PLEASE HELP ITS FOR GYM 1. What position did you choose sitting up or lying down?
2. What did you focus on when breathing and meditating?
3. Focusing on the sensation of sitting on the chair, the rising and falling of your breath, the sounds of birds or any other specific focal point, you will, in effect, bring your mind to “the present moment” and experience the many stress & anxiety-reducing benefits that follow. What did you feel throughout your body during your meditation session? What did you sense in your surroundings?
4. Many believe meditation is about clearing the mind and avoiding our thoughts, when in fact, meditation is the best tool to improve our deep thinking & creative problem-solving ability. Pick out a problematic situation you may be dealing with right now and use it during your session. Were you able to think through this problem during your meditation session? Why or why not do you think you were successful?
5. How did you feel after your meditation session?
Were you able to focus and connect with your body and feel the sensations all around you while thinking deeply into a situation.

Label each individual response with its appropriate stage of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, or acceptance. 1. elizabeth’s father quietly meditates in his office. he knows his mother-in-law needs the extended care offered by the alzheimer’s care facility. in his mind he suggests giving up his three-cup-a-day coffee habit if the transition can just go smoothly. stage: 2. elizabeth’s mother is in the bathroom, getting ready to go to sunday dinner at her mother’s home. the problem is that her mother moved into the alzheimer’s care facility last thursday. stage:3. elizabeth’s brother has shut himself in his room. he and his grandmother talked every day until she moved into the care facility. when he’s reached her on the phone, she is disoriented. he hasn’t joined the family for dinner since she moved. stage: 4. elizabeth has gone to the gym. she’s going to take a kick-boxing class and then a cycling class. she is frustrated by what is going on. she doesn’t understand what is happening to her grandmother, her mother, or her brother. stage: 5. elizabeth’s grandmother has spent a year dealing with her feelings about what she is going through. she’s been angry. she’s been sad. she’s tried bargaining. now that she has moved into the alzheimer’s care facility, she’s ready to enjoy each day she has left. stage: