Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Unit 2 Guided Meditation

My first attempt to listen to the guided meditation failed horribly because there was a loud movie playing in the background, I was exhausted after only getting 3 hours of sleep and being up for 17 hours, and I could not focus at all.  I decided I would give the guided meditation a try while I was exercising the next day so I emailed the link to myself so I could listen to it on my phone at the gym since I use it to listen to music while I work out.  Kind of try combining exclusive meditation with active meditation since I am great at active meditation but terrible at exclusive meditation.  Unfortunately that project failed as well, the email did not go through, so I logged onto class from my phone, which was successful except for some reason I couldn't scroll so I could reach the link.  Attempt #2 failed.  Attempt #3 I am a wee bit under the weather from celebrating my ex husband's birthday last night but I just woke up a half hour ago and it is said that it is easier to meditate upon waking up because your mind is more receptive.  I've done guided meditations such as this one before, a therapist I used to see always guided me through a meditation that started with relaxing the entire body from top to bottom, very relaxing.  My hands and fingers did feel warmer during the meditation and my arms felt heavier and relaxed.  Letting the blood flow back to my stomach didn't make me feel very well due to celebrating last night.  One thing that always happens to me is I feel so relaxed I am tired, then they say you don't feel tired you feel energized.  I feel like I am lying to myself, "no, I am tired but okay I will tell myself I am not!"  ha ha!

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  1. I personally felt a little more energized when I did this relaxation technique but it didn't last for very long. I did it after work at about 7 pm, I was exhausted I felt a bit better afterwards and at least it got me through the next 2 hours of the night!! Which was good since I had class! :)

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