Unit 8

The most beneficial exercise for me was the loving kindness and meditation. The loving kindness really helped me to release some negative feelings, hurt and pain that I was holding onto. Visualizing those individuals and being able to take there suffering in and giving loving kindness has freed me from them and allowed me to forgive. Through the trials in my life, I can look back and be thankful I am still alive, have grown so much closer to God and over the past year really focused on changing my mind, body and spirit. We all go through storms and processes in our life that help to evolve into who God wants us to be and with help from the exercises I am beginning to understand happiness, health and wholeness and what it means to overall well being. Spiritual meditation is something I practice daily and when I am having a bad day or feeling overwhelmed, I speak within myself that everything is going to be ok, read verses that pertain to what I am feeling or going through at the time and trying to retrain my mind to try not to think about it, but that can be hard at times though. Now that the holidays are over, I am going to get back to my exercise routine, which was 30 mins a day 4 days a week, eat healthier and utilize the practices that we learned . This class has been so helpful and I plan to implement these exercises to improve and began my journey to human flourishing and have a more integral approach in life.