The Loving kindness CD by Elliott Dacher, was new and yes, beneficial to a point. The waves crashing on the beach shore were nice soothing and inviting me to the beach.
Trying to think of stillness, peace, and loving-kindness in my heart, was calming. As the narrator said, welcome it and let it be. I loved thinking about my loved one. It brought me pleasure and happiness.
Some of the content seemed a little weird, and odd, like taking an inbreath of a loved ones suffering, and all I had to do is breath it into my heart, then breath out on out breath giving health and joy to the suffering one, (like that would really happen for real if we believe it). Taking in the suffering of strangers was kinda odd to. It was a new-worded experience I was not expecting.
Embracing enemies, taking in their suffering, and giving out health, happiness, and wholeness was a challenge for me as well.
The constant lapping of the waves on shore, were calming, the solo flute was curious and compelling. The peaceful sounds together and actually put me to sleep before the CD was over.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Unit 3
Concerning my wellness Professor,
scale 1-10, I would rate my ...
A- Physical Well being: as an 8
B - Spiritual Well-being: rated at a 5
C - Psychological Well-being rate is 8 as I have not arrived mentally, nor ever will. No one is brilliant until they die and God gives them a new body, then they will be. I do read and study for hours everyday so I am exercising my brain and adding knowledge to it.
If I were going to say how I would improve in the above areas:
Diet for the physical, as I have some weight to loose to get back down to my size 4.
Spiritual improvement: I don't read my guidebook, that is, my Bible often enough which I can condsider doing more in the evening and possibly after I wake up with my coffee in the morning. Nor do I spend enough time praying daily. There is room for improvement in this area and I can start praying more when I awake and ask for blessings for my day and send up some grateful words to my Maker.
Psychological improvement could be made by I don't know. I read so much, I don't know how much more I could read in a day. I guess I could play some mind games, chess or cross-word puzzles possibly. I will look for something to do with my mind to improve it.
As far as the Relaxation MP3 "Crime of the Century" relaxation site you gave us to listen to online in Seminar, it was great. It did do its' job by relaxing me.
A quick review:
The nice relaxing male voice asked me to get into a comfortable sitting or laying position, and as it was playing nice slow guitar music I think, asked me to focus all my attention on my breathing, taking deep belly breaths, exhale, relax. think of a rainbow. The Rainbow meditation is was I think. We had to imagine our body had a beam coming to it and has 7 rays coming on different spots on our body, with different colors and light beams coming into our body, one at a time, as we took deep breaths, focused and saw the light beam coming and the color, and said a few words. For example: It was kinda like this:[ (You can do it again while you read this if you want to try it): imagine the voice in your head]
This calm male voice with calm music background saying...imagine a bright red box on your lower back area, see a beam of red coming to it, take a deep breath, focus on the red box, now say "I feel grounded", take a breath deep again, say it again. Now imagine an orange circle area just below your belly, see a bright orange light beam coming to you there say " I feel confident" breath deep again, repeat phrase. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did.
Now imagine an oval on upper stomach area with a bright yellow beam coming to you there and say "I feel centered" take another deep breath and say it again. Now imagine an emerald green circle on your upper chest above your heart, you see a bright emerald green beam coming to you now say "I choose to love, I have the ability to share love, I choose love" then take a slow deep breath and say it again. Now imagine on your throat area, an acqua blue colored circle, say I feel that I have a meaningful purpose in my life" breath, repeat phrase, you should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Eyes closed. Imagining still in your head. Now imagine a circle on your forehead and in front of you ther are all the colors that look like beams of ligt projecting out in fron of you, there is an indigo blue circle on your forehead, say " I feel balanced" deep breath, say it again. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Do you see all the colors coming to your head like a rainbow? Finally, the crown of your head, it has a big circular window on top and a beam of violet light is shining on that spot and coming out and you say "I feel very connected to the universe, my family, my friends, and all the beams join together to feel connected. My body is calm and relaxed" Lock this phrase into your memory! You are calm, energized, and your body is in a state of homeostasis or balance. you should feel very relaxed right now like I did and full of energy, and at peace with yourself and others. :)
we move to the crown of your head
we move to your throat
scale 1-10, I would rate my ...
A- Physical Well being: as an 8
B - Spiritual Well-being: rated at a 5
C - Psychological Well-being rate is 8 as I have not arrived mentally, nor ever will. No one is brilliant until they die and God gives them a new body, then they will be. I do read and study for hours everyday so I am exercising my brain and adding knowledge to it.
If I were going to say how I would improve in the above areas:
Diet for the physical, as I have some weight to loose to get back down to my size 4.
Spiritual improvement: I don't read my guidebook, that is, my Bible often enough which I can condsider doing more in the evening and possibly after I wake up with my coffee in the morning. Nor do I spend enough time praying daily. There is room for improvement in this area and I can start praying more when I awake and ask for blessings for my day and send up some grateful words to my Maker.
Psychological improvement could be made by I don't know. I read so much, I don't know how much more I could read in a day. I guess I could play some mind games, chess or cross-word puzzles possibly. I will look for something to do with my mind to improve it.
As far as the Relaxation MP3 "Crime of the Century" relaxation site you gave us to listen to online in Seminar, it was great. It did do its' job by relaxing me.
A quick review:
The nice relaxing male voice asked me to get into a comfortable sitting or laying position, and as it was playing nice slow guitar music I think, asked me to focus all my attention on my breathing, taking deep belly breaths, exhale, relax. think of a rainbow. The Rainbow meditation is was I think. We had to imagine our body had a beam coming to it and has 7 rays coming on different spots on our body, with different colors and light beams coming into our body, one at a time, as we took deep breaths, focused and saw the light beam coming and the color, and said a few words. For example: It was kinda like this:[ (You can do it again while you read this if you want to try it): imagine the voice in your head]
This calm male voice with calm music background saying...imagine a bright red box on your lower back area, see a beam of red coming to it, take a deep breath, focus on the red box, now say "I feel grounded", take a breath deep again, say it again. Now imagine an orange circle area just below your belly, see a bright orange light beam coming to you there say " I feel confident" breath deep again, repeat phrase. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did.
Now imagine an oval on upper stomach area with a bright yellow beam coming to you there and say "I feel centered" take another deep breath and say it again. Now imagine an emerald green circle on your upper chest above your heart, you see a bright emerald green beam coming to you now say "I choose to love, I have the ability to share love, I choose love" then take a slow deep breath and say it again. Now imagine on your throat area, an acqua blue colored circle, say I feel that I have a meaningful purpose in my life" breath, repeat phrase, you should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Eyes closed. Imagining still in your head. Now imagine a circle on your forehead and in front of you ther are all the colors that look like beams of ligt projecting out in fron of you, there is an indigo blue circle on your forehead, say " I feel balanced" deep breath, say it again. You should feel very relaxed right now like I did. Do you see all the colors coming to your head like a rainbow? Finally, the crown of your head, it has a big circular window on top and a beam of violet light is shining on that spot and coming out and you say "I feel very connected to the universe, my family, my friends, and all the beams join together to feel connected. My body is calm and relaxed" Lock this phrase into your memory! You are calm, energized, and your body is in a state of homeostasis or balance. you should feel very relaxed right now like I did and full of energy, and at peace with yourself and others. :)
we move to the crown of your head
we move to your throat
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Reflections
The Journey on relaxation exercise site via Kaplan was very relaxing. The voice, the music, the suggestions to get comfortable and let the blood flow in all parts of my body and just think and say "relax" did hellp. The power of suggestion is real and it worked in this case.
This autogenic training technique is effective for its purpose.
Thinking about circulating your blood to your arms, feet, hands, head, heart, and all around is a new concept, but, if we can really make our blood circulate by thinking about it, that would be amazing. Just the suggestion of it makes us relax, calm our mind, and keep it focused on something other than worrisome thoughts.
After hearing the guys nice voice and calm background music for a few minutes I was ready to sleep. (I must be careful not to listen to something like this in the morning so I will want to get busy and do my work). This would be a good tape for the end of a very hectic day, say between 8-11 pm. I would recommend it to anyone who needs to relax.
This autogenic training technique is effective for its purpose.
Thinking about circulating your blood to your arms, feet, hands, head, heart, and all around is a new concept, but, if we can really make our blood circulate by thinking about it, that would be amazing. Just the suggestion of it makes us relax, calm our mind, and keep it focused on something other than worrisome thoughts.
After hearing the guys nice voice and calm background music for a few minutes I was ready to sleep. (I must be careful not to listen to something like this in the morning so I will want to get busy and do my work). This would be a good tape for the end of a very hectic day, say between 8-11 pm. I would recommend it to anyone who needs to relax.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Hello All!
Here intaills the adventures of dragon boy and his human Nicole. We are currently on a food adventure...which food is going to make my stomach feel good and not gassy!
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