After completing the Loving Kindness practice I did find this beneficial. I found that slowing my breath really does make a difference in how I feel, and react to other. I seemed much calmer. I would recommend this practice to other. I think feeling calmer and slowing down your mind will help anyone.

The concept of Mental Workout is simply training your mind to be quiet. There are many proven benefits of a Mental Work Out slowing down your breathing and thinking also slows down your heart rate, lowers your blood pressure, and calms you down. You can implement mental work out into your life through prayer, meditation, yoga ect.

After practicing the universal Loving Kindness (meditation) exercise on p. 93 I felt centered, and open to others needs. After completing the Integral Assessment discussed in chapter 11 (p.115) I discovered that I need this to help me deal with my disablity, and the pain I have to deal with everyday. These practices will help me through the suffering. Instead of focusing on the pain I will begin to focus on healing. Meditating and being still will calm my mind down, and help me to get my focus off the pain, and onto healing.