Describe your
experience.
My experience was
almost hypnotizing. I think that had to do with the woman’s voice. I felt as
peace, my inner self was in full peak and I was able to connect my whole self
to its self if that makes sense. I was able to feel my body’s sensations to a very
intensely and I felt as though I was at the ocean-“the ONE place in the world
where I feel complete.” I experienced my mental movement shifts often and it
was disturbing at first due to what I was thinking about. I am not sure why,
but I felt as though, when i closed my eyes I felt like I was flying with my
mother, that she was holding me in her arms and telling me how proud she was of
me for the woman and mother that I have become and that she was so sorry that
she had to leave this world so soon. I am sitting here, and with the prompts on
the MP3, I can feel her presence. I then began to cry, over whelmed with
emotions, but I feel that this is well needed. My mother suffered for too long.
Through this exercise, I gave to her my love, compassions, peace and calmness,
heart, and my spirit.
Did you find it beneficial?
Yes, I found this
very beneficial. This exercise provided me to explore my inner self to a point
that i have NEVER been able to do unless I was at the ocean. I will be using
this 1 time a day for as long as I need. I may even have my boyfriend and
perhaps my co-workers explore this as well. I feel in a heightened way that
words cannot define. This was not difficult for me although it was emotional. I
did not expect to connect with my mother in the way that I did. But it was well
needed as I am still healing from losing her. I would defiantly recommend this
to others and I will as I mentioned before because of the heightened spiritual
experience that I had. I feel so much more light hearted and at peace. I feel
no anxiety and that makes me cry because this is an aspect that I constantly
struggle with. I feel so still and full of heart and compassion.
What is the
concept of "mental workout"?
The concept of “mental
workout” is to exercise our mind and psycho spiritual life to touch a deeper
aspect of one’s self and relate to others.
What does the
research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout?
According to
Dacher, research indicates that the proven benefits of a mental workout are
happiness, wholeness and health (Dacher, 2006). Dacher explains that that by
practicing the mental workout each day will help one embrace and awaken
loving-kindness and have a calm subtle mind (Dacher, 2006).
How can you
implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?
I can implement
mental workouts in my everyday life to enhance my psychological health. I
believe that by mediating, practicing yoga, doing the Mp3 exercise and
journaling I will be able to continue to touch the level of mental health that
I need to be able to be the person that I am mean to be without suffering with
anxiety and moodiness.
-Megan Bohlman
Dacher,E. (2006).
Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great experience. I am sorry for the loss of your mother, but it seems the exercise was just what you needed. Another group fitness instructor and I taught yoga at the same gym and we both had members who cried during one of our classes. I think meditation allows our mind to not only relax and expand, but also heal.
I loved the ocean wave sounds too! I can picture sitting on the beach at sunrise and it makes me happy. I love being at the ocean at night too.
I am curious to know how your next meditative session goes - if it brings on the same feelings or entirely different feelings.
I am not much of a runner (just a few minutes off and on during cardio training) - do you feel you could meditate during your runs?
Have a great weekend! :-)
Megan,
ReplyDeleteWow it was very touching to read your blog this week. I am so happy for you that you had such an amazing response to the exercise. I wish I could say the same, I guess it's just the way that two people can react completely opposite to the same event depending on the experiences they've had and road they have traveled in life. I just felt such an overwhelming sense of grief, pain and sadness when I was told to think of a loved one who is now suffering and take in that suffering. It brought back my horrible memories of the pain and suffering my son has gone through with his health and that was not something I cared to revisit. Frankly I would prefer to erase those memories from my mind forever. I would have prefered that this exercise was approached differently.
Kristine G.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteAwesome Post! I am a very tender hearted person and the part where it asks you to take on the other persons pain; I began to cry. When I finished crying and felt this lightness and peace come over me. All I can really say right now is, wow. Releasing that made me feel so much better about things. Loved you posting! Very touching and well written! Keep it up!
Rosalyne
Hello, Megan
ReplyDeleteI want to started of by saying great job on the post and I am happy that you have gain a great deal from the exercises. When it came down to these exercise I can understand why you feel a great emotion fall down on to you, because you have discover something within yourself that was hidden for sometime and it feels great to get know those feelings once again. I just want to end this by saying keep up the great work and keep praticing those exercises.
I always love reading what you have to say. Your experience with this was very healing for you, I believe. It is amazing what our minds can do for us when we take the time to calm it and allow it to find what we need at the time. I too enjoyed this exercise and plan to implement it into my daily life. It was hard the past few days for me to do this because of the loss of my job but I feel that if I continue to wokr at it, it will bring me much peace and comfort. I am always interested in being and becoming a kind and loving person. Thank you for you post Megan.
ReplyDeleteJulie