Monday, February 3, 2014

Unit 8

The two exercises that I have found to be the most beneficial during this coarse is the subtle mind, and the visualization exercise.  I still practice the subtle mind as often as I can, because it helps me to not feel controlled my anxious thoughts, but rather it puts me in the role of an observer, and from it I can gain a lot of awareness.  This has helped to reduce my anxiety a lot.  I really gained a lot of love and perspective when doing the visualization exercise.  It reminded me once more just how much my kids me to mean, and how much of a gift children are.  It also gave me a unity awareness of how we are all precious like children, and that that is our ultimate goal, to once again become like little children.  I think that exercise will be a little more difficult without guidance.  But I will try to focus on positive visualizations of things that make me happy and go to my "happy place" more often. 

2 comments:

  1. Jennifer,
    I like the way you put it, our goal is to become like children. It is so true, we want to be more care free and relaxed. I have also used the subtle mind exercise to help relieve anxiety. I think doing these exercises has really helped me with my stress. I am really glad I took this class to learn more about spirituality and training the mind. Congrats with almost being done with your BSN! I have 4 more classes after this. I can finally see the end!

    Ashley

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  2. Jenifer,

    The Subtle Mind exercise is very beneficial for controlling the anxious thoughts. I am so happy to hear that you are benefitting from it! I have been suffering from some severe anxiety and trying to work through it. Meditation has been beneficial but I keep forgetting to practice subtle mind in order to keep the overwhelming thoughts from taking hold. I will try to practice this more in order to become more of an observer of my thoughts. Good luck!

    Lisa

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