After listening to The Loving Kindness and Subtle mind exercise I thought both were similar. When listening to the Loving Kindness exercise I felt like I could get into easily and automatically felt relaxed. After listening to the Subtle mind exercise I automatically thought to myself that it sounds just like The Loving Kindness exercise and it was very similar. Both of the exercises were the soft voice relaxing exercises. The kind of exercise where all you have to do is relax and everything else falls into place. When it comes to the Loving Kindness exercise I liked getting right into it and feeling very relaxed after the exercise. When it comes to the Subtle mind exercise I love the fact that breathing was involved. Anytime breathing is involved and you are exercising that it makes you feel so much more relaxed. As for any kind of exercise like these two, I would recommend them to anyone and I would have to say they are very beneficial for anyone that wants relaxation. After finishing both of these exercises I couldn’t believe how I felt afterward. It’s the kind of feeling that you get after you work out and it makes you want to keep coming back. It’s the refreshed feeling and feeling like a new person. I will definitely be doing these in the future whenever I want relaxation. When it comes to spiritual wellness, mental wellness and physical wellness I believe they all come together and work as one. They are all connected somehow and work together. When you are mentally stable then you’re spiritually and physically stable. I believe that if you are feeling stressed and down then it’s going to affect you physically, spiritually and mentally. It all works together when you think about it. When it comes to my personal life all three of these will still be connected. For example, if you are going through happiness in your life and everything is falling into place then you mind is happy which makes you physically well and spiritually too. Anything you are going through in your life affects your mind first and then everything else is that same way.
Brittany Everman
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteHi! I really like how you relate the feeling post-exercise to the feeling after working out. Truly, they are one and the same with the exception that one is physical and the other is mental. I completely understand. I know that when I finished this week's exercise I was ready to mellow the rest of my day and did just that. I felt as if every corner of my body was in place and that I didn't need anything else to feel complete. Yes'm, that's a feeling I can get into! Ha! Be well!
James Banks
Brittany, I was interested in your results and the effect it had on you after you listened to the exercises. I wished I would felt that good, so I was wondering have you completed these kinds of exercises before or do you meditate? I very much agree with you how health is so interconnected. I have learned so much about how stress negatively affects your entire body, and can actually make you gain weight! These kinds of points have been proven over and over again.
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Cindy Potucek