Oh boy the loving and kindness exercises!!!! I truly did not think I would be able to complete these exercises and be so relaxed. It was very easy to focus on the person I love but quite a different story on a person I do not care for. To focus on having love and kindness for another individual that I am not fond of took some effort. These exercises were definitely a benefit because I realized I had a couple of big resentments. To my surprise I have completed these exercises two more times with great success and have felt better.(Imagine that ha ha ha)
Mental workouts are proven to keep the mind free of so called chatter and allow us to operate in a more efficient manner.
Shawna
Shawna
ReplyDeleteI had a very hard time with these exercises. What was it that made you feel that you had resentments. I had a hard time concentrating, I am finding that I have a block to meditation and it makes it difficult to involve myself in the loving-kindness practice. I did the breathing techniques and in the middle of the practice my CD became very loud with a static sound, scared me to death. I will try it again but from he class page. What a shock I was really getting involved in focusing on my breathing.
Mistie
That darn ole committee in my head is so loud sometimes! It is hard to quiet the constant chatter but when itdoes finally calm down relaxation occurs! Just keep tryin Mistie!
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Shawna
I have to learn to let go of all my preconceived notions about meditation. I This is a completely new area of learning and I have to let go and relax.
ReplyDeleteShawna, I also have a hard time with the monkey chatter stuff going on in my head which is really surprising to me because I belonged to a meditation group for about 6 years. I stopped going about 2 years ago because of time constrains with work, school, house-hold/yard work stuff, and family. I thought I would be able to just jump right back into it without any problems, but I was wrong. It was also hard for me to hold someone I really don't like and offer them love and kindness. I thought it is really easy to surround yourself with like minded people that you love and care for, but I think it is the people who trouble us the most that we can potentially learn more lessons from. Laura
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