Beneficial meditation exercise for me!!

Good day all!!! The 4 meditation exercises that I have been practicing since the start of this class are

1. Loving kindness

2. Subtle Mind

3.Visualization meditation

4. Transcendental Meditation (TM)

The loving kindness meditation required me to sit in quiet and focus on someone or something that made me feel overwhelmed with love. This helped me hone in on compassion and happiness throughout my days.

The subtle mind practice helps you to progress towards psychospiritual flourishing. (Dacher, 2006) The subtle mind practice uses the breath as the focal point and allows you to raise awareness of your thoughts but releasing them as you notice them. This practice has helped me be more intentional with my actions. It has also helped me become more aware of mood changes and to redirect them accordingly. 

The visualization practice was an interesting one for myself. This meditation made me bring into awareness times in my life where I felt extreme happiness, healthiness, and wholeness and to observe and take in the feelings I have when I think of these things. The elation I felt from this exercise carried with me throughout my days and has been efficient in allowing me to be more positive throughout my days. 

The type of TM I practice is completely quieting my mind and focusing on the breath or ambient music I am playing at the time. I practice TM daily for a minimum of 10 minutes a day. This practice has helped relieve the stress and anxiety I may feel about my life. 

The two practices I feel suit my life the best are the subtle mind and TM. Although the visualization practice was a great experience I feel as if I need to master a subtle mind and TM before I can fully reap the benefits of visualizing health, happiness, and wholeness without any distractions.