Hi All - I have not found this exercise easy or even pleasant! First of all, there is no such thing as a quiet time or place in my house! Between kids, pets, phones, and such I haven't been able to get through this exercise undisturbed even when I try to plan for it. I might have to take the CD in my car and go park down by the beach!
I generally find this type of thing to be relaxing if nothing else, but the female's voice was irritating to me - more mechanical than soothing and it would startle me after a few moments of quiet. Once I have the exercise down a bit better I think I will do better no using the CD to guide me.
I am a very visually oriented person and I find I need to be able to "see" in my head what I am trying to do. Concepts like "suffering" and "wholeness" have been hard for me to visualize but I am slowing finding ways to do this. I found that what I need to visualize does not necessarily match what the CD is instructing. For example, the breathing in "suffering" and exhaling "happiness" just wasn't working. But, I was able use the wave sounds in the background to picture suffering coming to me on the tide, and positive feelings flowing back out as the water receded. I'm not sure that customizing the exercise is the way to go but I am trying to find something that works.
Would I recommend this to others? At this point I would have to say no, but we'll see how it comes in the coming weeks. I can't expect great results in a few days and the text did say it would take persistent effort so.....
I am looking forward to reading about other people's experience with this and welcome any comments, suggestions, etc!!
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Hi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteLike you I too had issues with this exercise, but mine were becuase the breathing felt backwards. I found a tiny little window in my day to do the exercises but that window requires my son to be in school and my husband to be at work- so the weekends are definitely an issue.
I am also a visual thinker and personally I use the image of standing in a rainbow of light and breathing in all of the colors and then exhaling black smoke. You may notice that that is completely backwards of what the exercise was telling us to do- which is why it felt so uncomfortable for me. I was taught and subsequently practiced breathing in the good and exhaling the bad.
As far as custominizing the exercise, I don't think there is any harm in it as long as you aren't completley altering the steps- visualizing the waves going in and out are a good way to see what this exercise is trying to point out.
Thanks for sharing:)
-Jen R.
Hi Kelly, sorry for my "Tardy" response. I do feel for you. At one time, my household had five children, a couple of dogs and cats, chickens and rooster (Damn rooster had an alaram clock or circaidian issue by going off at 2AM)and 9 horses. Now, I just set the alarm clock to go off at 5AM and I'm by myself. If I had not been involved with hypnosis or homeopathic interventions like aromatherapy, visual imagery, or acupuncture/acupressure, I would have found it difficult. I do better inhaling calmness and exhaling all my suffering, tighness, pain out. For time management purposes, I tried using the Dacher CD while going to work. Definitely can't concentrate or relax in the car at that time.
ReplyDeleteRespectfully, Steve Tardy