Monday, February 28, 2011
Unit 8 Post
Of all the practices we have learned, the Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind have been the most beneficial to me. Of those two the Loving Kindness mostly. I believe that committing myself to doing these practices daily will help me to achieve "mental fitness". For me, the best time of day to perform the Loving Kindness activity is in the morning before I begin my day. I feel that it really helps me to start the day on a good note. It helps me to take on things or deal with tough situations better because I have my "loving glasses" on. What I mean by my "loving glasses" is that I am seeing the world as a loving place and loving people. I am really beginning to see a change in myself from completing these practices. For example, one situation that tends to stress me is driving in traffic. I have found that I stay relaxed more and don't get angry as easy. Overall, I have seen nothing but benefits in my life and myself since beginning these practices.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week 7!!!
Hi everyone!
Practicing meditation has actually had its benefits. I find that when I practice it in the mornings before I go to work, I am more calm and find myself getting through the day easier. I start with the loving kindness practice then sort of meditate in the silence that my mind is able to reach after I am into it for a while. It leaves me feeling really positive and even energizes me for the day to come.
I believe that the quote, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone before" is something that everyone who is teaching or specializing in something should read. Especially with a health and wellness practitioner, if you have not achieved the level of human flourishing, how can you teach someone else to? These practitioners have a tremendous obligation to the clients to be developing themselves so that they can effectively mentor them. This is such a new field (to us) that there is still a lot of skepticism, and bad teachers and mentors would make it worse. If someone has not achieved the levels of integral health and expansion of consciousness that they are teaching others to do, then they are most likely teaching their clients ineffective practices and leading them down the wrong path. It is important for those who teach health and wellness to achieve human flourishing and continue to stay active in it.
Practicing meditation has actually had its benefits. I find that when I practice it in the mornings before I go to work, I am more calm and find myself getting through the day easier. I start with the loving kindness practice then sort of meditate in the silence that my mind is able to reach after I am into it for a while. It leaves me feeling really positive and even energizes me for the day to come.
I believe that the quote, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone before" is something that everyone who is teaching or specializing in something should read. Especially with a health and wellness practitioner, if you have not achieved the level of human flourishing, how can you teach someone else to? These practitioners have a tremendous obligation to the clients to be developing themselves so that they can effectively mentor them. This is such a new field (to us) that there is still a lot of skepticism, and bad teachers and mentors would make it worse. If someone has not achieved the levels of integral health and expansion of consciousness that they are teaching others to do, then they are most likely teaching their clients ineffective practices and leading them down the wrong path. It is important for those who teach health and wellness to achieve human flourishing and continue to stay active in it.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Integral Assessment
Hi Everyone!
Doing the loving kindness always makes me feel so much better, especially when I do it at the end of a long day at work. In using the integral assessment, I realize that the interpersonal area of my life needs some help. I go on throughout my day worrying about many things and not taking any time for myself or others. I feel that I take on too much of the worldly aspect and leave out the interpersonal one. I believe that taking time to enjoy myself and developing new friendships will help me to develop the interpersonal aspect of my life. I also believe that, if I complete the loving kindness practice more, that it will also help me to grow. At this point, I am not completing it daily because I find that other 'worldly' things take my time. Here's to a new interpersonal me!
Reference:
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Doing the loving kindness always makes me feel so much better, especially when I do it at the end of a long day at work. In using the integral assessment, I realize that the interpersonal area of my life needs some help. I go on throughout my day worrying about many things and not taking any time for myself or others. I feel that I take on too much of the worldly aspect and leave out the interpersonal one. I believe that taking time to enjoy myself and developing new friendships will help me to develop the interpersonal aspect of my life. I also believe that, if I complete the loving kindness practice more, that it will also help me to grow. At this point, I am not completing it daily because I find that other 'worldly' things take my time. Here's to a new interpersonal me!
Reference:
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Subtle Mind Practice
Hi everyone! This practice I really found beneficial but harder to perform than the loving kindness practice. Both have a focus on breathing technique but the subtle mind practice, I feel, emphasizes it a little more. I found it easier to focus on loving thought rather than focusing just on breathing. I could feel at times that my mind wanted to wander (a sign I guess that this mind needs a lot of training, lol) and that I needed it to be completely silent to complete this exercise.
Spiritual wellness is connected to mental and physical wellness because it is just one component of our whole being. Like we read in our books, we cannot address just one area without the others being affected. I know that within myself, if I am feeling sad (mental) my body and spirits are going to feel low too. Same with anxiety, when I become anxious my body and emotions tell me the first. I begin to feel uneasy and my emotions sort of on edge. I can truly see by what I have learned in this course so far that each of these areas
are connected and to move forward you need to take each into consideration.
Spiritual wellness is connected to mental and physical wellness because it is just one component of our whole being. Like we read in our books, we cannot address just one area without the others being affected. I know that within myself, if I am feeling sad (mental) my body and spirits are going to feel low too. Same with anxiety, when I become anxious my body and emotions tell me the first. I begin to feel uneasy and my emotions sort of on edge. I can truly see by what I have learned in this course so far that each of these areas
are connected and to move forward you need to take each into consideration.
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