Meditation Reflection

My initial emotional state before the meditation  was anxious, frustrated and exhausted. These emotions are very common for students around the end of the semester. These emotions sometimes can be overwhelming. My anxiety level was about an 8. The pressure of satisfying gpa requirements and paper deadlines increase the level of anxiety. If I had to pinpoint the area of my tension due to the stress, I would say it was at my temples and my neck. The level of tension is about a 7.

A friend of mine had a meditation tape she was using when she couldn’t make it to her meditation meetings. She let me borrow it for this assignment. After the meditation, my stress and anxiety levels went down considerably. My stress and anxiety levels were around a 4 after the meditation. I also felt very calm and relaxed. During the meditation, all these thoughts of anxiety and stress were coming. After about five minutes, my mental state changed and these thoughts began to dissipate.

I enjoyed this experienced and will begin to meditate on a regular basis. It is a nice and healthy way to relieve stress and gain control of oneself.