The Subtle Mind Exercise

I enjoyed the subtle mind exercise over the loving-kindness exercise, mostly because it was much more simple to me. It wasn't easy for me and it seemed as though I was continuously having to turn my attention back to by breathing, but I still enjoyed it more because I felt like I was truly exercising my mind. There was mental discomfort as if I was working it out I just kept placing my mind back to breathe. I would like to continue this exercise every day, in the hopes that it will become easier for me to do. I would love to achieve a subtle mind, and I think it would help me get to sleep much faster which is a problem I seem to have, my mind wonders and it usually takes me an hour to fall asleep if not longer, and all I do is toss and turn. I think that spiritual health involves a subtle mind as well. Even when I pray I get distracted, which seems outrageous to me and yet it still does happen. Spiritual wellness is definitely linked to physical and mental wellness. When my interpersonal life is disrupted by an outer experience, my mental state is disrupted too because the disruption becomes my minds focal point and then the stress of the inability to move to a different focal point can have physical impact on my body.