Week 4- Loving kindness

Listening to the Loving Kindness track was a good experience for. The tracks assisted me in relaxing and allowed me to place my mind on a course of serenity. The messages and guides that I thought to be most beneficial were finding the ways to adjust ourselves to bring together positivity throughout our relationships. I find this quite easy because I find myself to be a very positive outgoing person, friend, spouse, daughter, sister, mother etc.. One thing that disrupted my thought processes was the static between thee two tracks. It sort of through off of my serene mind set. Aside from the technical issues I would definitely recommend this to friends and some family. I feel everyone no matter how happy they may get can sometimes have some hardships. Sometimes we need to take the time to refocus and become one with ourselves again.

The concept of "mental workout" refers to our exercising our brains and gaining a better sense of understanding our selves and our personalities. Enabling ourselves to fully understand the concept of growth we must first realize that this starts within our own minds. This acceptance can then transcend to higher psychological growth of our surrounding relationships as well, which could then expand to so many different outlets. Some things that I feel we can incorporate in our day to day activity would be meditation, or again listening to disks that provide insightful growth seeking techniques.

Reference

Title:   Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing

            Author: Dacher, E.S. (2006)

   

WEEK 3

I would rate my physical well- being as a 6 I am 7 and a half almost 8 months pregnant so of course my physique is not where it normally would be. I am content with my pregnant figure becuase like my last pregnancy I have not gained too much weight in any area but really my belly.

My spiritual well- being would be rated at a 7 I am very content with myslef and the practices that I believ in and have grown to atain my own religious undertsanding. In my time of need  I pray and I thank the heavens everyday for the life that I have been blessed to live.

My psychological well- being would be given the lowest score of all at a 5 because I feel my strenght in this area falls at 50%. I am not showing signs of distress but with the load of school, being pregnent and raising a toddler alone while my husbandtrains for his first deployment, my plate is a little full, needless to say. I find balance in my family who are a great support system and sdwell on the realization that I will be finishing up with school within the next term.

My physical goal would be to work out as much as I possibly can befire July to retain my normal weight to partake in my aunts wedding. An exercise to implment this goal would be running track or on a treadmill.

My spiritual goal is to educate myself in learning about more about different religious aspects and they how subconsiously they play a part in my life. An exercise to execute this goal would be engaging in different religious practices and testing their waters.

My psychological goal is to find the positive side of the many things going in my life and how I can achieve them all. An exercise for executing this goal would be meditation and writing my thougt sin a journal.

I think that the guide in this relaxaton exercise did a great job in giving me a feeling of relaxation. It provided for the first time in a long time a great deal of oneness with myslef and my kicking baby. The motions he describes along with the tone and demeanor of his voice made this quite enjoyable.

Week 2

Hey Class,
My name is Jennifer and I am 24 my health goals right now are a bit different from my usual becuase I am currently 7 months prego with baby number two. I maintain my diet by eating lots of fresh fruits and veggies and have come into the habit of walking for a bout 15 min twice a day. i hope in the future after my baby is born to continue my fitness schedule of 1hr of cardio about 3-4 times a week. My favorite method of relaxation therapy is meditation and music therapy. These two are the only ways that I am able to de-stress from my busy day.

Hey Everyone

Hey everyone my name is Jennifer and I have created this  blog for my Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing . Enjoy the term!