Reflection Post for Unit 2

To give you a little background of how I was feeling before starting the Journey On relaxation exercise, I would just like to say that my whole body has been freezing cold all day, particularly my hands. I must have the draftiest house ever. So I settled in at my computer to listen to the relaxation guide and was pretty skeptical at first; however, I did follow all of his instructions.  My arms and hands did not feel any heavier during the exercise, from start to finish.  As I mentioned above, my hands were freezing cold. I could feel the coolness through my jeans and my legs were getting cold because of it.  About 7 minutes into the exercise (I peeked at the time) my hands and arms were still cool but not as cold as when I started the exercise.  I really didn't think that there was much improvement in 'warmth'; however, once I was directed to start focusing the blood from my arms and hands back into my abdomen, I definitely felt my arms and hands getting colder.  So, as a result of feeling the coldness come back, I can assume that I was actually able to focus some blood from my abdomen to my arms and hands and that they did warm up more than I realized.