Hello Everyone,
It is hard to believe that this class is over and we made it to the end. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful blogs and comments on my blogs. I wish each and everyone of you the best of luck towards integral health. Good luck in your continued education and future goals.
Psychologically I started out in unit 3 at a 7 and I still feel that I am at a 7. This is partially due to the fact that I went through a recent breakup 2 weeks ago. I have been doing pretty well with my goal of practicing the relaxation exercises and intend to keep this up. I have not been going to pilates class for the last 3 weeks due to an ankle injury so I hope to get back to class as soon as possible. I still would like to check into a yoga class for the relaxation.
Physically I started out at a 5 and now feel that I am at a 7. I am going to the gym 6 days a week most of the time. I have started incorporating weight training into my weekly schedule 3 times a week instead of just two. I have not set higher goals for myself including better nutritional choices, focusing on abdominal workouts, and increasing the intensity of my workouts.
Spiritually I have went from a 7 to a 5 so I have not done as well in this area as I hoped to. I still need to improve my walk and faith in the Lord. However, I have started standing up for my beliefs, wants, needs, and values. For this, I do feel better about myself.
During this course I have grown so much including living a healthier lifestyle with regular physical activity, better nutritional choices, and practicing the relaxation exercises. This class has made a significant change in my life and opened my eyes to how risky the choices that I was making were for my health in the long run. Thanks to our great instructor and awesome students who have helped me make this change in my life. I will always be grateful to each and everyone of you. Yes, I have developed improved well being. The most rewarding part has been the increased knowledge of relaxation exercises that will improve my overall well being and I can share the knowledge that I have gained with others. Thank you.
The most difficult thing for me is the exercises that require visualization. I have a hard time with that but would like to continue working on it so I can reap the benefits of the exercises.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
unit 8 blog http://ann-cooper.blogspot.com
Good evening everyone,
I hope that everyone has enjoyed the opportunity of experiencing better health and wellness in this class as much as I have. Personally I have gained much knowledge and insight into the practice of integral health and plan to continue with my journey to better health and well being. It has been a pleasure corresponding with all of you during this term and having the opportunity to learn more about each of you and grow in our overall health and well being.
The two practices that I found to be most beneficial for me in the Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind exercises.
I chose the Loving Kindness exercise because it showed me the importance of forgiving others who have hurt me in the past, loving myself, and then sharing this love with others that I come in contact with. This exercise would be beneficial for everyone to learn and practice. Showing love, kindness, patience, and understanding to others would make the world a much happier place. This will help me to learn to love myself before I try to love anyone else. Then when the time comes, I will be a much happier person and have more love to give to someone else. You have to love yourself before you can love someone else. This is helping me with my self esteem and outlook on myself as well.
The Subtle Mind exercise is a great asset to my life as it allows me to remove myself from the hustle and bustle of daily life, all the demands, and focus on calming my mind and clearing it for even a brief moment. This has helped me to refocus my attention and energy when at work. When I am confronted with a trying situation now I understand that I am in charge of how I allow it to affect me. I can either let it be a negative thing or turn it into a learning experience and grow from it.
I plan on incorporating these into my life on a daily basis. The Loving Kindness exercise I want to practice in the morning before I encounter anyone for the day and decide that I am going to approach them with loving kindness and hopefully receive that back in return.
The Subtle Mind exercise can be practiced on my lunch break while sitting outside so that I am able to clear my mind, thoughts, and feelings prior to going back to work for the rest of the day. This can be practiced anytime that I am faced with a difficult situation and at the end of the day to clear my mind of all the clutter that fills our minds.
Every week I attend Pilates class on Mondays and that helps to refocus your energy, practice deep breathing, and relaxation techniques.
I hope that everyone has enjoyed the opportunity of experiencing better health and wellness in this class as much as I have. Personally I have gained much knowledge and insight into the practice of integral health and plan to continue with my journey to better health and well being. It has been a pleasure corresponding with all of you during this term and having the opportunity to learn more about each of you and grow in our overall health and well being.
The two practices that I found to be most beneficial for me in the Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind exercises.
I chose the Loving Kindness exercise because it showed me the importance of forgiving others who have hurt me in the past, loving myself, and then sharing this love with others that I come in contact with. This exercise would be beneficial for everyone to learn and practice. Showing love, kindness, patience, and understanding to others would make the world a much happier place. This will help me to learn to love myself before I try to love anyone else. Then when the time comes, I will be a much happier person and have more love to give to someone else. You have to love yourself before you can love someone else. This is helping me with my self esteem and outlook on myself as well.
The Subtle Mind exercise is a great asset to my life as it allows me to remove myself from the hustle and bustle of daily life, all the demands, and focus on calming my mind and clearing it for even a brief moment. This has helped me to refocus my attention and energy when at work. When I am confronted with a trying situation now I understand that I am in charge of how I allow it to affect me. I can either let it be a negative thing or turn it into a learning experience and grow from it.
I plan on incorporating these into my life on a daily basis. The Loving Kindness exercise I want to practice in the morning before I encounter anyone for the day and decide that I am going to approach them with loving kindness and hopefully receive that back in return.
The Subtle Mind exercise can be practiced on my lunch break while sitting outside so that I am able to clear my mind, thoughts, and feelings prior to going back to work for the rest of the day. This can be practiced anytime that I am faced with a difficult situation and at the end of the day to clear my mind of all the clutter that fills our minds.
Every week I attend Pilates class on Mondays and that helps to refocus your energy, practice deep breathing, and relaxation techniques.
Unit 9 final project http://ann-cooper.blogspot.com
February 20, 2011
My Personal Assessment
I. Introduction:
It is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically so that when they are working with clients and they have questions, obstacles, and concerns you are able to help them through this based off your own experiences. You cannot tell someone how to do something or deal with a situation if you have not gone there first yourself.
As a health and wellness educator your clients will look up to you for advice, guidance, experience, and knowledge and you should be able to answer their questions honestly and from experience or at least know where to get the answers for them. You need to have a calm abiding mind so that you can show others loving kindess. This will also help you to relax and calm down after a stressful job in the office. We must know how to deal with the stress that life throws our ways and develop our minds and body's into the best health and well being possible.
I still need to continue growing in the physical area of my life as I want to lose another 20-30lbs. I have already lost 17lbs and feel much healthier but I know that I still need to lose more and especially in the abdomen area to reduce my risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease as I am getting older and abdomen weight is a leading cause of these conditions. Spiritually I need to continue growing as I need to work on my walk with the Lord and continue growing in that part of my life. However, I am starting to stand up for what I know is right, my beliefs, and values. This is something that I had let go for awhile in my life as I always put others first and forgot about myself. Psychologically I am pretty comfortable with where I am at.
II. Assessment:
Spiritually I am at a 5 right now in my life and need to continue with this area. However, I am very proud of the progress that I have made in putting myself first again, standing up for what I believe, and the values that I have always had instilled in me but had pushed on the back burner for quite some time trying to make others happy.
Physically I am at a 7 which is where I was in unit 3. That is because I am still going to the gym but had an injury that has set me back a little bit on my progress. I want to continue going to the gym, walking outdoors when it gets nice, and start playing some of the sports that I used to play.
Psychologically I am at 7 which is better than I was before. This is in part due to the fact that I got out of a bad relationship and have started putting myself first and taking care of myself. Now I am not stressed out all the time when I come home and worrying about what kind of mood he is going to be in and how it is going to affect me. Also, work has gotten better as well and is not an negative right now as it was in the past and that helps.
III. Goal Development:
The goals that I have for myself in the areas of physical, psychological, and spiritual include:
1. Physically I want to add an ab workout 3 times per week into my schedule, get my ankle better so I can get back into cardio classes, and complete a strength training program 3 times per week. I also want to continue eating more healthy and nutritious meals and lose another 20-30lbs so that I will feel better physically.
2. Psychologically I want to start taking a yoga class to help me get ruid of some of the stresses in my life, increase my flexibility, and mind calming.
3. Spiritually I want to continue with meditation and concentrate on my faith in God.
IV. Practices for personal health:
The strategies that I plan to implement in the physical domain is going to the gym 6 days a week including 3 days of abdominal workouts, 3 days of strength training, 1 day of yoga or pilates, and to do some form of cardio 5 days a week. I also want to continue improving my nutrition including eating more fruits and vegetables, less potatoes, cut my portion size down, and eat more frequently throughout the day. I am going to let my friends know what my goal in this area is and to have them hold me accountable for sticking to my routine.
Psychologically I am going to continue with my practicing loving kindness, practice meditation daily, and calm abiding exercises (Dacher, 2006). I am going to set this time aside each evening before I go to bed in order to ruid my mind of all the activities of the day. I intend to also put myself first and my needs, beliefs, and values and not allow anyone to take these things away from.
Spiritually I am going to start taking more walks outside and enjoy nature. I also would like to start reading my Bible more faithfully, pray more, and spend quiet time with the Lord and listen to what I am supposed to be doing with my life. I can incorporate this into my daily morning routine to start my day off on a positive note.
V. Commitment:
The way that I intend to assess my progress in the next six months is coming back and rating these areas again and seeing where I have improved and what areas I still need more work. I will be able to track my progress physically by weighing myself, doing a food journal daily, taking measurements once a month and then I will see what progress I have made in this area. Psychologically I will assess my progress by the way that I feel about myself, my life, and the changes that I have made. I will also keep a calendar that I have to mark daily when I complete the Loving Kindness and Calm Abiding exercises so that I can look back at it and know whether I am making this a dialy commitment of still need to improve in this area of my life. Spiritually I would like to join a group to read the Bible through in one year and this will keep me on track with my studying the word of God. As far as my church attendance I can have my family ask each week when they talk to me if I attended church and this will help me to be accountable.
Reference
Dacher, E.S. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications.
My Personal Assessment
I. Introduction:
It is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically so that when they are working with clients and they have questions, obstacles, and concerns you are able to help them through this based off your own experiences. You cannot tell someone how to do something or deal with a situation if you have not gone there first yourself.
As a health and wellness educator your clients will look up to you for advice, guidance, experience, and knowledge and you should be able to answer their questions honestly and from experience or at least know where to get the answers for them. You need to have a calm abiding mind so that you can show others loving kindess. This will also help you to relax and calm down after a stressful job in the office. We must know how to deal with the stress that life throws our ways and develop our minds and body's into the best health and well being possible.
I still need to continue growing in the physical area of my life as I want to lose another 20-30lbs. I have already lost 17lbs and feel much healthier but I know that I still need to lose more and especially in the abdomen area to reduce my risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease as I am getting older and abdomen weight is a leading cause of these conditions. Spiritually I need to continue growing as I need to work on my walk with the Lord and continue growing in that part of my life. However, I am starting to stand up for what I know is right, my beliefs, and values. This is something that I had let go for awhile in my life as I always put others first and forgot about myself. Psychologically I am pretty comfortable with where I am at.
II. Assessment:
Spiritually I am at a 5 right now in my life and need to continue with this area. However, I am very proud of the progress that I have made in putting myself first again, standing up for what I believe, and the values that I have always had instilled in me but had pushed on the back burner for quite some time trying to make others happy.
Physically I am at a 7 which is where I was in unit 3. That is because I am still going to the gym but had an injury that has set me back a little bit on my progress. I want to continue going to the gym, walking outdoors when it gets nice, and start playing some of the sports that I used to play.
Psychologically I am at 7 which is better than I was before. This is in part due to the fact that I got out of a bad relationship and have started putting myself first and taking care of myself. Now I am not stressed out all the time when I come home and worrying about what kind of mood he is going to be in and how it is going to affect me. Also, work has gotten better as well and is not an negative right now as it was in the past and that helps.
III. Goal Development:
The goals that I have for myself in the areas of physical, psychological, and spiritual include:
1. Physically I want to add an ab workout 3 times per week into my schedule, get my ankle better so I can get back into cardio classes, and complete a strength training program 3 times per week. I also want to continue eating more healthy and nutritious meals and lose another 20-30lbs so that I will feel better physically.
2. Psychologically I want to start taking a yoga class to help me get ruid of some of the stresses in my life, increase my flexibility, and mind calming.
3. Spiritually I want to continue with meditation and concentrate on my faith in God.
IV. Practices for personal health:
The strategies that I plan to implement in the physical domain is going to the gym 6 days a week including 3 days of abdominal workouts, 3 days of strength training, 1 day of yoga or pilates, and to do some form of cardio 5 days a week. I also want to continue improving my nutrition including eating more fruits and vegetables, less potatoes, cut my portion size down, and eat more frequently throughout the day. I am going to let my friends know what my goal in this area is and to have them hold me accountable for sticking to my routine.
Psychologically I am going to continue with my practicing loving kindness, practice meditation daily, and calm abiding exercises (Dacher, 2006). I am going to set this time aside each evening before I go to bed in order to ruid my mind of all the activities of the day. I intend to also put myself first and my needs, beliefs, and values and not allow anyone to take these things away from.
Spiritually I am going to start taking more walks outside and enjoy nature. I also would like to start reading my Bible more faithfully, pray more, and spend quiet time with the Lord and listen to what I am supposed to be doing with my life. I can incorporate this into my daily morning routine to start my day off on a positive note.
V. Commitment:
The way that I intend to assess my progress in the next six months is coming back and rating these areas again and seeing where I have improved and what areas I still need more work. I will be able to track my progress physically by weighing myself, doing a food journal daily, taking measurements once a month and then I will see what progress I have made in this area. Psychologically I will assess my progress by the way that I feel about myself, my life, and the changes that I have made. I will also keep a calendar that I have to mark daily when I complete the Loving Kindness and Calm Abiding exercises so that I can look back at it and know whether I am making this a dialy commitment of still need to improve in this area of my life. Spiritually I would like to join a group to read the Bible through in one year and this will keep me on track with my studying the word of God. As far as my church attendance I can have my family ask each week when they talk to me if I attended church and this will help me to be accountable.
Reference
Dacher, E.S. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Unit 7 blog http://ann-cooper.blogspot.com
Hello Everyone,
I finally have my computer back so now I am trying to catch up on blog. I have really enjoyed being in class with each of you and wish you the best of luck with the rest of your education and career goals in the future.
The Meeting Asciepius exercise was easier for me then ones in the past where we had to visualize. The person that I chose to focus on was a past patient of mine that now is an adopted mom to me. She is so full of knowledge, positive thoughts, encouraging words, compassion, love, and understanding that I could not pass up the opportunity to give her the much deserved honors. I did not have any problem thinking of her thoughts, knowledge, speech, kindness, love, compassion, wisdom, and beams of light when instructed to. There is no one in the world that i would like to be more like and have their traits then her. She is a cancer survivor who has many other medical problems as well but still takes the time to offer encouraging words to others and share her wisdom of life. This woman has been a big inspiration for me.
I enjoyed the way at the end that the exercise reminded us that Asciepius was the healing God and that we all have the ability hidden inside of us to reach this level of mental fitness. That is something that is intriguing to me knowing that we have this ability and many of us never use it.
As you can tell I truly enjoyed this exercise and the opportunity that it gave me.
My completing the exercises each week and continuing on with the mind calming exercises have made me more aware of the role that my mind plays in my overall health and wellness. This is something that I plan to continue in my growth to a more well balanced life. The best way to continue applying these practices in my life is taking the time each day to practice at least one of them, meditation, pilates, and going to the gym to ruid my mind of all the stress that I encounter each day. While at the gym I am going to work on my physical and mental well being at the same time.
To me the saying, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means that you cannot give someone advice if you have not been in their shoes. This includes in the walk to integral health. How can we really tell someone what to do and expect if we have not done it ourselves and had the experience. It reminds me of what my mom always told us, "Practice what you preach." In other words, life by your own advice. As a health and wellness professional I feel that yes we have an obligation to be developing our own health psychologically, physically, and spiritually so when they come to us with questions, comments, frustrations, and obstacles that we are able to give them advice from what has worked for us and others that we are working with. They do not want advice from someone who does not feel it is important enough to incorporate into their own lives. I can implement psychological growth in my personal life by continuing to grow in my mental health, practice yoga and pilates, meditation, and walks in nature. Spiritual growth in my personal life can be implemented by standing firm to my beliefs, desires, and walking a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
I finally have my computer back so now I am trying to catch up on blog. I have really enjoyed being in class with each of you and wish you the best of luck with the rest of your education and career goals in the future.
The Meeting Asciepius exercise was easier for me then ones in the past where we had to visualize. The person that I chose to focus on was a past patient of mine that now is an adopted mom to me. She is so full of knowledge, positive thoughts, encouraging words, compassion, love, and understanding that I could not pass up the opportunity to give her the much deserved honors. I did not have any problem thinking of her thoughts, knowledge, speech, kindness, love, compassion, wisdom, and beams of light when instructed to. There is no one in the world that i would like to be more like and have their traits then her. She is a cancer survivor who has many other medical problems as well but still takes the time to offer encouraging words to others and share her wisdom of life. This woman has been a big inspiration for me.
I enjoyed the way at the end that the exercise reminded us that Asciepius was the healing God and that we all have the ability hidden inside of us to reach this level of mental fitness. That is something that is intriguing to me knowing that we have this ability and many of us never use it.
As you can tell I truly enjoyed this exercise and the opportunity that it gave me.
My completing the exercises each week and continuing on with the mind calming exercises have made me more aware of the role that my mind plays in my overall health and wellness. This is something that I plan to continue in my growth to a more well balanced life. The best way to continue applying these practices in my life is taking the time each day to practice at least one of them, meditation, pilates, and going to the gym to ruid my mind of all the stress that I encounter each day. While at the gym I am going to work on my physical and mental well being at the same time.
To me the saying, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means that you cannot give someone advice if you have not been in their shoes. This includes in the walk to integral health. How can we really tell someone what to do and expect if we have not done it ourselves and had the experience. It reminds me of what my mom always told us, "Practice what you preach." In other words, life by your own advice. As a health and wellness professional I feel that yes we have an obligation to be developing our own health psychologically, physically, and spiritually so when they come to us with questions, comments, frustrations, and obstacles that we are able to give them advice from what has worked for us and others that we are working with. They do not want advice from someone who does not feel it is important enough to incorporate into their own lives. I can implement psychological growth in my personal life by continuing to grow in my mental health, practice yoga and pilates, meditation, and walks in nature. Spiritual growth in my personal life can be implemented by standing firm to my beliefs, desires, and walking a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Unit 6 post, htttp://ann-cooper.blogspot.com
Hello Everyone,
Sorry this post is one week late but I have been having computer problems and do not know anyone here in NM that I can borrow their computer in order to get my assignments done. I have truly enjoyed this blogging and appreciate all the comments that everyone has made each week to my blog.
I enjoyed the Loving Kindness meditation exercise on page 93. It was easier to complete as it was much shorter. I also enjoyed this one as I am one of those people who tries to save the world. It is much easier for me to focus on others, their needs, and wants then my own. For me I feel like I am currently trying to lead others towards better health, happiness, and wholeness by sharing my experiences of physical activity and the calmness that it has brought to my life and inviting others to join in on the fun. Last month I lead 5 people to joining the gym and I feel good about this as I know that it will help them in all areas of their lives.
The Integral Assessment made me realize that I need to focus on the interpersonal area of my life right now as I have been letting stress at work affect me and the way that I view my whole work experience. I need to remember that I am in control of how things affect me, try to stay away from the negatives at work, and not to take things personally when they want to incorporate change. This is something that I have been allowing control me and my whole day. So this is the area that I want to focus on growth and development in. There are many things that I can incorporate into my life to change this and some things that I am going to start trying will include reminding myself that I am in control of how things affect me, saying a prayer each day before I go into work that God will give me the strength that I need, practice Loving Kindness, and when things start upsetting me just taking a few moments and go to the bathroom and practice calm abiding so that I can go back into the situation and handle it more constructively.
Pray for me as I am trying to change this part of my life. For the first time in my life I can say that the one area that I feel most positive is the physical part. This is a daily journey for me but one that I am enjoying.
Sorry this post is one week late but I have been having computer problems and do not know anyone here in NM that I can borrow their computer in order to get my assignments done. I have truly enjoyed this blogging and appreciate all the comments that everyone has made each week to my blog.
I enjoyed the Loving Kindness meditation exercise on page 93. It was easier to complete as it was much shorter. I also enjoyed this one as I am one of those people who tries to save the world. It is much easier for me to focus on others, their needs, and wants then my own. For me I feel like I am currently trying to lead others towards better health, happiness, and wholeness by sharing my experiences of physical activity and the calmness that it has brought to my life and inviting others to join in on the fun. Last month I lead 5 people to joining the gym and I feel good about this as I know that it will help them in all areas of their lives.
The Integral Assessment made me realize that I need to focus on the interpersonal area of my life right now as I have been letting stress at work affect me and the way that I view my whole work experience. I need to remember that I am in control of how things affect me, try to stay away from the negatives at work, and not to take things personally when they want to incorporate change. This is something that I have been allowing control me and my whole day. So this is the area that I want to focus on growth and development in. There are many things that I can incorporate into my life to change this and some things that I am going to start trying will include reminding myself that I am in control of how things affect me, saying a prayer each day before I go into work that God will give me the strength that I need, practice Loving Kindness, and when things start upsetting me just taking a few moments and go to the bathroom and practice calm abiding so that I can go back into the situation and handle it more constructively.
Pray for me as I am trying to change this part of my life. For the first time in my life I can say that the one area that I feel most positive is the physical part. This is a daily journey for me but one that I am enjoying.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
http://ann-cooper.blogspot.com Unit 5 post
Hello Everyone,
I am sorry that it has been Sundays before I am able to find the time for my post. I am still trying to find the balance between work, the gym, school work, and seminars. Please bear with me and I will start getting to my blog again before Sundays.
The Subtle Mind exercise is my favorite. This is one that I have been practicing for awhile. It helps me during the day when I have a little bit of quiet time that I can slip away to regroup and come back to work and be ready to tackle the world. I have also found this very beneficial for me when I am going to bed at night to practice first as it relaxes me and I am able to sleep much better. Some of the benefits includedd the focus on the rising of the chest when breathing, this is much easier for me as I can visually see this and do not have to imagine it or try to visualize it. As always, the waves on the CD were very calming. This was the calm before the storm.
Five minutes into the exercise my CD went fuzzy and extremely loud in my ear as I was just starting to relax. Wow what a wakeup that was. Some of the frustrations include the fact that my mind tends to wonder a lot so this requires me to come back to my focus point and start again. The biggest frustration was the fact that the CD did not work properly.
I love the fact that once the breathing becomes peaceful it is amazing how peaceful the mind becomes. This is another reminder that the mind, body, and spiritual well being are all linked into one. When one is peaceful the others tend to follow. For me I have seen the connection of spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness since I have begun on the journey to better health. I am approaching this in all areas of my life. I have incorporated my spirituality with my religous beliefs, mental well being by practicing the loving kindness and subtle mind exercises, and the physical well being when I go to the gym and attend my classes. Also, when I feel like I cannot go any longer, I change my thinking into positive thoughts and telling myself that I can do it and before I know it I am able to do what before seemed impossible.
I hope that everyone has a great week at work and with school as well. God bless until we meet again
I am sorry that it has been Sundays before I am able to find the time for my post. I am still trying to find the balance between work, the gym, school work, and seminars. Please bear with me and I will start getting to my blog again before Sundays.
The Subtle Mind exercise is my favorite. This is one that I have been practicing for awhile. It helps me during the day when I have a little bit of quiet time that I can slip away to regroup and come back to work and be ready to tackle the world. I have also found this very beneficial for me when I am going to bed at night to practice first as it relaxes me and I am able to sleep much better. Some of the benefits includedd the focus on the rising of the chest when breathing, this is much easier for me as I can visually see this and do not have to imagine it or try to visualize it. As always, the waves on the CD were very calming. This was the calm before the storm.
Five minutes into the exercise my CD went fuzzy and extremely loud in my ear as I was just starting to relax. Wow what a wakeup that was. Some of the frustrations include the fact that my mind tends to wonder a lot so this requires me to come back to my focus point and start again. The biggest frustration was the fact that the CD did not work properly.
I love the fact that once the breathing becomes peaceful it is amazing how peaceful the mind becomes. This is another reminder that the mind, body, and spiritual well being are all linked into one. When one is peaceful the others tend to follow. For me I have seen the connection of spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness since I have begun on the journey to better health. I am approaching this in all areas of my life. I have incorporated my spirituality with my religous beliefs, mental well being by practicing the loving kindness and subtle mind exercises, and the physical well being when I go to the gym and attend my classes. Also, when I feel like I cannot go any longer, I change my thinking into positive thoughts and telling myself that I can do it and before I know it I am able to do what before seemed impossible.
I hope that everyone has a great week at work and with school as well. God bless until we meet again
Sunday, January 9, 2011
http://ann-cooper.blogspot.com Unit 4 post
Hello Everyone,
I am truly loving this healthier lifestyle that I have started. I'm going to the gym 6 days a week and being concious to change my eating habits as well. This is lead me to a 4.5lb weight loss in 3 or 4 weeks now. I feel so much better about myself and am starting to see the benefits of the hard work and also feel the changes in my body. Thank God for helping me to find the time to make this much needed change in my life.
This exercise this week is very beneficial for me. I have a problem with showing loving kindness to my boyfriend because I have to be nice to everyone all day long and when I come home it is like I am short tempered with him and take everything out on him. This will help us out tremendously if I can make this change with him. The person in my life that I chose was my mother. She is someone who means the world to me, has been there for me through the good and bad, and is very dear in my heart although we are 1400 miles away from each other. I enjoyed the part when she said you must first love yourself before you can love others. That is so true. I am just now starting to feel like I love myself and it is wonderful. It makes me wonder why it took me so long to make this sacrifice for myself.
It made me feel good to take the pain and suffering away from one of my loved ones and be able to give them love, good health, and peace. The part of embracing our enemies was difficult for me because I have 2 people in my life that I am not able to forgive so I have a hard time wanting to give them anything good.
I would definately recommend this exercise to everyone as it would make the world a much happier place to live.
To me the mental workout is about practicing loving kindness and subtle mind daily in order to receive the full benefits that will lead to psychospiritual life. If you practice these things daily, you will start seeing the results in your life and when you stop practicing this daily you will notice it physically or mentally. I think of this as a workout for the mind, just like we work out daily for our physical well being. These will lead to wisdom, peace, compassion, happiness, and wholeness.
I try to implement mental workouts daily in my life with the subtle mind practice to foster my psychological health. This allows my mind time to relax, not think about anything, and then go back into my daily life with a clearer mind so that I handle situations better and keep myself in control instead of letting the situation control me.
I hope that everyone has a great week and God bless each and everyone.
I am truly loving this healthier lifestyle that I have started. I'm going to the gym 6 days a week and being concious to change my eating habits as well. This is lead me to a 4.5lb weight loss in 3 or 4 weeks now. I feel so much better about myself and am starting to see the benefits of the hard work and also feel the changes in my body. Thank God for helping me to find the time to make this much needed change in my life.
This exercise this week is very beneficial for me. I have a problem with showing loving kindness to my boyfriend because I have to be nice to everyone all day long and when I come home it is like I am short tempered with him and take everything out on him. This will help us out tremendously if I can make this change with him. The person in my life that I chose was my mother. She is someone who means the world to me, has been there for me through the good and bad, and is very dear in my heart although we are 1400 miles away from each other. I enjoyed the part when she said you must first love yourself before you can love others. That is so true. I am just now starting to feel like I love myself and it is wonderful. It makes me wonder why it took me so long to make this sacrifice for myself.
It made me feel good to take the pain and suffering away from one of my loved ones and be able to give them love, good health, and peace. The part of embracing our enemies was difficult for me because I have 2 people in my life that I am not able to forgive so I have a hard time wanting to give them anything good.
I would definately recommend this exercise to everyone as it would make the world a much happier place to live.
To me the mental workout is about practicing loving kindness and subtle mind daily in order to receive the full benefits that will lead to psychospiritual life. If you practice these things daily, you will start seeing the results in your life and when you stop practicing this daily you will notice it physically or mentally. I think of this as a workout for the mind, just like we work out daily for our physical well being. These will lead to wisdom, peace, compassion, happiness, and wholeness.
I try to implement mental workouts daily in my life with the subtle mind practice to foster my psychological health. This allows my mind time to relax, not think about anything, and then go back into my daily life with a clearer mind so that I handle situations better and keep myself in control instead of letting the situation control me.
I hope that everyone has a great week and God bless each and everyone.
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