Hello again class,
Both of the exercises allowed me to relax and
feel totally peaceful and content. The Loving Kindness exercise did allow my
mind to wander more and there were a lot of thoughts that crossed my mind in
that short ten minutes or so. With the Subtle mind exercise, I actually almost
got sleepy. To me, it was a little too much breathing and when I block the
thoughts out, it made me feel very tired and almost hypnotic. This is probably
because I do this at night to try and shut my mind off so that I can sleep
peacefully. I did not really have frustrations with neither one; however, I do
not think the second exercise really did that much for me. The connection from
spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness is definitely existing. I think if a person works out, eats healthy,
has no medical complications, and is positive and encouraging, they could still
be in better health with spiritual wellness. I also think this topic may be
very contradictory because everyone believes differently. However, if a person
has a basic spiritual belief, then they have something they may look forward to
and have faith in. They can turn to this belief when they feel pain or they are
in doubt and reassure themselves that everything will be ok. However, I also
feel as though we can confide in friends and family and not pray to a higher
power and still (if we have the right influence) become reassured and confident
in a positive way. As I said earlier, this topic is very contradictory but
interesting to think about.
Marissa
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