Meeting Asciepius and Transformation of the healer

Hello Everyone,
After a busy day and week I had trouble with this imagery exercise. I had trouble visualizing my deceased father, even though I know what he looked like. Was I forgetting my father, whom I was so close to all those years? I was kind of frightening. A few years back I was disturbed by the fact that I couldn't remember all the details of my grandmothers face. I think you all should try to visualize a long diseased relative and see if you can remember all of their features. I'm sorry to say I fell asleep three times (I started the exercise over three times) during this exercise because it was very relaxing. I think this was a more advanced exercise and should be done after you have gone through the loving-kindness and witnessing-mind exercises and have turned inward to the calm abiding step of your transformation to integral health. I haven't been doing the mindfulness exercises on a daily basis but I have been doing abdominal breathing religiously on a daily basis and they do seem to relax and calm me, which is probably due to the increased oxygen supply from the deep inhalation and exhalation.
The saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means that an individual must experience his or her own spirituality and flourish integrally before he or she can help another. Experiencing the different holistic practices gives the practitioner and idea how he or she can help another and which might be better for the client in the long run. This can help the individual develop mentally, physically and spiritually.