Unit 9 Project

Health and wellness professionals need to continue to develop in three areas of integral health; psychologically, spiritually, and physically. Professionals that practice what they preach have a better grasp on what the results should be. When dealing with a patient that is having a problem in reaching a certain level in their integral healing process, the health and wellness professional would be able to relate because it could be possible that they went through the same struggle that their patient is going through. The area that I would need to develop more on would be the psychologically aspect. The mind is a powerful thing and it can be either be your number one fan or your worst enemy. In my regard I would say psychologically I am not as up to par that I would like to be.

My overall assessment of my physical, psychological, and spiritual well being throughout the semester has improved drastically with the lessons that I have learned throughout the semester. With the numerous meditation exercises had helped me psychological well being drastically. It allowed me to figure out what the best way to meditate. It also opened up new avenues for me physically because with the meditation it accelerated my yoga experience to another level. It would allow my practice to reach another level of calm.  The spiritual aspect of my journey really hadn't changed from the last assessment.

A goal that I have made for myself in the physical area of health and wellness would be to finish a 5K marathon without stopping. I have bad back spasms and running for long periods of time is very difficult for me. I started yoga three years ago in order to rehabilitate my back spasm and throughout the years, and thankfully they have gotten a lot better. Hopefully within this year I will be able to finish the 5k without stopping and hurting. My psychological goal would be to alleviate the stress from my life a lot better then I initial do now. My spiritual goal would be to actually see the beauty in everything rather the negative. I have a really issue with just seeing the negative in a good situation and not enjoying life to the fullest.

Some activities I can do to foster growth in my physical domain would be to push myself to the limit. I would do this by doing something that I have only dreamt of doing, this would be attempting a 5k marathon specifically the Color run. The marathon would take me out of my comfort zone and allow growth by taking me out of my comfort zone. To foster growth in the psychological domain I would try different forms of meditation and relaxation techniques. In order to do this I would try different types of relaxation techniques coupled with different type of yoga style. This would help foster growth by allowing me to slow down and distress. To foster growth spiritual would be to continue on the path that I am and not to deviate from my plan. To track my progress after the class ends I will attempt to continue to write on my blog as an accountability tracker for my progress and to document the highs and lows of my integral healing journey. 

Unit 8

The two practices that I found most beneficial were the visualization and meditation. I personally don't really like listening to instructions or having wind chimes and different noises like that going on while I meditate but those two were the ones I could actually stand listening to the whole recording and actually do it in its entirety. I am going to be able to implement these practices into my every day life by using visualization when struggling to achieve a goal. If I ever I hit a snag in the road I can use the visualization techniques to visualize where I need to be and then be able to focus on the end result and achieve it. Meditation practice sessions helped me further my meditation goals even further and actually enhanced my meditation during my yoga sessions even further.  It has controlled my breathing and helped me get into the more difficult poses with ease.

Unit 6

The exercise I found a little complicated it first wanted the reader to clear their mind but how can you get into a relaxed state while trying to follow the assessment process by reading the pages. If it was an MP3 I feel the assessment would be a lot easier to achieve the right results. I have found that when asking the questions to myself about parts of my life that are difficult. I could only think of one thing.. that would be being away from my family this past month. I am currently away from my spouse due to training and it has been difficult on both ends of the spectrum. I usually compartmentalize my thoughts of sadness and loneliness in order to be able to go through my day to day duties. My husband is the exact opposite and it has been difficult for him especially since he is the one that usually leaves, its the first time that he has had to deal with the feelings that I usually feel when he is gone. Some areas that I have chosen to focus on is on my mental well being. This is going to allow me to mentally focus on things work wise and home wise. I have felt so distracted lately with other things that I have let my meditation practices slip. Some exercises that would help me get back on track would to spend some time at the end of the day to do my yoga practices.

Unit 5

The Love and Kindness exercise to me was trigger more of a emotional response to me which I tend to stay away from. When I meditate I rather just go blank and restart my brain to start the day or in the day in a good note. The Subtle mind exercise allowed for me to do that. I liked this exercise a lot better because it allowed for me to relax my mind especially the day I did it I was in a physics class and I felt like my mind would not stop working. It helped clear my mind and allowed me to sleep with dreaming about linear equations and solar minimums. 

The connection between spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness is that it is a direct connection. If you want to achieve mental and physical wellness you need to be spiritual balanced, this will allow for the results that you are wanting to achieve to happen. With all three balanced you can achieve anything.

Unit 4

 

So I  had an open mind going into this weeks meditation experience. I did this by setting the mood for optimal relaxation and meditation. These are the things I usually do when I meditate. To set the stage i have my yoga mat laid out in my background with a candle lit and listen to the intro from The XX which I have attached below. It sets the mood for me to unwind. Listening to the love and kindness MP3 I was more in tune with it then the previous one. The women's voice was soothing and allowed me to relax and let my mind go blank. I really didn't listen to what she had to say because I went into my own world.

Earthday

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Well-being

Hello again it is week three in our path to learning more about a health and wellness.  I would rate my physical well-being at a 10, will by spiritual well being would be in the middle. I was catholic once and lost my faith due to a family tragedy. I would rate it in the middle because I found meditation and yoga as a way for me to become spiritual again in a different way that I did when I was going to mass regularly. I would rate my psychological well being to be at  10, with my new found meditation practices my anger issues have decreased. The goal that I would set for my self in all areas would be to have more time for myself and focus more on my inner-self and equal it out for how much I work on my outer-self.  They way I could reach my goal would be to meditate more and be more aware of  what I am putting into my body.

Welcome!

Hello Everyone and Welcome to my blog page!

I am an ex hippie, who joined the military in order to finish my college degree.  I grew up as a nomad moving every couple of years because of my dad being in the military and lived in different countries and say many different cultures.  Once my father retired from the military I still had the itch to move so I packed up my stuff on a whim and moved to sunny San Diego, California where I feel in love with the easy breezy life and the practices of yoga. From there I had some trying times and then finally decided to get a real job and joined the military in the footsteps of my father. I still have my hippie style with a balance of patriotism.

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.

-Satchel Paige