Loving-Kindness Exercise

Hi there everyone,

I hope this finds all of you well and I hope you are having a nice weekend.  

I have to say that I did not enjoy this exercise as much as the two previous ones that we have done.  I found it hard to focus and really get into this one.  I know that my stress level played a part as I have been a little on edge this week.  I felt myself getting a little annoyed with the waves and kept waiting for the next guided visualization instead of being patient with the process.  I can't say that I loved it, but I didn't think it was terrible.  I keep thinking back to seminar and hearing Professor Maule say that we may like one and not the other and perhaps this is the one I don't like so much.  However, I think my mood and other circumstances effected my opinion as well. I do think this exercise could be beneficial to some people it just really didn't do much for me.  I think with more practice with training my own mind I may get more out of the exercise.  

I think of a mental workout as being similar to training your body.  You have to focus on muscle groups and make time to train and take care of yourself.  In the same way our brains need our time and focus.  We have to be able to check in with our metal health in order to keep ourselves balanced.

Lauren