Mental Workout

Describe your experience. Did you find it beneficial? Difficult? Why or why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or why not?

                I found this experience relaxing, but much like meditation. Personally I found this experience to be beneficial and I found it to be actually very simple and not difficult at all. It gives a since of calmness and refocuses your mind to a happier and healthier place rather than the chaos of the day. It brings your focus back to ground and encourages you to let go of the negative to focus on the healthy and happiness, to release the tension of negativity. When I did this experience I chose a calm environment and used headphones and really put myself into a place where I felt this could be most beneficial and I feel that worked best. You are able to walk away from this experience with a since of calmness and with your mind at piece. I also enjoyed the calm music of the ocean in the back.

What is the concept of "mental workout"? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?

                The concept of “mental workout” is the idea of not just clearing our mind, but training our minds to release tension and anxiety and focus on positive and encouraging thoughts. There are proven benefits of mental workout. Mental training has proven to increase clarity and has shown long term as well as short term benefits. In order to implement mental workout in our own lives for out psychological health we must make time daily in order to refocus our minds and to focus on our mental workout, time to heal our minds.