Mind, Body and Soul

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Wellness Reflection Unit 3

My reflection on a scale 1-10 (ten being optimal wellbeing)

I rate my physical well-being a 5 because I am not doing as much physical fitness as I would like to be doing.  Nor do I incorporate any type of core strengthen or breathing exercises in to my daily routine.  I do enjoy brisk walking in my subdivision when the temperature permits. I also prefer to take the stairs versus the elevator during my work week. 

I rate my spiritual well-being as an 8 because I feel that I am preparing for my calling by going to school.  I feel peaceful in the choices that I am making in my life and I have a connectedness with a higher power and with other who I come in contact with.  I feel happy in my spirit and it feels good. 

I rate my psychological well-being an 8 because I think that I have emotional and cognitive competence as well as good judgment skills. Staying true to myself helps me a lot in this area. Also, having a great support system with my mother, my sister and with my boyfriend keeps me grounded.

If I had to develop a goal in my physical area it would surely be to work on core body strengthening and use my new elliptical that is in my garage at least twice a week for starters. My goal for spiritual well-being would be to find more time to do some breathing exercises.  Getting more sleep would be great.  I can also start out with 15 minutes sessions of some type of mediation once a day before going to bed at night. A goal to increase my psychological well-being would be to not lose sight of what I am already doing.

I enjoyed listening to the relaxation exercise. For me, the emphasis on using the colors I found to be beneficial.  Last week his voice kind of annoyed me but this time it was helpful.   

Loving-Kindness Unit 4

Loving-Kindness

I really enjoyed   l listening to the loving-kindness exercise.  My experience was a mixture of emotions.  At first I felt compassion and love because I thought about my mother who is my role model.  Then, I felt sadness mixed with a little loneliness when I thought about my dad who passed away when I was 23; I adored and loved him so much.  While focusing on strangers it was not difficult for me to feel warm and compassionate.  I don't like to think of myself as having any enemies but found it somewhat difficult to have any good thoughts or feelings compassion toward someone who used to work with me who was an evil person.  However, I did find it in my heart to feel neutral toward this person. 

The concept of “mental workout” is to gain knowledge that directly impacts our body, mind and spirit.  Also, by using mental workouts is to sustain success on the road to health, happiness and wholeness.  The proven benefits are that our mind is calmer which makes it easier for contemplative practice.  Also, loving-kindness will come natural and the ability to still the mind helps develop a witness consciousness toward a calm-abiding-mind.  Achieving wisdom, peace, compassion, happiness and wholeness enabling an extraordinary level of insight and understanding is the ultimate goal.

Mental workouts to foster my psychological health would be changing negative focus to positive focus.  Continue to think good thoughts about myself.  Then I could write a note to someone closest to me letting them know how much I appreciate them.  Then I would to a good deed for someone who I am not that close to and to all living beings

Subtle Mind Unit 5

My experience with this exercise was quite pleasant and much more relaxing although I did restart the track once.  This exercise was not as emotional as the loving-kindness exercise was for me.  I didn’t have as many thought and images as I thought that I would have since I did my exercise at the very end of my night; I guess my mind decided to cooperate in hopes of soon going to sleep.  The sounds of the ocean helped me to have stillness in my mind.  Earlier in the day I read in the book that cal abiding is like see the stillness of the ocean even though the waves are moving.  I thought how deep it that!  The benefits were that I did not have to focus on anything at all.  I had no frustrations.  Being able to train our minds with contemplative practices and attending to our inner experiences we commence to transforming ordinary mental and physical health into mental and physical wellness.