Unit 8

My favorite exercises from this course were the loving kindness and subtle mind exercises, both of these exercises were easier to come by for me to focus on. I have a tendency to experience anxiety especially when I need to go away from my family or vice versa, I think in a way I have always used the Loving Kindness exercises when I have anxiety, as to calm myself down I would just focus on my family and picture us when we would be together again. The loving kindness exercise just helps me focus more on the love I want to put out to them while I am not with them. I really like the subtle mind technique as I felt very relaxed and rejuvenated afterwards, I need to increase the amount that I do this exercise as I do feel that I can focus better on my life and more importantly my school work when I use this exercise. I have two more semesters after this one ends before I get my degree and at time I have moments that I just want to say screw it. Not screw it in the sense that I want to quit but screw it in the sense that I don’t want to put 100% into my work and slack off a little. But then I think I would be really angry with myself for not doing my best and maintain a good GPA. I believe if I was to practice the subtle mind exercise at least once a week that this would help my mental fitness more!!