1. Review the exercises and practice sessions you have completed in this course. (Loving Kindness, Subtle mind, Visualization, meditation etc.) Choose two practices that you have determined to be most beneficial. How can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster “mental fitness”? Provide specific examples.
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The two practices in this course that I determined were the most beneficial to me were “The Crime of the Century” relaxation exercise we did in Unit 3 and the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 in Unit 7. Both of these exercises relaxed and energized me at the same time. I was grateful for the way I was able to relax my body, release my anxiety and focus on what the narrator was saying.
I would start by doing The Crime of the Century once a day--when I come home from work. I know that doing the exercise at night will help bring me down from the busy atmosphere at work, relax me and help me have a good night’s sleep. Having a good night’s sleep will help me wake up easier and be more relaxed in the morning. I would also use it to calm me down if I find myself in any stressful situations. I would have to download it to my BlackBerry so I could have access to it anytime I needed it.
I would do the Aesclepius mp3 exercise on the weekends; Saturday morning and Sunday night. (I usually try to do something entertaining on Saturday night so I know I wouldn’t come home and meditate. I usually attend church Sunday morning and there’s usually a time in the service where the congregation engages in a mini-meditation.) I really like this exercise because it takes the focus off of me and onto someone that I love and respect. This exercise will do two things: 1) give me a different meditation to do 2) help me have more compassion for human kind.
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