Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Practicing Mental Fitness
Thinking back over the past few weeks and the different mindfulness practices that we learned, I would have to say that the Subtle Mind and the Loving Kindness exercises would be the most beneficial for me. The subtle mind is a great practice that doesn't require very much time. It can be done at any time, anywhere. If things are getting stressful at home, chasing kids around or trying to do school work, I can take 10-15 minutes to go somewhere quiet and focus on clearing away all the distractions. As for the Loving Kindness exercise, I like to do this one at night when everyone is asleep and the house is dark. I usually start out with prayer time and that just flows into praying for others. It's amazing how hard it is to stay mad at someone when you are praying for them, instead of frustration and anger my feelings turn more into empathy and consideration for whatever situation they may be going through.
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Hey Sarah
ReplyDeleteI also found the loving kindness exercises beneficial. Almost all of the exercise that we did didn’t require much time, there were about two that were pretty long exercises. When it comes to me implementing these exercises into my daily life I would like to do them at night also right before I go to bed when e3veryone else is sleep or at work. It’s just hard for me to do that though because some days I can get off at 4 one day and the next 12, so once I get home I be really tired and don’t feel like doing anything at all. I’m just going to have to find the time to do the exercises even if I do them way before I go to sleep. I also find it amazing how you can be so angry and upset at a person but when you do the loving kindness exercise or pray for them those feelings just go away.