UNIT 5: Loving-Kindness/The Subtle Mind

With the comparison of both exercises, I still found them to be not helpful with my mind submissions. I felt the instructions from the people talking not only threw me of course, because I seem to focus on directions rather than following them. I still did like the sounds of the wilderness and the ocean and would probably do better with only the sounds rather than people talking through an exercise. The differences between them was to only focus on one thing with The Subtle mind exercise rather than to put focuses on multiple things from the loving-kindness exercise.

The spiritual connection inter-twines all aspects of all integral health aspects are established. If you only have one of these pieces, it is like a broken piece of the puzzle to the completion of learning the health and wellness amongst yourself. Even though I think of myself is not a spiritual person, but I guess I am. I do exercises without even knowing it, because I am not instructed to. People call me very calm and patient in situations that would put people over the edge of a meltdown. I believe in my personal life, having little  to no control to what is happening around me has made me this way. As I have said many times and will say it again "Everything happens for a reason, and what you do with that experience can be so beneficial to your soul"

Have a great week anyone!

Donna

UNIT 4: Love and Kindness

The exercise for the week, I thought was really going to work, but failed half way through. Either these exercises are way too long, or I am just not getting the benefit of hanging in there. I did not find this exercise beneficial not because it was difficult, but because of how long the exercise was. I loved the background music of the waves, and the gentle voice of the woman that spoke. It reminded me of how I spend my summers basking in the sunshine sitting close to the water and just thinking about nothing. I think for me it will have to take actually going to the beach, finding a quiet space and then I could probably do my mental workout with the sounds of nature real and present. I would recommend this to others as one could only try.
The concept of the mental workout is by regulating yourself to take time and do some sort of prayer or meditation each and every day. The research indicates that doing mental workouts be improve your health and well-being to make you a happier wholesome soul. The way I could implement my mental workouts is doing it early in the morning when I first wake up and doing it right before I go to bed. I also need to find an exercise that works for me because quite frankly, I have not grasped the exercises. Anyone else have this problem?

Have a great healthy week <3

Donna

UNIT 3

As I reflect on my optimal well-being, I think I have some work to do.

To rate myself on my physical well-being I would give myself a 7 although I am overweight I still am in better shape than most and my endurance level is greater than most. I maintain a physical job of being on my feet all day, moving every which way. The goal I would implement myself is to lose some weight and watch what I eat more carefully, and an exercise to do would be to get out and walk more, even though after work I just would like to go home.

To rate myself on my spiritual well-being I would rate a 3. I am not a spiritual person by any means, but I do believe there is something out there guiding my path. Do I think about it, of course I do, but I really have no idea what makes being a spiritual person can change me. The goal to myself would be taking time to figure out what I look up to and an exercise I could do better is read about it and maybe some day I can fully understand the meaning of spirituality.

Finally to rate myself on psychological wellness,  I would give myself a 7. I say this because I know who I am and the goals I push myself too, and am understanding of feelings and emotions for myself as well as others. I would develop a goal to better understand to process of the mind and how it affects our bodies. An exercise I would endure is to be more outspoken but to process what I am thinking before speaking.

The relaxation exercise was again frustrating for me because of 2 points. The exercise was too long, and I really do not have an imagination to pretend that these exercises work. I think I am too much of a sceptic, and will not allow myself to believe this could actually work.

Any suggestions are gladly welcome!

Unit 2: Exercise

Classmates...

When you listen at the first few minutes of the exercise, the harsh sound of the chime just made me cringe. I thought to myself ok let's give it a few more minutes and the chiming turned into a lovely tone for relaxation. I am a skeptic when it comes to these types of relieving exercises, but I totally made it through it. I can't say that it helped much but it was an experience. I never take what seems to be enough time for myself, and when I get frustrated all I have to do is breathe. I remember when I was in labor my breathing exercises got me though. Believing in the power of the natural wonders of breath can completely take you away.
So get out there, do something nice, be positive and have a great day!

Donna