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.