork instead of at the very end of the day. If it does what it's supposed to do it should help me to be more focused on what I'm doing. It is still hard to concentrate after working all day though, I must say. When i close my eyes either my mind is racing or it wants to shut down all together. I imagine with practice it will get better. I will try and repeat the exercise as you did hoping to get better results.