Journey: Honestly
this meditation thing is new to me and I feel a silliness doing it. Now that I’ve said that I did listen to the
tape and do my best. My mind does much
wondering and I’m waiting for the phone to ring at any moment. I don’t have a predictable quiet place to go
so I’m at the mercy of “my world.” I was able to relax but I don’t feel the
blood leaving my core and visiting my extremities. I did feel heaviness in my limbs so that was
nice and relaxing. I have a guilt
feeling when meditating. It’s like I
should be doing something productive even though it is beneficial. I’ve tried this type of activity twice
before, in my last class, but the sessions were much longer. It was the same voice but I was glad this was
fairly short. It’s probably a good place
for me to start until I learn to embrace the activity.
I think that you should try to embrace relaxation meditation more. You would be amazed on how this can make a difference in your stress level, blood pressure, and your entire body. You just have to learn to forget about the cares of the world. This is something that can be productive and benefical to you. The relaxation exercise did work for me. I do have a hectic life and sometimes you just have to slow down. My Nana always said if you do not rest your body, it will rest you.
ReplyDeleteI'll work on that! Thanks. Perhaps I won't feel so guilty about spending the time if I do it in the evening or early morning. I get going and cruise through a day wearing many hats. ugh.
DeleteI agree with you 100%. It is so hard to relax. You would think relaxing would be easy. When you begin something at first it always feels silly, until it becomes part of your routine. When I quit smoking i felt lost, but now I could never imagine smoking again. Soon this will become part of you and it will seem much easier and the guilt will go away. That's what I keep telling myself.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen. I would definitely try the relaxation exercise more often. It does wonders when you can actually get into it. Just as with anything that we do you have to want to do it in order for it to be beneficial but if this doesn't work try something else. I can honestly say it worked for me but what works for one individual may not work for another. Nevertheless, I hope you find some time to relax and clear your mind...we all need it every now and then.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, I have a similar upbeat personality as you do along with being conditioned to answer the phone constantly. It's like having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to a small degree. I use to think I was hearing the phone ringing all the time, but it wasn't. I prefer "praying in the spirit" to relax. I can pray while I am vacumming, or doing the dishes (being productive) but accomplishing my connectedness with God. The more I do it, the more I can hear his guidance and promptings. If I lose something, all I have to do is ask Him to guide me and shortly I either get a vision of where the item is or I get a prompting to look in a certain place.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen,
ReplyDeleteI am new to this as well and I have to admit I felt silly too. It actually dodn't take me long to begin to enjoy the calmness of it though. I tried very hard to tune everything else out and I really did feel the blood begin to move into my arms and hands. My hands not only flet warm but they felt sort of a tingling feeling as well. It did feel as though I did not want to raise them when told to do so. I think I am going to like this!!