So how do I feel about my physical, spiritual and psychological well-being? That is tough because some days I feel like a 10 in all areas and other days I feel like a 2! But today I feel like a 7 in my physical well-being. I have my health and I'm working on getting my body in better shape. My spiritual life I'm at 4. I was raised in the church and really miss not having one to attend right now. My psychological well-being I feel at a 9. A year ago I left a 25 year marriage that took me 20 years to realize was verbally abusive and 5 years to get up the courage to leave. All of 2012 was a year of realizing that I am OK and that what I do is of value and I don't have to be perfect for someone else.
Now...my goals:
1. Physical - get to the gym at least 4 days a week and walk every day for 15 minutes at work.
2. Spiritual - go to church and meditate at least 4 days a week.
3. Psychological - allow no negative talk to creep into my head. My new motto is "I am me!" Very improper English but very important for me to hear that I am my own person.
On to the rainbow relaxation exercise...my first question is who entitled it "The Crime of the Century." Right off the bat that doesn't sound very relaxing, it sounds intriguing. I digress. The reader's voice is very nice a soothing. The music is nice. The phrases to repeat were wonderful and uplifting! However, every time I tried to visualize the colors coming out of my various body parts I kept seeing some freaky body from some Sci-Fi movie with laser beams of color emanating from it. I tried this relaxation exercise on two different nights thinking maybe I was more stressed or something I ate at lunch gave me colorful visions. No go...the second time I still had trouble getting the rainbow body floating through space out of my sight. It was rather distracting. Since I'm in the grading scale mood I give this exercise a 3. I have heard some great meditation cd's however, this one didn't do it for me.
Thanks for reading!
Dana
Good goals and I am with you in some days we feel that our progress is higher and some days lower. Your description of how the relaxation exercise made you feel when looking at the colors was very vivid and interesting. I also have trouble with visualizing things like the colors coming out of body parts. Keep it up, it may get better or if it doesn't work for you, try something else. I think that the purpose of these exercisers is to get us to think about how we can use different methods to help us relax and open our minds.
ReplyDeleteHi Dana, I too had a bit of trouble with imagining the colors coming out of me. But at first I tried to imagine the color as something else whcih helped me identify the color. I did like the gentleman voice, and when I listened to it I was extremely tired and I was afraid I might fall asleep but I stayed awake through the whole thing and exactually felt alittle more awake when it was over. I believe I will try it again and see if I can do better on the imagery part. I do have listened to other meditation cds and I think what works for some may not work for others. I am looking forward to hearing more. I too also wondered were they came up with the name for this one. Looking forward to sharing more of our experience throughout this class. Have a great day! ~Kat~
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ReplyDeleteI love your goals. We sound very similar. I really think I must have dozed off during the first time listening to the relaxation exercise, oops! I will try it again of course. I agree with your statement about somtimes we feel like 10's and others like 2's. You just have to find the right balance that works for you on those days where you feel like a 2 and what to encourage more of when you feel like a 10. I loved your analogy of the sci-fi and laser beams, I hope once I redo the exercise I will not think of that and be distracted lol. Good Luck Dana
Hi Dana,
ReplyDeleteI completely appreciate your poor grammer. That is a great statment and we all should remember to say that more. There are times I feel like I have to adapt for other people, but I don't feel a lot of adapting happening for me from other people. "I am me" is lovely. I wish you well on your goals. Be healthy, Candii
Great job, I am sorry that you had to suffer for 25 years. No person deserves to be verbally or physically abused by anyone. It is sad to me that people abuse others because they feel horrible with who they our and have to try and make others feel bad to try and bring them down to their level. I am glad to hear that you our now moving on because everyone deserves to be happy. I am also glad to hear that you are improving your life physically, mentally and emotionally. The for the great post.
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