This is my first blog for class, so welcome everyone! I hope by the end of this experience in class, I will be motivated to keep this blog going. It is only week two, and already I have so much to think about in terms of how the body, mind, spirit are all connected.
Tonight I tried the relaxation exercise. I decided to lay on the floor and do everything the guy on the tape requested of me. At first my mind was wandering back to my Psychology class in high school, when our teacher would walk us through relaxation exercises, and I caught myself judging the present experience, expecting it to me a lot like my high school one. As soon as the guy talked about the blood flow in the abdominal cavity and how if I willed it to enter into my arms and fingers I would feel a different sensation, I was already cut off from my previous judgments and was focused on trying the experiment. Before the guy mentioned the warm sensation in the fingers and hands, I had already felt it and wondered if that was normal of if I was just imagining it. The experience was amazing and it obviously was working, because towards the end, my husband (who had no idea why I was laying on the floor with headphones on) tapped my arm with his foot and I think I jumped about 3 feet into the air, HA! Obviously I am not to the point like the guy in our text who was present but also so relaxed that he didn't react to loud noises around him. Hopefully, one day I will be though! So, since my first experience was a little thrown off, I think I am going to try it again tomorrow, and possibly each day for the rest of the class, just to give myself those few moments of a mental vacation. I can't wait to read about how everyone else reacted to this relaxation exercise.
Enjoy!
