Unit 4 post:

The best part of this blog exercise was the loving-kindness segment.  I found it extremely useful in feeling love and nurturing.  I envisioned myself holding my boys when they were infants, wanting to love them and shield them from all of the bad in the world. 

It was extremely beneficial as it opened up my mind to my emotions and totally loving someone.  When it got to the part where we have to love ourselves before being able to love another, it made some sense, but how much easier is it for us, really, to love others before ourselves?

I would recommend this mp3 exercise to others, as I feel it helps to bring us to open-mindedness easier when we have a guide - especially one that relaxes us in our journey to self-enlightenment.

The mental workout part of the exercise was just that - a mental workout.  It is at this point, especially in the beginning, where I had to muster up patience to sit and actually relax for that long.  With this being only one of my days off, I had sooooo much to do, and so little time to do it in, that I found it especially frustrating to sit and concentrate on relaxing.  Imagine that - sitting and having to concentrate on relaxing.  Who does that? 

It actually was a mental workout.  First having the waves and the flute made it easier to focus, but then when they took it out of the equation, I wanted it back.  I would definitely implement these in my daily life, but sadly, I still need to find the patience within myself to sit and pay attention to nothing.