I could not get it my final project to post on this blog page.
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Thanks,
Therese
Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Unit 8 blog
Hi my fellow students!
My two most favorite exercises that we have done in this course are: Loving Kindness and the Visualization "Meeting Asclepius". I found both to really make my heart soar. I felt whole and calm and kinder after doing both of these, whether I did them at separate times or one right after the other. I felt like I was "working out" my stress and creating health in my own mind, body and spirit. I intend to do these exercises on a weekly basis. I want to do the "Meeting Asclepius" one on every Sunday night as I start wind down time. I want to do the loving kindness one, the other six days. I found that I can do a watered down version of it while I am driving to work or when I first get to work. I am finding that when I do this practice, my whole day seems to go better and I am lighter and find laughter around me. For me, laughter is like working out my muscles for mental fitness. I need to have some of it everyday and smiles for those around me, too.
I would love to hear your examples of how you finding a way to put your favorite exercises into your daily life.
Therese
My two most favorite exercises that we have done in this course are: Loving Kindness and the Visualization "Meeting Asclepius". I found both to really make my heart soar. I felt whole and calm and kinder after doing both of these, whether I did them at separate times or one right after the other. I felt like I was "working out" my stress and creating health in my own mind, body and spirit. I intend to do these exercises on a weekly basis. I want to do the "Meeting Asclepius" one on every Sunday night as I start wind down time. I want to do the loving kindness one, the other six days. I found that I can do a watered down version of it while I am driving to work or when I first get to work. I am finding that when I do this practice, my whole day seems to go better and I am lighter and find laughter around me. For me, laughter is like working out my muscles for mental fitness. I need to have some of it everyday and smiles for those around me, too.
I would love to hear your examples of how you finding a way to put your favorite exercises into your daily life.
Therese
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Unit 7 Exercise
"Meeting Asciepius" exercise:
I really like track #4 on the Dacher CD. I find it very calming. It does seem to get easier to keep my
mind focused for longer periods, the more times that I spend the time doing it! This last time I actually
felt myself calm and slow down. I felt like my body actually relaxed and my mind went into a meditative
stillness. I guess I achieved the "calm-abiding" part for the first time. By my actions of doing these meditation practices on the entire Dacher CD, I am feeling kinder and more compassionate. I find when a
critical or judgemental thought crosses my mind, I grab it and re-direct it to a kinder and gentler, chosen
thought. I don't do it 100% of the time, but I do find that I am able to choose my actions rather than just
react to stress. I can continue to foster this change by continuing to practice some meditative practices on a regular basis. I know this will increase my mental, physical and spiritual self. I do want to feel happy and filled with joy most every day. I know life will throw in changes and I want to learn to accept these and not be thrown off balance.
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means the same to me as "you cannot judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins"! I feel this means there is so much that we do not know and we cannot teach unless it is from a place where we have been or understood. I think that what being a mentor means. You are helping teach teach someone in the area that you have achieved success in. This can apply to a health and wellness professional by medical doctors and psychologists both doing some personal work in the spiritual field. It would be positive if they could experience different styles of meditation, yoga, pilates, body work, counseling, etc. I think they could understand their patients much better and offer alternative methods when one is not working. I think each professional does have an obligation to develop themselves both mentally, physically and spiritually. This would open all kinds of healing and the right method for each individual could be discovered. I personally can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my life by continuing in my monthly counseling group where I do meditative journeying and by making other meditations exercises a regular part of my life. I can continue to grow calmer and handle stress in positive ways and this will teach others by my example. I will continue to spend time in nature. I will aim to do that each day and if I don't make that ,I will add extra time on the week-ends as this is spiritually healing for me.
Therese
I really like track #4 on the Dacher CD. I find it very calming. It does seem to get easier to keep my
mind focused for longer periods, the more times that I spend the time doing it! This last time I actually
felt myself calm and slow down. I felt like my body actually relaxed and my mind went into a meditative
stillness. I guess I achieved the "calm-abiding" part for the first time. By my actions of doing these meditation practices on the entire Dacher CD, I am feeling kinder and more compassionate. I find when a
critical or judgemental thought crosses my mind, I grab it and re-direct it to a kinder and gentler, chosen
thought. I don't do it 100% of the time, but I do find that I am able to choose my actions rather than just
react to stress. I can continue to foster this change by continuing to practice some meditative practices on a regular basis. I know this will increase my mental, physical and spiritual self. I do want to feel happy and filled with joy most every day. I know life will throw in changes and I want to learn to accept these and not be thrown off balance.
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means the same to me as "you cannot judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins"! I feel this means there is so much that we do not know and we cannot teach unless it is from a place where we have been or understood. I think that what being a mentor means. You are helping teach teach someone in the area that you have achieved success in. This can apply to a health and wellness professional by medical doctors and psychologists both doing some personal work in the spiritual field. It would be positive if they could experience different styles of meditation, yoga, pilates, body work, counseling, etc. I think they could understand their patients much better and offer alternative methods when one is not working. I think each professional does have an obligation to develop themselves both mentally, physically and spiritually. This would open all kinds of healing and the right method for each individual could be discovered. I personally can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my life by continuing in my monthly counseling group where I do meditative journeying and by making other meditations exercises a regular part of my life. I can continue to grow calmer and handle stress in positive ways and this will teach others by my example. I will continue to spend time in nature. I will aim to do that each day and if I don't make that ,I will add extra time on the week-ends as this is spiritually healing for me.
Therese
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