Subtle Mind

1.          Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.

Subtle mind had the crashing waves just like loving kindness and that relaxes me the most. I love the sound of water. It’s so pure and relaxing. I kind of got relaxed just by the waves and couldn’t really listen to what the woman was saying. What I did hear I couldn’t focus on. We’ve been dealing with a lot lately so it’s so hard for me to try and take time to explore my mind and get benefits from this. It’s also frustrating because no matter what I do I feel like these things are silly and I can’t believe in them. Maybe I’m trying too hard to fight that and need to just listen.

2.          Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.

Spiritual wellness is related to mental and physical wellness because you have to believe in yourself and be happy with yourself. If you are spiritually sound your other wellnesses can be more in balance. If you are an optimistic person and in high spirits, you will take things easier and keep happy. It can help with stress and physical ailments. In my personal life I can tell my spiritual wellness affects me when I get sick. I like to lay around in a funk and be sad and cranky when I’m sick. However I have found when I try to be optimistic about getting better, actively thinking what I’ll do when I’m better etc I recover faster.