Universal Loving Kindness Reflection
The Loving Kindness exercise placed me into a dreary type of mood. I am not sure if I was too tired when doing the exercise or if I had difficulty focusing, but whatever it was that I should achieve did not really materialize. However, I did experience the ease and stillness of my mind and body and I found that I had difficulty with the experience of separateness. Perhaps I could say that my experience was more of “a sense of oneness” which the text states “arises from a subtle consciousness” (Dacher, 2006). Given this explanation, I would therefore prefer to have the “oneness” as the center of my experience. I believe this would be a focus of growth and development for me as it would allow me to identify my true self being someone who likes to give of myself to others. I believe this is where true integral health comes in as it would make me feel quite happy to know that I can give to others and at the same time receive the same benefit in return.
Specific exercises that I could recommend would be regular, physical activity and mental activity. My personal physical activity favorites are group fitness classes such as:
Body Pump (weight lifting class)
Kickboxing
Zumba
Aqua Zumba
Running/Jogging
Walking
Pilates
My favorite mental exercises are :
Yoga
Tai-Chi
Meditation
Reference:
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health: The path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach
Hello,
ReplyDeleteGood post, I think group exercise is helpful too because having other people around you helps to push you. I have never taken any classes like that but I did plenty of group exercises in the Marine Corps. I found this weeks hard to focus on too. I think it was harder to try and clear your mind and read and focus on the instructions.