Blog Week 4
Loving Kindness Exercise:
The first man’s voice was a bit agitating. The women’s voice was more soothing. I found it challenging at first. I noticed myself clenching my teeth at some
point, which is something I do when I’m stressed. I had to tell myself in the middle of it to
relax. Maybe I was concentrating too
hard. I believe that it could be
beneficial in the same way that the first day that you exercise, you may not
see any physical results even though you have burned some calories and are
training your muscles. Also when you are
in the middle of it you may want to stop and give up because it’s challenging
or you are bored or tired. However if
you press through and continue with consistency, the results will be
evident. Once I have practiced and seen
my results I could make a recommendation to others regarding this exercise.
The concept
of a mental work out corresponds with what I just discussed in that repeated,
consistent practice is needed in order to strengthen those figurative mental
muscles. The benefits are great. A healthy mentality also can enhance or
create a healthy spiritual existence. It
can also lend to our physical health.
When we are mentally and spiritually whole, our physical health can
flourish as well. This loving kindness
practice suggests doing this two times a day.
I will have to set aside time when I wake up and before I go to bed to
do this.
Sheri,
ReplyDeleteI did the exercise by reading it in the book. I did not realize that there was audio available. But after reading your experience I think reading it may have been better :) I did find that reading it seemed a little disruptive but you can go at your own pace and start parts over if you like. I think it is definitely one that takes practice but I can see the benefits of it. It is one I want to try to incorporate. The book suggests reading it a few times to get familiar with it then actually doing it and maybe even taking notes to use as a quick reference if needed. I feel that this is one that would be better done by yourself and not listening to it once you are familiar with it.
Leslie