Loving Kindness and meditation

I found this to be enlightening. It was difficult for me to keep my mind clear during long pauses without taking quit a bit of effort on focusing on what was last said in the recording. Visualizations helped during the actual exercise (breathing in bad breathing out good). I have been rather successful at using that particular thought and visualization more and more.  
As I breath in I sort of chant -with loving kindness- and think of myself and others. I can actually tell a difference in how I feel when I connect and direct this to myself it's kind of crazy. I would say repeating this meditation is a decent mental work out. It forces me to think about my own body and thoughts and prompts to -let it be- or -let it go- the whole letting go thing I need to work on but I bet I will be able to tell a difference with mental clarity (or at least I hope so fingers crossed).

Cassy

Unit 3 Blogging

1. Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal well-being), where do you rate your A-physical well-being, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

A-    I would rate my physical well-being as a 7. I am not in peak physical condition but I am working up to it.   

B-    I would rate my spiritual well-being as a 3. I am not religious by any means. I am currently working on trying to remedy this.

C-    I would rate my psychological well-being as a 5. Again this is something I am trying to work on and maybe will get better at.

2. Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).

My goals are simple, to get all of these well-beings closer to 10, to get them in balance with each other and to keep them higher and in balance.

3. What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

With the physical stuff that is simple, continue to do more physical activity and I will become more physically fit (as long as I can avoid getting hurt any more).

With spiritual I will be conducting a study of different spiritual aspects and religions in order to find what is best suited for me.

With psychological I have already started counseling and relaxation exercises. Some are more helpful than others but with all things it takes time. Time for it to work , for me to believe it will work and to develop it into a habit.

4. Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise, click here. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)

I really found this meditation to be inspiring (I’m currently about to embark in a craft project for a friend and I think adding colored jewels for the chakras will be a nice touch! It was a nice meditation to listen to and gave some good visualization in order to help. I liked it.

Unit 2

Ah rest and relaxation. I love guided meditations. I think I need a specific cd or player next to my bed with at least an hour a track of guided meditation and/or gentle music.

CKraft

Unit One

Ta Da! Mission accomplished. I have successfully created a blog.... I think. Now if I can just remember that damn url?!
Let me know if I should include more reactions  down below. I want to make this fun!