Hello Everyone,
When I look back over the course so far and think about what practices really gave me a feeling of balance and flow. I would have to say the loving-kindness practice really help me with getting rid of negative energy thoughts and project good well-being and health on to others and myself. Since I had recently lost my father . I had been really struggling to get back the sense of a normal life and the practice really help encourage that for me. I also started to incorporate the practice into my life once a week. I think since then I have been able to regain myself back from a mental stand point. I feel much more emotionally energetic than before, since the loss of my father.
The other practice was the subtle practice. The subtle practice was so soothing and calming. The use of breathing actually gave me the ability to move the flow of breath way I wanted it to go. The stillness of the body was directed through the breathing causing me to experience great calmness and peace throughout the session. I really enjoyed the soft flow of water. I really learned how to increase inner peace of the mind with this practice. In my own personal life both of these practices are important to finding the ability to expand mental, spiritual, and physical awareness. It is a significant part of acquiring or achieving integral health and human flourishing.
~Linda Jackson
Linda,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear about your father. Lossing someone is so hard. My husband and I lost my father in law two days after we had our baby (we were very close to him). Lossing someone is so hard. I wish that I had exercises like these that could have helped me get through that very diffiuclt time. But I think that it is important to use these exercises not just to exercise our mind during a positive time but also when we are not feeling the best or very sad.
I personally liked the subtle mind practice myself as well. I have felt a great sense of clamness and peace as well. Now that i have done this a couple times a week I am starting to feel like that more and more through out the day as well instead of just right after. I think this is a great sensation to gain for ourselves but also for our future patients. And each person life experience is one that we all can gain and learn from.
Great post and I wish you peace within during this difficult time for you.
Melissa
I am sorry for your loss as well, it takes a lot to recover from the loss of a loved one. I think many of do not realize how much it can affect them personally, mentally, and physically. The road to recovering is a struggle at times; but I am slowly regaining myself in a new light.Thanks Melissa!
Delete~Linda Jackson
Linda, I am sorry that you lost your father. It is admirable and encouraging that you can practice and find connection with integral healing in a hard time. I personally did not connect with the loving-kindness exercise, but I am glad it works for you, especially for such an important purpose. Subtle mind practice was much more helpful for me. I also enjoyed the breathing rhythm and the water sounds. Thank you for sharing your experience. Also, I really love your blog design!
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Thanks Natalie for your response! Thanks for liking my blog design!!
Delete~Linda Jackson
Hello Linda I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your father I recently lost my stepfather and i was very close to him as well. Ialso liked the loving and kindness the best out of all of the practicies becasue if made me feel relaxed and relived me of my stress I actually enjoyed all of the theee practicies but this one to me really stood out from the rest of them because it helped me to focus on the postive aspects instead of the negative ones. I also ebjoyed the meditation and visulization exercises for pretty much the same reason very good post Linda I enjoyed reading it very much CK.
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DeleteI am sorry about your stepfather. I wish you well as you begin to heal and find peace with the loss. It is hard to regain yourself; be sure to take care of you and take small steps toward healing one day at a time. Thanks for your response!
~Linda Jackson
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:23 PM
Hi Linda,
The practices that you chose, Loving-Kindness and Subtle Practice are so essential to achieving Integral Health. You also chose one of my favorites which was Loving-Kindness. This one makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside! I can understand how these 2 exercises helped you with your father making transition. It is perfect timing that you learned these exercises at a very important time in your life and that they helped you to get through his passing. I bet he was a wonderful man, you are truly blessed. I am happy that you were able to regain yourself. That is a very important thing to do when dealing with death. I too felt very energentic when I practice these exercises and your energy is such an important thing to have when you are dealing with a loved one's transition. Both these exercises work very well for me, especially with dealing with my job and my 16 year old daughter aka life teacher :) Your examples will work well with my clientele as well as with me because they serve a purpose and they serve it well. Achieving integral health is one of my life's goals, and incorporating these practices that I have learned in this cource will well put me on my way. Thanks for your input Linda!
Peace and Love
Yahimba
Hello Yahimba,
DeleteThanks for your response! I absolutely agree that this class was right on time for helping me deal with the loss and I am still on the road to healing. I am taking it day by day. These practices have helped a lot and are still helping me recover.
~Linda Jackson
I am glad that you have been able to connect to the Loving Kindness exercise. This seems to be a popular one among our classmates. That is great that you are able to incorporate this exercise into your life once a week. Do you think that you will incorporate this exercise into your life more frequently? I unfortunately was not able to relate to the Loving Kindness exercise so I have not practiced this in my routine. I have found that my ‘own’ technique of mediation is proving to be beneficial to me. I would suggest the Loving Kindness exercise to a client. I think that each person is different in what method works for them. Just because the method does not work for me does not mean that a client would not find it useful too.
ReplyDeleteYou were able to achieve calmness from the subtle practice exercise too! That is awesome! I agree with your statement that you enjoyed the sound of the flow of water. I find that water for me is very soothing. I have a Zen water fountain in my room that I love to put on and listen to. I like to conduct my school reading in my bedroom with the water going. I seem to be able to concentrate more listening to the water. I would definitely recommend the subtle practice exercise to clients. I think that this was the exercise that I personally was able to relate to most. I think that getting my clients to incorporate any type of meditation into their lives would be a great first step in their journey to integral health.
Good luck on your journey!
Hello Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely will and I am using it in my life during the week. I already meditate on a daily basis about 30 minutes and it is very helpful and soothing to my mind and body.
~Linda Jackson