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I-Choosing a Meditation

The meditation experience was done at a yoga class in NYSC

II A) First, take note of the moods you’ve experienced.                                                      Before beginning my meditation I was feeling excited and a little nervous because I have never done anything like this before.

B) Assess your overall level of anxiety on a scale of 1 to 10.                                                 My overall level of anxiety was about a 3 from 1-10 scale, I think i t was a normal level because I had a long day at school

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.

There was tension in different parts of my body I noticed, tension occurred in my arms,legs and ankles. All this tension was due to the football game I played the day before. My tension overall was probably about  a 7.

III) After you have finished your meditation, re-asses your state of mind and body.

A) Reassess your mood on the chart.                                                                                 After the mediation I felt happy, relaxed, confident and ready to take on the world as a new refreshed person

B) Reassess your level of anxiety from 1 to 10.                                                                          My Anxiety level was I think  was very close to a 0 because my mind felt relaxed and at eased

C)Reasses your level of physical tension and rate it from 1 to 10.                                          My tension level non existent as I breath and relaxed throughout this process, I would rate my tension to a 1.

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?

I chose to meditate at my gym as they offered a Yoga class. When I first got to the gym I was very lethargic, and bruised up from playing football and basketball the day before. The most challenging part was during the beginning because I felt all my bruises and many different thoughts kept coming into my mind and stopped me from focusing. As the class proceeded it became much easier and more relaxing. I never took yoga or anything like this before, I would go to the gym and workout and leave but, I’m going to start going to the Yoga classes at least once every 2 weeks because it refreshing and makes me feel like a new person. This was very healthy for body and mind; I recommend it to everyone.