Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the
Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits,
frustrations etc.
The loving kindness exercise wants us to expand our love and
has us focus our conscious on someone we love to bring good feelings like care,
tenderness, love etc. The exercise also wants us to focus on taking in the
hardships of someone we love as well. The subtle mind exercise allows us to
bring our focus to our breathing because our breathing is directly connected to
our minds. This exercise was very relaxing to me with the waves in the
background and I like focusing on my breathing I find it to be the most
relaxing way to meditate and clear my mind. I did not have any frustrations
during the exercise. I think I benefited from it because it allowed me to clear
my mind and focus on breathing and calm my mind. I would like to do this
exercise a few times a week.
Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental
and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your
personal life.
The connection between spiritual, mental, and physical
wellness are all interconnected. We normally focus on our physical wellness
because symptoms are usually what we recognize when we are ill. By focusing on
our inner being like using meditation we can take steps to tap into our spiritual
side in order to become physically well. We need to use stress relieving measures
in order to be physically, mentally, and spiritually well. I think that I focus
on my mental wellness a lot more than I ever used to, I like to use meditation
to relax and calm my mind which I feel better physically by doing.
Chelsey,
ReplyDeleteIt’s great that you were able to find this meditation beneficial. I found for myself that I need complete quiet if I want to empty my mind and not have any distractions. My connection between all three is that it can be a trickle-down effect on me. If I do not feel connected to my spirit then I end up in a negative mood and then I cannot think clearly. Once I cannot think clear then I do not want to go running.
Hi Chelsey, I enjoyed reading your blog this week because you made some very interesting points on the connection between the spiritual, mental, physical wellness. I agree with you how we focus on our physical wellness due to symptoms that we forget about our spiritual self. Keep up the good work.
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excellent post. I agree that it is important to focus on mental, spiritual, physical health. The symptoms are simply an indication that something is out of balance. I feel that the root of all illness is spiritual in nature. On a physical level I feel food is a factor in disease, however, food choices go back to spiritual and emotional issues in many cases.
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