Friday, October 9, 2009
this was good
Working with the meditation and working with myself, I had a new experience. I was at my accupuncturist finally and decided to try something different. I have found some of the most powerful experiences while receiving accupuncturist but yet thursdsay was different, I recited to myself the little piece that our instructor read to us a couple of times on wednesday about wanting to help everyone. I added at the end of each line, including me. I did this for about a couple of minutes and was transported into a very calm and peaceful state for what turned out to be about 45 minutes. When I returned I was very calm and very refreshed and I also felt really good about who I was. This was much needed after the day I had experienced. I had started the day with taking a small group of students to a grand opening at another campus to celebrate a new medical assistant wing and lab. They were going to be giving massages to those who were inclined to get one. One problem was on the way three of the students were involved in a multiple car accident, a hit and run, the one who took the brunt of the accident just happens to be 5 months pregnant. She was taken to the hospital and was there for 3 hours before we knew anything, very stressful as her instructor not knowing how she was doing. Happy to report she called me later and told me she was a little sore and the baby was just fine. Quite the day and not one I planned but I was able to calm myself back to normal I believe by focusing and repeating those four lines about reducing bad health for everyone including me. I feel we need to take care of ourselves and practice what we preach, in other words practice what we teach so we can accurately advise others of what to expect and what to experience. A number of us have described feelings they have had while doing these exercises, wouldn't it have been great it you would have been alerted to these and known that you are not alone with these feelings. Thats it for now just wanted to share the event of the day
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Thank you for sharing this. You reminded me that some times it is just the simple things. Just repeating the piece the instructor taught us can be powerful. I tend to complicate things.
ReplyDeleteI am glad all of your students are ok.
What a way to start your day! I am glad that all of your students are okay and that the soon to be mother is doing well also.
ReplyDeleteI still have difficulty with this exercise that the instructor told us to do at seminar but I think that is because of some unresolved issues.
I do practice my controlled breathing and remember to reframe stressful situations so that it doesn't have the same impact that it used to before the class.
Sounds like you were able to apply what you learned to your life. I like it when that happens, its kind of an "ah ha" moment. Everything just clicks. It was a stressful day for you but it could have been worse. You were pro-active in making it better for yourself. Congrats!
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