Today I started my weekly homework assignments for the MBSR course and I found them to be very relaxing and allowed my mind to be silent for 45 minutes which was great. I noticed that I found myself drifting in and out of sleep which I should really try to control next time. I'll probably just do the exercises earlier instead of at 10 p.m.
I felt really refreshed both mentally and physically after the 45 minute body scan. For those who are interested in what a body scan is it's just an exercise that allows you to be aware of various parts of your body while breathing in and out slowly. This exercise really helped me to focus my mind on one thing instead of going a mile-a-minute thinking about daily stressors.
Another exercise that I have to do daily is controlled breathing for 10 minutes. The purpose of this exercise is to allow you to focus your mind on your breathing and acknowledge and quickly let go of any thoughts that enter your mind so that your main focus is the breath going in and out of your abdomen. I found the exercise to be very usefull in helping me disassociate my mind from the concept of time which I found very usefull because I stress a lot over not having enough time to accomplish what I want to accomplish in life. The 10 minutes just seemed to go by so quickly, before I knew it my alarm was beeping telling me that the 10 minutes were up.
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