Unit 8

If I had to choose just two guided visualizations that I find to be most beneficial out of the Loving Kindness Practice, Meeting Aesclepius, and Subtle Mind Practice my choices would be Loving Kindness Practice and Subtle Mind.  I believe that these two are easiest to understand compared to Meeting Aesclepius.  All three of these guided visual practices are highly valuable in achieving human flourishing, although if I had to choose I would say that utilizing the Subtle Mind practice to help in quieting the mind and Loving Kindness for love for the self and others would be a great start for a person in integrating guided meditation into their daily life.  For myself personally it will be beneficial to add these guided meditations into my daily schedule especially since I am partially a Type A personality trait and Codependent personality trait that are stress prone, however, since I am also the the Survivor personality trait that is stress resistant I need to keep this in mind and utilize the tools, information, and resources that I have access to.   With integrating changes it takes practice to make it a habit, which is something that I would need to do.  I can retrieve the practices onto my phone so when I am at the gym I can start off with listening to them first before I listen to my regular music.  I can create a portion of time of each day to sit and listen to the practices.  If I can create time in my daily/weekly schedule for working out I can make time to meditate especially such simple guided meditations such as these ones that don't take up much time.  I think by far though, the human flourishing practice is my favorite.  Even though I read this practice instead of listening to an audio version I found that I was able to focus more, reread if I needed, and go at my own pace, and I feel that I became more involved in the guided visualization.  I also like how the Human Flourishing practice consisted of three parts that bring about such a wonderful sense of connection, happiness, and stress relief.  I think something that I could specifically do is type out the Human Flourishing practice and make it look really creative, print it off, and hang it where I will look at it and read it every day.  I could also do the same for the other practices as well!