The practices that I am going to choose to
try and implement more on a daily basis would be the Rainbow Meditation and the
Loving Kindness. These techniques really had an impact on my ability to start a
path to mental fitness. The Rainbow Meditation allowed me to focus on the meridians
of the body and while I was doing the exercise, it could visualize the specific
colors and points of the body. Once completing the exercise, I had a sense of
relaxation, wholeness, and focus. The Loving Kindness exercise allowed me to
focus my attention on someone else and feel as if I was helping them in some
way. Being able to grasp onto someone’s hardship can allow me to become a more
compassionate individual towards others issues and feelings. Both of these
exercises are ones that not only am I going to employ and discuss with my
clients, but I look forward to continuing my success with them myself.
I found the Rainbow Method effect to myself as well. I enjoyed that the body was divided so that I was able to focus on each point for a moment then I was able to move on to the next. I think when we look at our body as pieces instead of a whole, we can figure out where our strengths and weaknesses are. I loved the Loving-Kindness exercise because as you mentioned you were able to focus on someone else. I always think it is great for us to set aside our lives and learn how someone else lives and how we can help them with their struggles. I always think it is a great idea when we make time out of our busy lives to focus on strengthening our minds so that our bodies can strengthen as well. But we are also taking time out to focus on others and how we can be positive impacts in their lives as well. You seem like you have a very positive start on your journey towards bettering your own mind and thinking of others. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and feeling towards your favorite exercises.
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DeleteThanks fr responding to my blog. Seems unreal that we are nearing the end of this class and the experience. I am confident that many of us will continue our journey will the mind and body connections that we have learned in this class. The benefits of meditation and relaxation techniques are endless and once we can fully free our mind, there is no telling what we are cabale of!
DeleteI am really curious as to why you found the rainbow meditation so affective? I would love it if you could take a minute and give a step by step of how you did it. Thank you for your posts.
ReplyDeleteI am a very visual person Robert, so this exercsie allowed me to utilize one of my strengths. While listening to the archived recording on the class website, I was able to picture myself sitting and the various orbs of color melding togehter as if I was a human rainbow. The picturing the balls of light at each body segment discussed allowed me to focus on the particualr region to get the most affect. Beign able to zone in can really help to affect modd and concentration. This exercise can really help to hone your skills on meditation and its practices. Hope this helps!
DeleteJen,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if anyone would put the loving kindness and the rainbow exercises as two they enjoyed and wanted to continue but I am glad to see that you did. I struggled with both of these and think the main reason is because I haven’t been able to quite my mind and open up, take down the wall, to get the benefits if the loving kindness. Once you experience something good like you have with this exercise your thinking come on it not that bad just do it, yet I hold back scared to let go of my false securities and safety that having these walls up truly protects me from something. This class has been very interesting and opens my eyes to a lot of what I was missing inside myself. I will continue to do the subtle mind and witnessing mind to clear my thoughts and calm my mind.
Corban
Hello Jen,
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your blogs. I forget all about the rainbow meditation until you brought it up. I also enjoyed that exercise, I liked how the body was divided and I could focus on that part of the body. The loving kindness exercise was a little hard for me, but I can see how you could feel like you are helping someone, I also felt that way after the exercise. I do believe that this exercise could make you into a more compassionate person. This class has helped me so much on meditation, I really enjoyed it! Did you find it beneficial?
Amy Robertson
Jen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your blog as always you did a great job. I also chose the loving kindness exercise as one of my two favorites. The rainbow meditation left me feeling a bit lost. I have a hard time imagining the beams of light coming from windows in different parts of my body. I think that I need to work on my imagination a bit! I found myself thinking so intently about what exactly it would look at that the mediation aspect was lost to me. I am glad that you found results with it though!
Pamela Johnson Davis
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading the two practices that you enjoyed. I also liked the meditation exercise as well. I picked the subtle mind practice. I didn't connect as much with the loving kindness practice as much as you did. I don't think that I was able to truely open up as much as I should have in order to have gained something from it. Great Findings
Reanne baxter