Mindfulness and meditation have helped me find a calmer inner self, one that is able to look at the calmer side of situations before becoming panicked. I am sad to see my grandma passing away but I know that she will be at peace and she will be with our God so I am more at peace with it. I have found that I am able to get along with my Ex-husband more since I started finding my inner self and started incoorporating more meditation into my life. I find that my own variation of meditation works best because my time is so limited. I spend a few moments each day just thinking about my day adn looking at the bright side of life even in the darkest hours. I find that when I am in the shower I am able to concentrate enough to take that moment for myself to calm my mind and think about my day and focus on my tasks. I plan to continue my moment of calmness each day and try to add in some more at the end of my day when I am not too tired. Instead of falling asleep doing homework I will try to focus on my coursework and then relax for a moment as I calm my mind at the end of my day and prepare to sleep, if only for a few hours.
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications.
Hello Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such personal and touching sentiments in your blog this week. I can relate to loving and caring for a grandmother who is ill. Although my grandmother is still alive, she is ill; however I do know what it's like to lose someone you love so very dear and near to your heart. My prayers go out to you and your family at this painful time in your lives.
I have found that through much prayer and meditation, I am much better equipped to handle the stresses that come my way on a daily basis. I really enjoyed this weeks exercises and I am looking forward to continuing this journey of self discovery and on this wonderful path towards integral health, wellness, happiness and wholeness in my life.
May the peace of God be with you and your family,
Ebony
Hi Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your experience from the exercise, and the thoughts about your grandmother.
Although I have yet to master the meditation and mindfullness of integral health, I am still practicing and I find that in my practices it has helped me alot. I havent been diagnosed with anxiety or panic attacks but I know and I feel that I suffer from them. So if and when I feel pressures of an attack coming on I begin to take deep breaths and take my mind some where else. After a couple of minutes I am ok and the feeling of panic goes away. Its totally scary but in the last couple of weeks just learning the exercises it has been extremely helpful.