The two exercises I feel might be, and will be in the future, the most beneficial to me are the subtle mind practice (unit 5) and the journey-on practice (unit 2), the reason being that I feel as if these two exercises kept it simple, I was merely asked to relax and not to imagine things (such as white lights or colors etc.). Since I feel that I am doing best with practices that help me relax and go within myself quietly, but not so much the ones that ask me to imagine or "do" things, I will continue to frequently listen to the Mp3's of "Journey-on" and "Subtle Mind Practice". I believe that it will be easy to implement these two practices into my daily schedule, because I am scheduling my "downtime" daily and have a steady rotation of meditations and visualization practices. The main benefit for me in continued practice will be a calming of my ever-moving mind, hopefully clearing the clutter of daily life and letting feelings of peace replace nervous habits and non-beneficial thoughts.
Dunja :)
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I really enjoyed the subtle mind one too. I feel like I am un-judged by it, even though the judgement really comes from within myself for not being able to focus like I feel some of the other exercises felt like I should. Do you feel like you will continue these exercises on beyond this class? Will you ever suggest this to future clients? I think, that in my future profession, these are holistic ways of healing. I may use them to help those who don't want to take medicinal routes or are looking for other options when things stop working for them. Great post :)
ReplyDeleteHello, I too liked the ones that we were not imagining things, I can relax better and it is more beneficial to me to focus on my breathing and relaxing. Thinking of other people was not so relaxing. I do like how I feel after meditating and will use this to help me slow down calm sown and to enjoy life a little bit more.
ReplyDeletehaha you know I am in the same boat (as usual) with you on this! I found many of the exercises to be just to "out there" for me...like you said, imagining lights coming out of people was too hard and distracting for me to follow. I understand the concept, and understand what we are suppose to get from the exercise, it just wasn't for me. I also liked subtle mind exercises because it was something I could use again in my everyday life to help overcome some of my inner turmoil. Did you do the "creative visualization" on page 144/145? It was part of the reading this week- and I can't remember if I read on the discussion board that you did that one! You may like it, I thought it was fun :)
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