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.