How can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster “mental fitness”? Provide specific examples.
I like "Subtle Mind" and "Loving Kindness"
I like the subtle mind because it engages both a stilling of the mind to gain a witnessing mind and then a calm abiding peace that allows for greater introspection and evaluation so that I can make changes to my behavior, thinking and feeling.
To make the most out of this exercise I want to practice it in the morning after I get up and get ready for my day as a means of evaluating myself and preparing myself for the day. I will also practice the exercise as I prepare for bed at night in order to calm and still my mind from an active day as well as to evaluate myself and to look deeper into my true self. This practice would also be good to use when I get frustrated or discouraged in regards to my interactions with other people or myself.
Loving kindness.. is very similar to how I pray. Prayer if you think about it is a method of meditation.. giving thanks to God for my blessings, praying for others that need support, healing and encouragement, and asking for guidance. In the Loving kindness exercise I would modify it to breathing in the suffering and pain of others and allowing it to dissipate through the love of God that resides in my heart. I pray nightly as I go to bed and I will incorporate this into my nightly prayer to God. I will also use it when I see someone that needs support and healing.. In my heart I feel the desire to pray for others as I see their need and not just as a nightly prayer.. I will incorporate the Loving kindness exercise into my prayers during these times as well..
Blog created for my class Creating Wellness
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Hi and welcome to my very first blog!
I have created this blog as part of my class called Creating Wellness, I was not expecting to be asked to do this but I am excited to have the opportunity to learn about blogging and learning more about my classmates.
A little about me...
I am a Christian first and foremost, I struggle to be the person God wants me to be and I am a long ways from being perfect but I have confidence that God loves me and accepts me despite my many issues and imperfections. Having God in my life has given me balance, a safe haven from the traumas of life, peace, comfort, joy, a reason to fight for the important issues in my life. He is my rock and my strength, without Him I am nothing.
I am 47 years old and the mother of 2 wonderful children; Kenny, my oldest is 18 years old and graduates from High School in May of this year. Crystal my youngest is 15 years old and is in the 9th grade. I love them both and I am very proud of them.
I am in my second year at Kaplan and loving almost every minute of it.. I am working towards my BS in Psychology with an emphasis towards Applied Behavioral Analysis.
I chose to take this class because I was intrigued by the class and its approach towards healing with integral medicine. Being a psychology student I already have a basic understanding of whole health, believing that true health is not just a physical thing but also includes the mental aspect; which includes, emotional stability, social environmental, chemical, structural, and spiritual well being.
I am interested in using this class to learn how to heal myself and to find and create a wholeness within myself. Then to incorporate it into helping my children to find wholeness as well as interlacing it with what I am learning about psychology and behavior. With this combined knowledge and experience I hope to be able to reach out and help my future clients to find balance as I work with them regarding their behavioral issues, developmental and learning issues.
I am passionate about helping others because my daughter struggles with developmental delays, learning issues, and emotional problems as a result of contracting bacterial meningitis when she was 5 weeks old. During her first 3 years of life she was constantly on the brink of dying as she struggled with cysts in her brain. She is past most of the medical problems but struggles with being whole emotionally within herself. I want to be able to help her with what I learn and to extend myself out so that I can help other families and children as they struggle with similar emotional issues.
I have created this blog as part of my class called Creating Wellness, I was not expecting to be asked to do this but I am excited to have the opportunity to learn about blogging and learning more about my classmates.
A little about me...
I am a Christian first and foremost, I struggle to be the person God wants me to be and I am a long ways from being perfect but I have confidence that God loves me and accepts me despite my many issues and imperfections. Having God in my life has given me balance, a safe haven from the traumas of life, peace, comfort, joy, a reason to fight for the important issues in my life. He is my rock and my strength, without Him I am nothing.
I am 47 years old and the mother of 2 wonderful children; Kenny, my oldest is 18 years old and graduates from High School in May of this year. Crystal my youngest is 15 years old and is in the 9th grade. I love them both and I am very proud of them.
I am in my second year at Kaplan and loving almost every minute of it.. I am working towards my BS in Psychology with an emphasis towards Applied Behavioral Analysis.
I chose to take this class because I was intrigued by the class and its approach towards healing with integral medicine. Being a psychology student I already have a basic understanding of whole health, believing that true health is not just a physical thing but also includes the mental aspect; which includes, emotional stability, social environmental, chemical, structural, and spiritual well being.
I am interested in using this class to learn how to heal myself and to find and create a wholeness within myself. Then to incorporate it into helping my children to find wholeness as well as interlacing it with what I am learning about psychology and behavior. With this combined knowledge and experience I hope to be able to reach out and help my future clients to find balance as I work with them regarding their behavioral issues, developmental and learning issues.
I am passionate about helping others because my daughter struggles with developmental delays, learning issues, and emotional problems as a result of contracting bacterial meningitis when she was 5 weeks old. During her first 3 years of life she was constantly on the brink of dying as she struggled with cysts in her brain. She is past most of the medical problems but struggles with being whole emotionally within herself. I want to be able to help her with what I learn and to extend myself out so that I can help other families and children as they struggle with similar emotional issues.
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ReplyDeleteI like how I have decided to use the exercises for a Subtle Mind and for Loving Kindness. however if I alter the Loving kindness exercise into my spontaneous prayers for others, I have to also modify how I physically do the exercise because many times I am driving as I pray or in situations where I cannot close my eyes and completely focus on the exercise. However I like the principle of the exercise and I believe I will still benefit from it by doing the breathing and visualizing as I pray.
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ReplyDeleteI am trying to teach my daughter the subtle mind exercise. She has a difficult time calming herself and is not introspective.. I have tried to teach her many other exercises but she is very resistant to breathing and relaxation exercises.
One way I can try to teach her is by teaching someone else while she watches, using indirect methods of peeking her interest seems to work the best.. she is a teenager
Lisa