I enjoyed this week’s subtle mind practice. It was similar to last week’s loving kindness practice in that it required focus on specific objects or ideas. The difference was that the breath was the focus of the practice this week instead of the feeling of loving kindness. This week subtle mind practice helped me to go deeper inside of my mind and allowed me to be able to relax my mind for a time. I was able to acknowledge thoughts but not grab on to them. I found it helpful to use the breath to hold on to in order to refocus when I started to wander. The most difficult or frustrating part of the exercise was the fact that I had to continuously make an effort to stay focused. I think, though that this will become easier with practice. Halfway through the exercise the recording turned into white noise and remained that way through the end of the exercise. I was disappointed that I was unable to hear the rest of the practice; but I did enjoy what I heard and the feeling of peace that came with it.
I had the same white noise. I really enjoyed this weeks audio until that point. I also find that its hard to keep focus. I kept having to swat away those other thoughts. Like you said though with practice we should get better at it. I find this all so interesting. I hope it is something I can incorporate into my life to help with stress.
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