The Meeting Asclepius and the Creating Visualization exercise were on the top of my list of exercises and practices we have done in this course. I benefited from these two the most and very much enjoyed them as well. I struggled with many but these two in particularly I found come so easily to visualize and truly gave me a sense of peace. It is hard to explain why they worked so well but maybe that is because for both, I was to use my imagination for the most part. I have a very vivid imagination so maybe that helped. For Meeting Asclepius, a wise healer I can do as I did when practicing this and that is to imagine myself as a true wise healer. I love to help others and to imagine myself as healer and for someone to see me as wise give me a sense of great wholeness. I plan to implement this practice/exercise into my life by doing this once a month to remind me that I too am a wise healer.
As for the Creating Visualization, exercise this maybe feel so pleasant and harmony within. To visualize a moment in my life that gave me a sense of great happiness, wholeness, power and well-being was so profound it reminded me that all those things do remain inside of me. I plan to implement this exercise into my life continuing to visualize, continue to use my imagination just as we use to do when we were younger. Think about that. When we were younger, we used our imaginations to no end. Watching my son uses his and the expressions that illuminate from him make me wish I were a kid again. They look so happy and so at peace. Just as I had felt when I was doing this exercise. I used a real moment for this exercise but if you could not think of one you can use your imagination to create one just as I did for the Meeting Asclepius practice. Channel your inner self; you will be amazed what you will find!
4 comments:
Hi Pam,
Wow....I never thought about visualizing yourself or myself as a wise healer for the Asclepius exercise. I didn't like this one so much because I couldn't visualize any one (for me) more wiser than my Creator Himself, God. But as I read your blog, I am training here to be a medical assistant and maybe I could begin my profession here, with this exercise, and visualize myself as becoming a person who can help others heal. Thank you, Pam, for your contribution to yet another important exercise for our integral health!!
Chrisanne
Hi Pam! As a child, I couldn't wait to grow up! And now I wish sometimes I could have the innocence and care-free lifestyle that I used to have. I didn't wake up in the morning and worry about bills or whether the laundry was done. My biggest decision was which Barbie to play with. I too, loved the creative visualization exercise because I liked traveling back in my mind to a time where I was easily happy. I could smell the morning air, hear the lawnmowers and the locusts. I could feel the breeze when I would sleep at night with the windows open. It was a different time and one worth remembering!!
Pam,
Thanks for your comments on my blog. They made me smile! Your family sounds beautiful. Thank you for the positive words. As a nutrition professional, I think it would be a great idea to implement meditation into their nutrition plan. Meditation helps us to see clearer and make better decisions, so that would be perfect since nutrition is about making healthy eating decisions.
The visualization techniques work best for me too. It allows for flexibility and exercise of the brain.
Thanks again! :)
Hey Pam! Great post. I am glad that these exercises worked out for you- me on the other hand- I REALLY struggle with them. But I liked your comment about your child and watching them use their imaginations. I have a four year old and he has a VERY active imagination and I am always very envious of how he plays so carefree and can just be right there in the midst of whatever he is pretending to do, just like it was real. Oh how great it would be to be a carefree child again and to just be right there right in the middle of your wildest imaginary ideas.