Meditation Reflection !

I. I chose to do the Guided Body Scan by Gil Fronsdal.

II. A. I was feeling a little frustrated and overwhelmed today. I had my wisdom tooth pulled out yesterday and I couldn’t eat any solid foods. I didn’t want to take a day off from work because the holiday season is coming around and I need money to shop.

B. I would say my level of anxiety today was between a 6-7.

C. Most of the tension was around my neck and back.  I would judge it to be around 7.

III.  A. After  the meditation, I felt more relaxed. The pain in my mouth was still there but my overall mood was much better.

B. I would judge my level of anxiety to have dropped to around a 3 or 4 after meditation.

C. The meditation also helped me to feel more physically relaxed. The tension around my neck and back area was a lot more relieved. I would rate it a 5 on the scale.

IV. I chose the body scan experience by Gil Fronsdal. In my  mind, I doubted that this would do any good since most of my stress resulted from getting my wisdom tooth being extracted. During the beginning of the recording, I kept thinking “this isn’t going to work”. But as the recording went on, I started to slowly let go of that thought and concentrate on the meditation. I listened to Fronsdal and I could feel my body and my mind relaxing. I would definitely do this again because it is a great way to relieve stress especially with finals coming up and all.