Unit 8 Blog

The two excercises I found to be the most beneficial I suppose would be the loving-kindness and meditation. The loving kindness excercise I found to be soothing and it did make me realize how lucky I was. I suppose the two ways I could use this in my own life would be to make sure that the people around me knows that I love them no matter how bad things may seem, and also to use it at work to show the patients that kind of love and support they may need. As for meditation, I found this one to be way more beneficial for me than the others. It was easier for me although still somewhat distracted to get into it. I think I would use this when excercising and when overwhelmed more than any other time.

Subtle Mind

During this exercise it started out really nice, I was able to finally get into one of our meditation exercises and relax. Actually I was so relaxed it was nice and calm, but then I lost it when it got to becoming one with the person you picked as the wise one. For me, the person I had chosen was someone I was very close with and looked up to but I lost my train of thought because then I started thinking of all the things I would have possibly done differently if I could redo it.

The statement about not leading until you has gone yourself I found to be interesting because this is something you see all the time. For example, I know someone who is supposed to teach others to be healthy but is not healthy at all herself. No one is going to take advice from her if she doesn’t even follow any of her own advice. If you want people to listen to you and respect what you are saying you first must follow or believe in what you are saying.

Unit 6 assessments

I felt as though the loving-kindness excercise was kind of boring, for me it was hard to stay focused on just repeating those sentences over and over and I did not feel any different after repeating them. This excercise I felt was not beneficial to me feeling love and warmth towards others I just felt it to be like I was reading.

The integral assessment although I had a hard time staying focused with it as well, I did feel that this one was more about self realization and it did seem somewhat beneficial. Still not sure this is something I would use very often, but definitely something interesting to make you think about who you are, who you want to be, and how to get there.

I chose the biological flourishing for my growth and development because I felt that these are areas I am trying to grow in and still need a lot of focus. Things such as nutrition, excercise and self-regulation are important in this category and I am doing these but also still learning them as I go, so I felt this one was very important to me. Some examples of these would be learning the right foods to eat, when to excercise, and what we can handle. Each of these answers are going to be very individualized since no two people are going to have the exact same goals and needs.

For me the subtle mind excercise was a little easier to get into. When listening to someone else talk I have such as hard time calming myself and staying focused. However, I felt that using breathing as my main focus allowed me to be able to calm myself and to truly focus on just breathing. I did try the loving kindness excercise again I was able to use the skills learned in the subtle mind exercise to actually focus for a good while on my relaxation technique.

 

With spiritual wellness you are able to reach a deeper part of ourselves and can reach a higher concept of overall wellness. This is just as though you are taking a holistic approach to healing with all three are in conjunction with each other they can reach a better overall health. This can be manifested in my own life as for prayer. If I am having a difficult problem whether physical or mental I am able to calm myself and focus on a true healing. My physical problems dont seem that bad when I feel more comfortable in my emotional and spiritual healing.