Hello Everyone
I went back and tried the loving kindness exercise again, during a very hectic work week (only made stressful by co-workers), and I found that I pretty much practice loving kindness daily. For me I consider giving blessings to those who need help and guidance a stress reliever for me, even if I have to say the blessing internally, because people can try your patience and were out that famous "left nerve". The mini practice if good and I like the wording because if follows other chants and blessing I already use.
The Integral assessment I like only because it makes you stop and assess your self and take a good look at what is going well for you and what you can improve. Since I believe the human spirit always has room for improvement this is a good thing. I have yet to meet the perfect person, or a person who has absolutely no need to improve their character, work, home or spirit. My next level of development looks like improving my physical self. I used to be a very physical person, which gave me another outlet for stress and allowed me time to shut down mentally. I see that if I can make time for work, school, home etc. I need to make time to exercise. I will see how I do this by the end of the term.
Roberta.
When it comes to exercise maybe start small-15 minutes of cardio, and then increase it over time. That works for me-even on days I don't feel I have the time. I remind myself that if I have time to go to Facebook, I have time to exercise. Doing physical activity will help with relieving stress and in other areas as well. Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim I am going todo just that!
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