Keagan Nelson
1) I found this experience to be very difficult to follow. I was so relaxed by the crashing waves that I barely heard the speaker, almost as if I blocked her out. Maybe if I listened to it regularly I could get used to it and start to focus more. I would recommend this to anyone with a larger attention span, assuming that the person wants to perform this exercise. I think someone who does not want to do this exercise will fail terribly and possibly not even learn a thing.
2) Any mental exercise can increase the activity happening in the brain. With an increase of activity, the mind can start to perform at a higher level of awareness and consciousness. With this comes serious benefits, including but not limited to, improved emotional health, psychological health, spiritual health, and biological health. Meditation and stress reduction/ management practices can greatly improve psychological health. These practices can reduce worrying, stress, sadness, and improve happiness, wholeness, connectedness, and generally biological health.
We took our first family trip (with our 4 and 2 year old) to Florida last year, and while listening to this exercise I kept thinking how I wanted to go back. At first I was able to relax and listen but as it went on I envisioned myself there and then my thoughts began to wander more. I think this is a good exercise for someone who is experienced with training their mind not to wander too far.
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