Loving Kindness

1.          Describe your experience. Did you find it beneficial? Difficult? Why or why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or why not?

For once I did find the exercise beneficial. The woman talking was very soft and soothing and I believe that helped. I also enjoyed the calming noise (water?) in the background during the reflections. I would recommend it to others. It really helped me de-stress enough to truly think about what the woman was saying and I think I will keep the clip saved for me or others, especially when someone I know is suffering.

2.          What is the concept of "mental workout"? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?

A mental workout is exercising the brain. We expand our brain and keep it in the shape we would like it to be. It is beneficial to memory, helps keep you quick thinking and helps you reach higher levels of thinking for example. For my psychological health I could set aside time each day to work out my brain and do things like meditation then a word search.

Wellbeing

Based on my reflections I would rate my physical wellbeing as a 7. I work every day to better my diet, the things I put in and on my body, etc. I have a very natural diet but I still struggle with cutting out some things like sugar and gluten. I have slacked off on working out this month because we just had a huge move as well and can feel my wellbeing sliding. My spiritual wellbeing I would rate a 5 because I feel like I still have much to work on there. As for psychological I would give it a 7 as well. I have a lot of stress and things I hold onto that I need to let go.

A goal for physical wellbeing is to get lose my last 30 pounds I’m holding onto. Spiritually I would like to become more at peace with things. Psychologically I am trying to not take everything so seriously so it doesn’t stress me out.

To achieve my physical goal I need to start my weight calendar back up and back into the gym. To help achieve my spiritual goal I am going to try meditation and having quiet time to myself. And finally to achieve my psychological goal I am going to try and thoroughly think through everything that stresses me out and tell myself why it really should not.

When trying to do the relaxation exercise I was overwhelmed by everything else in my life. My kids were being loud and there is very little time (until bed) that it is quiet around here for me to take time to myself. Once they are in bed I just want to go to bed as well. I also find it hard for me to relax because I feel guilty. I feel like there’s a million other things I should be doing. It’s hard to justify taking time for myself. I really need to work on this. 

Journey on Relaxation

I really tried to focus on the journey to relaxation but found it to be hard. In day to day life I have many things to do, think about, plan etc. so I found it hard to sit and focus on this relaxation recording without thinking what I have to do next, if I completed something etc. A lot of it also seemed quite silly to me. However that is why I am in this class. I am not in tune with myself in the way this recording tried to accentuate and pursue and I need help with that. I am going to continue listening a few more times and try to focus more and take it more seriously. I hope by doing this continuously at different times I can get a little more into it.

Hello

Welcome to my blog! My name is Nicolle and I am trying to get back to the roots of humans and be as natural as possible. I am here in this class to try and get to the basics of relaxation and spiritual healing.