Unit 8

Hello all,

I am sorry for posting so late.

The two practices determined to be most beneficial to me was Unit 1 Relaxation and Unit 4 Loving Kindness.  The Unit 1 Relaxation journey and meditation exercise was a first time experience.  I enjoyed it and found it to be very relaxing at a much needed time.  This exercise allows me to slow down, relax and focus on self.  It gave me time to breath, inhale and exhale, remove myself from the frustration at that time.  I would use this exercise daily in my personal life to unwind and let go of the stressors.  I would chose a time of day, a special place, with no music but maybe soft light and scented candles.  I would close my eyes, becoming fully relax with my feet elevated for a period of time 30 to 45 minutes and let my mind float away into peace while I totally surrender my body to the technique and time.  I would use the final 15 minutes of the hour of time to float back into the here and now. 

In Unit 4 the Loving Kindness exercise was also a first time challenge and experience.  It was different but included relaxing.  The instructions given made the exercise thought provoking and required that I channel into a specific area.  This exercise was a great task to channel in my spirituality.  It is like doing physical exercise for the body but is a mental workout instead. Spiritual development is a process of freeing your consciousness from the scars of untruths that normally accumulate over a lifetime. Unifying my inner spiritual awareness with my practical everyday challenges is a life changing.  I would attempt to do this exercise at least once a month initially to get in touch with those areas in my inner self that have held up progress in my here and now.

 

I think with these two I will be able to make "healthy lifestyle change".  What do you think?

 

Dru Van Wright