Review the exercises and practice sessions you have completed in this
course. (Loving Kindness, Subtle mind, Visualization, meditation etc.)
Choose two practices that you have determined to be most beneficial. How
can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster
“mental fitness”? Provide specific examples.
I think that the loving kindness exercise is really easy and yet you can really apply it to your every day life. I think that I of all people have the fault of really looking at life negatively and seeing the glass and half empty if not completely empty. I think that I have really tried to utilize the loving kindness exercise when I am driving. I feel that I have "road rage" and find myself muttering four letter words about other drivers instead of letting petty issues go. Since trying this activity I have been making up reasons why I should not get angry with people while I drive! I know that it is a small step but I am trying really hard.
I really, really liked the human flourishing activity from this week. It gave me a reason to go down memory lane and recall some of my favorite memories that I have long put away. I think that when I am angry or find myself in a negative place I am going to use this to remind me of all the great things in my life and all the reasons that I have to be thankful! Its crazy the details I was able to recall while doing this activity, it really guides you through the memories all the way back to the very smallest details that you may think you have forgotten!
Yes, I would agree with you about the loving kindness exercise.It was very easy to follow. I think you took a great step against Road Rage. Thats Awesome. I hope that you had a great Christmas and New Year
ReplyDeleteHello there Jennifer, I hope that you’re having a wonderful start to 2013, which shall lead you towards a better year of health and wellness. Speaking of leading towards better, I believe that you have selected two wonderful exercises, which shall aid you towards a healthier location in life. Thus, the human flourishing activity from last week seem to help us remember where our mindset once was, which shall strengthen our current mindset in order to enter a healthier and wiser mindset in the future. Your two selected exercises may work for me as well, but loving kindness and visualization works better for me because I can see a clear path to my healthier self.
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Hi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteLiving and driving in the metropolitan area of New Jersey when I was younger certainly gives me experience with road rage. Also being a half-empty person rather than a halp-full one, I experience the difficulties of self-love, and having unhealthy expectations on my life. I guess it is people like us that can benefit most from these practices. Living in a society that demands immediate and successful results in everything we say and do, it is especially difficult to easily incorporate these benefical meditative exercises into our lives...but we must keep trying.
Happy Holidays,
Jen