Unit 5 - The Witnessing Mind

THE WITNESSING MIND

I think I enjoyed this exercise the most.  Like the all the other previous units, I was not able to sit through the entire exercise.  This one helped me focus the best.  Focusing on the breath really helped me connect mind and body.  I loved the waves, they helped me relax and think of warm sand and an empty beach.  I also love the sounds of a wooden flute.  I found the timing of the flute sounds fading in and out lightly in the background to be prefect timing.  They always seem to help pull my focus back, not allowing my mind to wonder off too far.  I realized during this exercise that part of the reason I can not fully relax during these exercises, is because I am too busy concentrating on what is going on so that I can write about it in my blog for school. 

The loving-kindness exercise from last week is something I most likely need to do, but I did not enjoy that one at all.  I was very restless and uncomfortable with it.  The Witnessing Mind exercise I actually enjoyed very much and would like to do again and again.

The benefit of this exercise for me, was that I actually enjoyed it, and found myself starting to relax.  I found by doing this exercise that water relaxes me; and the sound of a wooden flute and drums also calms me down very much.  These sounds were comforting to me, allowing me to relax more than any other exercise has so far, and then giving me something physical to concentrate on, such as the breathing helped me connect my body and mind.