Monday, February 25, 2013
Hello!! I was not thrilled with the exercise. I guess I think of people and loved ones often in my quiet time so it was just kinda a normal thing. It might help some people to wind down and relax but I already can that pretty easily. In fact today I have been doing it a lot!!! I even dream of the future and the day I can buy a house and a new car. I have been working out a little and it is feeling really good. That alone when done in a quiet place is mentally rejuvenating to me. I think about things and people while I work out. A mental work out is to get you used to sitting or laying down in a quiet place and thinking happy thoughts. It is to make your mind focus on certain things and relax.
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Hi Heather, this was the first exercise I actually was able to enjoy and complete successfully. Most of the time my house is full of people, my son, my daughter,her spouse, my two grandchildren both four years old and nineteen months old, my husband and myself. SO I was really thrilled with the outcome! The book says to try it first thing in the morning but that is when everyone is shuffling around and trying to leave and it is noisy! I went to the gym and came back home to a quite serene space for once. I enjoyed reading and responding to your post!
ReplyDeleteI find that if I take the time to really sit down and relax that my mind drifts away from the task at hand. I tend to think about things in my past and things going on now, how far i've come and how far I have to go, I think bout my kids and their futures and wonder what goes thru their minds daily. I think about a lot of "what ifs", not necessarily what if's from my past but what if's from my future. I guess it's a form of dreaming just as you did with your dreaming of a owning a house and a new car.
ReplyDeleteHeather,
ReplyDeleteI hear you! I had a little bit of difficulty with the exercise myself. My issue was more along the lines of the LONG pauses and then having to go into the negative aspects of others. I guess my family and I are lucky right now or something because I couldn't think of too many negatives. I may attempt the exercise again at some point if I find myself particularly stressed, but think that just a medatative audio clip is more effective for me. Like you, I tend to visualize and think of family members often throughout the day rather than during that specific time so it was almost ackward to try and "de-stress" for them during the exercise. I'm strange, but think that I enjoyed the guys voice a little bit more too...was a little more soothing. :)
C.