Final Blog

After reviewing my unit 3 assessment I am still rating myself the same. This does not mean I have not grown. I known I have grown but I will need to utilize what I have learn more before I will be able to change these ratings. I do feel that I have made progress but I would like to see more progress by continuing to reach my goals. To me this is a slow process and if I rush it I think that I will feel overwhelmed. I do not feel that I have implemented these practices as much as I should have, but any thing I do is a start and is better than nothing. The practices that I have done have given me a greater sense of well being. This class has been very eye opening to me and rewarding. It is rewarding to reevaluate myself and see the areas that I have been lacking in. I do not think I would have ever done this without this class. The only difficulty I had with this class is using visualization. This is something that I will continue to work on. This class has not only helped my personally but also at work. I was starting to loss compassion for my patients and through this class I have found it again. It will also help me understand that there are many factors that are in play with their illness or disease. This has been a great class that I would recommend for everyone.

Exercise review

We have done quite a few exercises in this class and the one I tend to go back to is the subtle mind. I find it easy to do and can do it just about anytime. Even if it is just a few minutes of calming my chattering mind. I also like the loving kindness, although the mediation I found hard I am able to remember why this is important in my life. There are always going to be someone or sometime when you are not giving this. Just a quick breath and change of mind set seems to work for me. The exercise we did this week on visualisation of wholeness, happiness, and health is really going to take some more practice for me. I think if I could do subtle mind before this I would have better results. If my mind was calm I would hopefully be able to visualize better. I have a hard time focusing. So for know I am going to focus on subtle mind and loving kindness. I will be able to incorporate these into my life by taking the time to practice. When I am feeling overwhelmed and my mind begins to go a thousand miles a minute, I will recognize this and take the time to practice this technique. I will be able to use the loving kindness exercise when I am finding myself not finding compassion when dealing with others, whether at work, home, family member, and friends. Even if I am having a bad day I can change my mood by practicing loving kindness.