Wellness & Healing
Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the
Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits,
frustrations etc.
The Loving Kindness exercise teaches you to be less self-centered
and more focused on teaching you to be compassionate to others and having
empathy toward other people. Being less focused on you and more helpful toward
others shows the ability to have an open heart and not being so selfish and
willing to lend a helping held. I think it makes people feel better when they
can help others. A subtle mind exercise teaches you to relax but I find it hard
to focus at times. Having a focal point makes it easier to bring your focus
back. I think a little more practice and it could be relaxing. The benefit of a
Loving Kindness exercise opens your heart and by doing this I think brings
happiness. And the more a person can smile and teach ourselves to be more
compassionate the happy and light hearted you become. I also feel that the
benefits of subtle mind meditation would be peace, calm, tranquility and a
stress relief but the key is to get to that point. I think the obstacle is to
train the mind to focus long enough for it to work. But with determination I
think I can get there.
Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental
and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your
personal life.
I think that spiritual wellness connects to mental and
physical wellness because it all comes from beliefs. I feel that if you believe
then anything is possible. Everyone has different beliefs and that is what is
so beautiful about this world. With believing, determination and drive then you
can conquer anything. I think that God gives me the strength to get up every
day so therefore I should have the mindset that it is a beautiful day that I
was given and I have the physical capability to function so gratitude and
positivity should get me through the day with the right mind set. Now the only
thing I have to do is get back on track and feel worthy of the beautiful gifts
that I have been given.
posted by Tanya Jefferson @ 4:22 PM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Hi Tanya,
I appreciate your description of the Loving-Kindness exercise. I most definitely agree that I feel better when I am kind to others. If I get frustrated with someone, maybe a salesperson at a store or customer service worker, I try to tell myself this person may be going through a rough time. It is amazing how reactions change when you give people kindness first. I think the Loving-Kindness exercise can help us make kindness an automatic reaction with enough practice. I had a rough time staying focused on the Subtle Mind exercise, too. You put a very positive spin on the mind, body, and spirit connection, and I think that's a fantastic way to think about living life each day.
I agree with going into a store and you get a salesperson that is just rude or short. I will just come out and ask them are you having a bad day. And that usually changes their attitudes after that. Everyone has a bad day but you don't need to pass it on to others.
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