Saturday, January 12, 2013
The Subtle Mind
I felt like this exercise was a world easier than the Loving Kindness Exercise. I did not find it very useful to relax thinking about the negatives of my loved ones or the hatred of others. The ocean waves and the flute music makes it very easy to relax and keep your mind focused and my breathing in tune with the exercise. This type of meditation exercise is one I could sit and do every day and concentrate on my mind and body instead of the things around me keeping my mind busy. The Loving Kindness exercise seemed to constantly shift focus from one thing to the next several times throughout the entire time. Overall, this is my favorite of the three we have had to listen to.
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I couldn’t agree with you more about how much easier the subtle mind exercise was than the loving kindness exercise. It took me three tries to make it through loving kindness and I still wasn’t quite sure I got much from it. I also agree that it was hard to concentrate during the audio and I kept losing focus and falling asleep. The subtle mind I really enjoyed I like to run so breathing is a huge part of what makes me connect with relaxing so this exercise was really fun and relaxing.
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I have notice that a lot of people in our class had found that the subtle mind exercise to be much easier than the loving kindness exercise and I could not agree more. I also found the subtle mind exercise to be easier and more relaxing. It is hard to concentrate and relax when the guided meditation is having you shift images in your head, and thinking about the things that you feel negative about. That just made my heart race faster because I am thinking about someone with whom I do not like and it reminds me of why I do not like them. So I agree the subtle mind exercise is much more relaxing and I could do this guided meditation everyday.
ReplyDeleteLoving Kindness to me was good! I had an issue that I really was starting to feel better about that had gone on for 15 years. With the loving kindness exercise I began to feel a lot better about the situation. It helps to or teaches to pay attention to some of the things that bother us. For me it helps to deal with things head on, then move away from it so it doesn't fester inside of me. I like the subtle mind exercise though to it does help to just veg out. For me though it made me more sleepy. I work with music while I am working and wishing I was on the table getting meassage instead of giving it. So it made me sleepy almost instantly when I had to just sit and listen. I sometimes listen to this kind of music when I have a hard time sleeping.
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