Unit 4 Loving Kindness

I listened to the Loving Kindness exercise for the first time tonight and I thought it could be beneficial but  it was also very difficult to take in the pain and suffering of loved ones and still mentally know that the pain was still there. I did love the sound of the waves which made me think of washing away stress and emotional guilt.  The prompting of which things to do was a little annoying but hopefully the annoyance will go away after completely several sessions. I am not sure if I would recommend this to others the jury is still out on that subject.

A mental workout is being able to practice deep feelings and to grasp and understand the emotions behind the feelings. Mental workouts could help me to come to terms why I feel over whelmed sometimes and to deal with my hidden emotions.

My son practices for the high school band every night (percussion), so it is hard for me to have a moment of silence in the house until he goes to bed. I am going to implement times for a mental workouts in home by letting my son be apart of the process. The key to having these workouts is time and I hope to have more time to complete the exercise.

Latonia