Friday, January 13, 2012

Unit 2 Blog - Welcome to Relaxation

Welcome to my spiritual wellness journey. I am very eager to learn about integral health, how to connect the mind and body as well as finding spiritual wellness. So far, I have learned that my mind can affect not only my body, but my spirit as well.  I am looking forward to learning as much as I can while I embark on this journey of self transformation with all of you so that we can achieve happiness in our life, wholeness and health.

As I lay in my bed in total uninterrupted silence and started the Journey on Relaxation exercise, I immediately closed my eyes and focused on my relaxation.  The narrator’s voice and the music are very soothing. When I began taking deep breaths, I found myself becoming more and more relaxed and in tuned with my mind and body. I felt warmth all over my body and felt the blood flowing throughout my veins. The narrator asked me to raise my arms and I felt them to be heavy perhaps because I was so relaxed.  It is truly amazing how the mind really affects the body.  At the end of this exercise, it made me appreciate how important it is to take time to relax.  It helped me to relieve my stress and get rid of all of the tension I was carrying.  This is something that I will definitely incorporate as part of my daily routine.

2 comments:

  1. You really described what you experienced very well. Isn't it amazing how just a few breathing techniques can really help to relax you? I have always used these types of exercises to help get me thru my day!!

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  2. Welcome to you also!!! I thought the Journey on Relaxation was amazing also!! You sound just as excited as I am to be taking this class. Even though this is basically our first blog I already enjoy it. I am now making sure I do some kind of relaxation before I go to bed every night and it has helped a ton. Good luck on your journey and I'm excited and can't wait to read more blogs :)

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