FS101.30 Niki Snyder

I really enjoyed the exercises we did in class this past week. The mediating was a nice way to relax our busy minds and find a way to connect with ourselves. It was really interesting to hear how predictable our minds are. For example he would say, "Your mind is beginning to wander." This was amazing to me that he could know exactly when my mind started to slip away. The whole exercise opened a whole new perspective on meditation. Up until this point I always thought of mediation to be religious. Now I see that there are many different uses for meditation, many in which can benefit students here at Allegheny. I feel at this time in the year it is very important for all of us to take a minute to step back and just breathe. Things are beginning to become very overwhelming so with this new skill we acquired in class I feel it will be very helpful.

I really enjoyed the episodes for this week. I found myself feeling like I was actually watching a real episode of Sunday Morning! I especially liked Didem’s story about McKinley's. It was interesting to see that everyone around us has great advice; it's just up to ourselves to seek it. I also really enjoyed Julia's segment on Habitat for Humanity. Before this I never really knew Allegheny was involved in this and had a group in which allows you to help out. I feel that everyone has done a really great job and it’s neat to see how much each and every one of us have improved over the semester!

Wow, it's hard to believe the semester is already over! I know one thing forsure I will never be able to watch Sunday Morning again without thinking about our great class discussion. I feel like our class went really well and resulted in a lot of improvement, as shown by everyone's episodes. I really hope that everyone had as much fun in this class as I did from group singing to meditating it was all a great experience! I feel everything we learned from this class will, but be a huge help in our years to come here at Allegheny. Hopefully our next FS course will be just as beneficial.

Good luck on finals everyone and have a great break!