I have found this course to be very useful. Not really believing in this prior to the class, I find myself wondering why I didn't believe and just try it. Maybe it's just the way I was taught, western medicine was right and all others are wrong. Maybe it's just because I am stubborn and didn't want to believe because it would mean that I was wrong. The two practice sessions that I find most useful would be meditation because of the concentration and relaxing it brings out. The other would be the subtle mind exercise where I can learn to just view my thoughts and let them go. I haven't learned it that well yet but I am trying. My mind is still cluttered and I find myself thinking of things that seem relevant at the time, but proves in the long term to be just another distraction. From here I can continue to practice and practice with hopes that my mind will eventually clear and the quiet will be observed. I find the breathing is relaxing and my heart rate can drop while controlling my breathing.
This still boils down to the same thing though: practice, practice, practice.
Craig Touchette
it seems that this is a common trend for people to stick to what they know and not experience something new and unknown. I had always meditated to a degree but never realized that this is what i was doing until took this class and was able to understand more of the techniques involved in meditation. everyone does a form of meditation by the fact that when you take a moment to catch your breathe or catch yourself sitting quiet and reflecting on the days struggles this is a form of the beginning stages of meditation.
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