I really enjoyed this meditation!
It was interesting to imagine someone (in my case, Gandhi), and see myself "becoming" them. At first it made me a little uncomfortable, but I eased into it quickly.
Yet again, I found myself tired (I need to stop doing these meditations at night), but I stayed awake for this one.
I enjoyed imagining my mind, words, and heart becoming like Gandhi's.
I also enjoyed having something physical to picture - this kept my mind from wandering.
Meditation has made my focus deeper. Upon doing the first one, I could barely concentrate all the way through, but now I find it very comfortable to sit for 20 minutes during meditation.
Psychologically, I've found myself much more calm and collected. I've also become more patient and less prone to anger.
"One cannot lead another to where one has not gone himself."
To me, it's simple - you have to walk the walk if you're going to talk the talk.
This is definitely important in this line of work - who wants a health coach who leads an unhealthy life? Who wants an unhealthy, overweight physical trainer?
As a health professional, it's absolutely important to foster not only physical health, but mental and spiritual as well. They play such key roles in physical health, it should be required!
In my own life, I can foster spiritual growth by meditating, praying, and journaling.
I found it impossible to do this exercise, at first I imagined Jesus. It is easy to see that he would be someone I would look up to for a role model in compassion, healing and love. However, as the exercise went on, I could not see the beam of light or that I was "becoming Jesus". I am me and I believe He is part of me, but I can't become Him. It was almost like my vision of Jesus was saying "this is ridiculous". Yep, definitely lost me on this one. Ha.
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