Unit 7 exercise

After performing the meeting Asciepius, I felt very relaxed and at peace. I felt like I had gotten closer to spiritual world and being with my dad. I would recommend this practice to family and friends. With all the stress that can sometimes consume our lives, it is wonderful to have these practices to follow to help us to relax.







The saying "one cannot lead another is where one has not gone himself" is telling me that if I am wanting to counsel someone on health and nutrition that I should be able to relate to my own struggles with weight loss. Since was overweight as child and now as an adult, I would be able to understand what emotions my clients has towards weight loss. It is easier to follow someone that has been through it than it is to follow someone that has no concept of what being overweight is like. If you have been physically fit all your life can you understand or be able to empathize with someone that has not been physically fit? If you walk a mile in another person's shoes, than you can experience what they are feeling.



I do feel I will have an obligation to my clients to help them spiritually, physically and psychologically. This is really the only way to achieve overall health, happiness and wholeness. We each have a responsibility to give our clients the best possible care. Though I am not in job that is in my degree area, I practice empathy, helpfullness and spiritual comfort on a daily basis. Sometimes I can associate what I have experienced before as a patient to help them be more comfortable about a procedure they are having done that done. An act of kindness and a smile can make a patient become more at ease and relaxed.

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Unit 6 post

After practicng the loving kindess exercise, I found I was a peace with alot the problems I have going on in my life right now. This past week really took a toll my spiritual psyche. But after this weekend of practicing the loving kindness and other relaxation techniques, I was able to get my mind back to calmness and into the positive that I had before.

The integral assessment process showed I need to grow and develop my worldly and interpersonal aspects of my life. I need to work and development my interspersonal due the troubled times my husband and I experiencing right now. These are also the areas that need healing. My biologcial area is doing great. I am having the pains that I was experiencing before and I am focused on going to lose weight and can control of my health. Continue to perform my relaxation techniques and meditation practices will help to achieve heal in these areas.

Connection of Spiritual Wellness to mental and physical wellness

This has been a real learning process for me. It is amazing how much your spiritual wellness and mental wellness can affect your physical wellness. I have over stressed for many years and it wasn't until I took my Stress Management course last fall, I begin to find my true spirituality. Even though, I rededicated my life to service of my God and Lord Jesus Christ in April of last and was re-baptized in June, it was learning the meditation and relaxation that has brought me closer than ever before. When we are stressed, anxious, and letting our negative emotions run our lives then our entire body and mind suffers. You can high blood pressure, diabetes, bowel and bladder troubles. When we train our mind to channel the blood flow to the areas of the immune system, it will help to reduce much of these problems. I can witness to this, because I was having much trouble with lower leg and back pain, I was taking pain medications and ibuprofen like it was candy. When I started practicing the relaxation techniques to relieve stress, I saw much of this problem go away. I am not saying that do still have pain, I do sometimes, but it usually go insides with a day of tremendous stress or anxiety.
I am going to end this with a quote from our text "An ease and lightness enter our life and cleanse our mind and body. In this manner, biological development progressively extends our ability to prevent mental distress and physical illness, enhances recovery from disease, and promotes integral health, happiness and wholeness. " (Dacher, 2006)

Reference:

Dacher, E (2006) Integral Health, The Path to Human Flourishing, Basic Health Publication, Inc.

Subtle Mind Exercise/Visualization Exercise

I completed the subtle mind exercise yesterday and I found it did not help me at all. I could not trully get the spiritual state with all the static sounds. I did go ahead do the last exercise which was visualization. I choose my father as my focal point for great respect and inspiration. He passed away 23 years ago and still it feels like yesterday. While performing this visualization, I also visited with my spiritual father, God. It is through all the exercises that we are performing and my continued growth in my faith that I am finding true peace even these difficult times.

The loving kindess practice is still beneficial, I would use it over the subtle mind any day. By they way, if you find you can not concentrate, I actually did the whole CD while relaxing in a wonderfully hot bubble bath yesterday afternoon. It really helps to promote the relaxation processs.

Have a great week

Unit 4 Blog exercise

As part of our weekly exercises we needed to listen to Practice 1: Loving-Kindness as well as track 2 the subtle mind. Within the loving kindness practice, I found it gave me peace and tranquility. I pictured my husband as my love in which I focused on and at the part we took in breathes to help someone close to us that was not feeling well, he weighed heavily on my mind. I came to more peace about what is happening in our lives right and I hope this exercise will help my husband also. The second part of the exercise I used a fellow co worker that has a family member that is terminally ill. I would recommend this practice to anyone, I think after doing this over a period of time you could really achieve the love happiness and subtle mind state.

The concept of "Mental Workout" refers to a daily commitment to practice human flourishing exercises. It takes dedicating time each day to achieve the appropriate results. It is suggested by Dacher to start by doing at least 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon until you work up to one hour per day. According to Dacher, after you dedicate yourself to theses exercises it will you to achieve "the progressive development of an expanded consciousness and its healing capabilities." (Dacher, 2006)

Reference:
Dacher, E (2006) Integral Health, The Path to Human Publishing, Basis Health Publications, Inc.

Realization

I have just realized that sometimes I tend to procrastinate on projects. I just completed a project for my other class, Mapping the Mind-Body Divide, and I do not feel as if I did the best possible job on it. With this week, my life has experience some changes in finances with my husband losing his unemployment benefits, thus putting me as the soul provider for the two of us. Okay this is a first, I have never gave out this much detail on my personal life. But I feel that with my spirituality and beliefs in the good Lord up above we will overcome this situation. God always has a plan for us, now it is his time to find the plan.

Thanks for letting my get this great frustration on my chest.

Crime of the Century Exercise

Well, I tried this relaxation exercise, it started out okay, but by the end I did not feel as relaxed as I have with other ones. I had a little trouble the visualization. I do not think I would use this one to relax by.

My Reflections on Physical, Spiritual and psycholoigcal well being

My reflections for the past year can be one of great turmoil and unrest until the later part of the year when I found the art of relaxation and the true meaning of spirituality. If I have to rate my physical well being it would be a 3. Though I am on the road of gaining a more physical image. I will add in more indoor type exercises such as a treadmill or elliptical to my routine. I have gotten off during the month of December when the weather turned cold and walking outside was not in the available. My goal would be to work out at the gym at work and continue on my weight loss plan.

My spiritual well being would be a 8, because I rededicated my life to service of God and the Lord, Jesus Christ during 2010. I was re baptized in June 2010. Each day is a new day in becoming closer and closer to my spiritual well being. I also use relaxation techniques to help me DE -stress after a long day at work. My goal will be to implement a daily devotional time and continue practicing the relaxation techniques.

My psychological well being is a 5 right now. I am working on getting myself in the right frame of mind. We have experienced a lot of tough situations in our personal and financial life during 2010 that it is taking me a while to get my psyche back on track. I feel by putting myself in a more spiritual state that I can overcome the mind-body divide. My goal here is to mind relaxing techiniques, lean on my spiritual beliefs to find peace and continue to work hard each and every day to overcome adversities.

The activities I will implement this year will going the employee gym and working out on the treadmill or elliptical, add on strength training. I will continue to do the relaxation techniques to get me more in tuned with my spiritual and psychological well being. I will also be implementing a daily devotional time.

Weigh in visit December 30

My weight loss for the month of December was 6 lbs. It brings to my total to 18 lbs since the end of October. I am trying to remember I need to lose this weight slowly so it will become a permanent change but as most people do I had hoped to have more off. Looking forward to a new year with more weight loss and more spiritual healing....