I decided that my most quiet time of the day happens to be
at night, when I am working so I listened to the Journey On relaxation
recording found at http://www.kushs.net/kaplan/HW420/JourneyOn.mp3
during the first part of my work night. I telecommute so I was able to get
into relaxing clothing and sit in a relaxing position to listen to the guided
relaxation.
I found the initial instrument that was playing in the
recording to be the opposite of relaxing, it actually seemed to irritate me and
it felt “sharp” when listening to it, which did not assist in relaxing me. I
found the speakers’ voice to be low, but not monotone or boring. The music that
was later along during the process was much “warmer” feeling and much more
relaxing than the initial music.
I noticed throughout the entire recording the music changed
and the most relaxing portion was in the middle when we were supposed to have
heavy and warm limbs. The beginning music and the ending music were not as
relaxing, which I am sure is important as they are trying to invigorate you at
the end of the recording.
I attempted to follow along with the “autogenic technique”
in which I should be able to make any part of my body be comfortable by
suggesting it be relaxed. I tried to relax, and follow along. I even closed my
eyes during the process to shut out additional environmental distractions. I
found that instead of warming my arms and hands that my fingers and toes did
the opposite, they became cold. I was not able to relax my arms and hands
enough that I was not unable to lift them. Unfortunately my arms also did not
feel heavy. I was able to relax my breathing, but not to relax my hands and
arms. It did not give me an overall feeling of calm or relaxation.
I have been able to do guided meditation previously where I
relaxed each area of my body during classes and while playing Leela on the xbox 360. I’m not sure if the difference was the music or
the speaker or the differences in method being used.
My preferred and most
successful form of meditation continues to be “normal” in which I am not guided
through the relaxation process by a speaker but often use music that has no
lyrics to relax. I used to attempt to relax with no music, but I find that my
mind is more “busy” unless I use music or a sound to “drown out” my thoughts.
2 comments:
Sandy,
This is very nice picture and blog you have put together. I too appreciate music with no lyrics to try and relax, the noise seems to help quiet my mind.
Have a lovely day, Candii
Thank you Candii. I didn't like any of the default blogger templates that I found when setting up the blog so I spent a day or two searching the internet for a template that I could use instead of the defaults. I am not exceptionally "girlie" so a lot of the prettier ones with lace and jewelry didn't appeal to me.
As a matter of fact because I come from a technical background I found that I leaned toward the more technical or minimalistic looking templates. However, since this is for our health and wellness class I wanted something that was a little more natural and not with such a technical focus.
I definitely find that relaxing or meditating in completely silence is a lot harder than having background noise, but I have known this since a young age as I always did better with my homework when the radio was playing in the background.
I am looking forward now more than I was at the beginning of the week to blogging throughout this course and using it to let us all get to know each other more.
Have a fantastic day/week!
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