Practice Makes Perfect

Good Evening All

During our time together we have explored many helpful and interesting techniques. I have enjoyed all of them. They have allowed me to push myself and reassess what techniques I was using and if they were indeed helpful. While I enjoyed all the practices; my favorite two were the Meeting Aesclepius and the Loving Kindness. I found that these two practices worked best for my sometimes very restless mind. Loving Kindness allowed me to accept that I have to send loving energy to myself and to others. It was not that I do not do this, but in the course of life sometimes we focus on others so much that we forget it is our duty to heal thy self.

The Meeting Aesclepius exercise is wonderful and worked well for me (once I got the house to myself). But this practice invited my busy mind to create and heal at the same time. In focusing to create and see what it was I was asked to I was able to turn off the chatter in my mind and give all my attention to my practice.

I would recommend both of these practices. I would especially offer the Loving Kindness meditation to my domestic violence clients. I think this exercise could help them to work through some of the immediate and unresolved issues in their lives and allow them to be empowered. The Meeting Aesclepius exercise I would offer to those clients that like me have a hard time just “going blank”… for meditative purposes.

Love & Light

Jamillah

Meeting Asciepius...well trying to....

Good Evening All

I have always had a good imagination, sometimes I think too good ..lol.. But during this practice in attempting to reach my subtle i was so distracted that the image kep sliping away from me. I know that I can have more success with this meditation if the house was not so busy. I will attept it again when there is no one home. I do not know about anyone else but I have found over the years since I have started my inner work.. all of my senses are heightened.... I can hear like you can't believe and when my eyes are closed I can hear even better... my other senses are heightened too but wow... trying to meditate in the house with two teenagers while they play guitar hero and listening to heavy metal...yeah a bit hard...lol...

Even though I will have to try this practice again I can answer the other questions...
The saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" basically means that by not experiencing the thing that we are trying to share is almost impossible because we do not know where we are trying to take the person to...or have them experiencee.. Experience is the BEST teacher and without knowledge of what we are trying to share we are doing a diservice to ourselves and our client.  I believe we do have an obligation to our clients to continue to always work on ourselves... this is a process and a life long one at that...

My growth in every area of my life allows me to provide the best me to my client and they deserve that. Also as I grow I am afforded the beauty of wisdom and discernment and wtith these tools , I become who I came to this mudball to be...In my personal life it allows me to truly live and not just exsist!!!


Love & Light
Jamillah~

Seeing Me

The Assesment Process
I appreciate the assesment process. I have been doing a process similar to this one for years. however, honestly, my process wasn't as loving. That is why I liked this one. I grew up so harsh and dealt with my process in a harsh manner, I tore myself down and then started rebuilding. With this process I am able to accept myself where I am am and build from there. It makes sense. Like everyone else I am in a constant state of growth. I have choses to work in various aspects of self because I realize they all work together. At this time I see the most need in my psychospiritual and biological apsects of my life. While the others are in growth stages I actually realize that I have tried so hard to give of myself that I most times leave myself behind..But is that actually possible??? Can you really give to others without giving to yourself??? So my work is to steady my mind and allow my body to follow.. In staes of flux I operate daily, sometimes allowing my mind to drift to the horrors from my past that sometimes still haunt me nad hiinder my growth. so I constantly work on forgiving myself and others and realize that I do have a purpose and it is so much greater than my eyes can see. I feel pains in my body that I know are only phantoms of my pain from the past, so I must allow my mind to search those shadows and heal....I am using my yoga and meditation practices daily to grow and heal in these areas of my life. I sometimes find it difficult to find time to practice my yoga and meditation because right now my financial situation is so dire. I have been out of work since October and I have never been without steady work since I was 14 and I just turned ummmmmmmmm 40 something..on the second of Feb...(lol) So thins is very hard for me and I sometimes let the negative thoughts creep in and make me feel like I am not being productive....But I know that this life is illusion and some of the design is to make you think that if you are not making dollars and cents you are not doing your job.. But I go inside and remind myself that I did not come to earth to be a doctor lawyer etc...I came to grow.. and I take that and go to my happy space and work on healing myself and loving me and all my experiences...
Thank you for reading....
Jamillah~

Unit 5 Project : Mental Fitness

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Subtle Mind

The subtle mind practice is different from the loving kindness practice; there is less talk and simple focus . I think that the subtle mind would be better for those that find it hard to focus as the focus point in this practice is the breath. I found this practice to be calming and easy to do. Because of my yoga practice I could relate to this practice and found it beneficial. Physical and mental work hand in hand, in this particular exercise I feel the benefits right away. The slowing and calming of the breath helps to center the body and still the mind. Being able to slow our breathing can assist in lowering blood pressure and calm hyperactivity of the heart and mind. I would recommend this practice. It is simple enough to implement daily and effective immediately.