Meditation Reflection

I. Choosing the Meditation

I choose to do my meditation through a program at the YMCA.

II.

A. First, take note of the moods you’ve experienced.

Before beginning my meditation I was feeling calm and relaxed. Ready to take on anything.

B. Assess your overall level of anxiety on a scale of 1 to 10.

My overall anxiety was about a 2.

C. Assess the level of physical tension in your body- where do you notice the tension? Try rating your overall tension on a scale of 1 to 10.

I notice tension around my arms. This was due to exercising a couple of days ago. The tension level was about a 7.

III. After the Meditation

A. Reassess your mood on the chart.

I still feel calm and relax but now more happy and confident with myself.

B. Reassess your level of anxiety from 1 to 10.

My anxiety after the class was a 1

C. Reasses your level of physical tension and rate it from 1 to 10.

My arms did feel better after stretching and focusing on breathing and relaxing the body and mind.

IV. Describe the experience– What type of meditation did you choose? Describe what was going on in your mind and your body, what kind of thoughts and sensations did you experience during the meditation? Were there any challenging or frustrating aspects of the experience, and if so, what were they? Would you try this again in the future? Why or why not?

My experience was great. This was my first time taking this class. I choose to take something called Qi-Gong. This class involves slow moments and deep breathing. Random thoughts were going through my head while taking the class. I did notice that I was thinking about things that didn’t have anything to do with the class and that I was just thinking about little things that were going on in my past life. I did have some challenge on focusing what the instructor was saying. After a while I did loose interest and my mind just wonder off. I would definitively try this again in the future because it did help me realize that I was more aware of things around me and it did help me focus on things that I was more concerned about.