1.Review your unit 3 personal assessment of your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Reflect on these areas . How did you score yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 in unit 3? How do you score yourself now? Has the score changed? Why or why not?
I can honestly say that myself assessment has have not improved a whole lot since our unit 3 assessment, but I am still working to the point where I would like to be. Now, I could say that my spiritual being has went up from a 4 to a 7 because I feel that my faith is stronger now than it was 7 weeks ago since taking this class.
2.Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.
I have made some progress with my goals. I am focusing more on meditation because this is something that I would love to become good at for a few reasons, such as reducing negative thoughts, reducing stress and making better personal decisions.
3.Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.
I have been focusing on the Subtle mind practice for the past 4 weeks. It's not an easy practice for me but I am making small improvements. Loving-kindness is something that I do not have a problem with. I feel like I was born with the Loving-kindness technique.
4.Summarize your personal experience throughout this course. Have you developed improved well-being? What has been rewarding? What has been difficult? How will this experience improve your ability to assist others?
I have had a great personal experience with this course. I felt that I have had some improvement in this course but I am still working on becoming better. Practicing the SUBTLE MIND technique has been the most difficult part of this course and I guess the reason is because I have went 27 years with training my mind in such a way and to start training it now is going to take a lot of work. Once I become better at these techniques I can truly give great tips and advice to others to help them become a healthier person.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
UNIT 9 PROJECT
I. Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself?
ANSWER: In my opinion it is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically because in order for the professionals to be efficient in treating their patients they must go through the developments of each of the 3 aspects and get to know them intimately. I feel that I need to develop in all 3 aspects in order for me to achieve my goal; I know that I am a beginner in this field of practice so it might take me a while to get up to the standards.
II. How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?
ANSWER: I feel that I can’t truly assess my health in each domain as a professional. I feel that I am still a beginner or rookie in this field of practice. I would say that in the biological aspect I would rate myself as 9 out of 10. The reason I say this is because it has been years since I have been sick. I go for a doctor’s check-up twice a year and all signs always good. Knock on wood that it stays that way. Also I would say that in my worldly aspect of my life, I would also rate that a 9 out of 10. The reason I say that is because I feel that I have a great social life with plenty of friends. Some are closer than others but they are all my good friends. I meet new people every week and it’s always good to meet new people. I score myself spiritually 9 out of 10 because I am one who has always had plenty of faith. Whenever anything negative happens in my life, I hardly ever panic and always try to keep a positive mind. Physically, I think that I am also 9 out of 10 in this aspect because I work out 4 to 5 times a week and my body feels great. Psychologically, I would rate myself a 5 out of 10. Although I always try to keep a positive mind in negative situations, I still have random negative thoughts from time to time.
III. List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.
ANSWER: One goal that I have for my physical aspect is to become injury free. I have to constantly remind myself to stretch before playing basketball. Even though I am only 27 years of age I have to stretch before basketball. When I was younger I hardly ever stretched out. I pulled a groin back January and it took two months for it to fully heal. Psychologically, my goal is to stop the random negative thoughts by continuing to practice meditation, which I hope will reduce the negative thoughts that I have at times. Spiritually, I planned to have better vision for my future. My vision is to help others who can hardly help themselves.
IV. What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
ANSWER: For my physical domain, I plan on doing more hot yoga. I feel that hot yoga gives my body a great work out and also gives me a peaceful mind, which brings my mind and body into one and I believe this will give me a psychological growth. I plan on practicing more of subtle mind and the loving-kindness. Spiritually, I will continue to keep my faith and say my prayers every morning and night and continue to have vision to help others.
V. How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?
ANSWER: I plan on keeping a journal entry in which I will make notes in it every day of my progress. I will use this journal entry to see my progress and know where I need to put more focus at. I feel that this is a great way to assess my progress.
Reference
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing
ANSWER: In my opinion it is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically because in order for the professionals to be efficient in treating their patients they must go through the developments of each of the 3 aspects and get to know them intimately. I feel that I need to develop in all 3 aspects in order for me to achieve my goal; I know that I am a beginner in this field of practice so it might take me a while to get up to the standards.
II. How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?
ANSWER: I feel that I can’t truly assess my health in each domain as a professional. I feel that I am still a beginner or rookie in this field of practice. I would say that in the biological aspect I would rate myself as 9 out of 10. The reason I say this is because it has been years since I have been sick. I go for a doctor’s check-up twice a year and all signs always good. Knock on wood that it stays that way. Also I would say that in my worldly aspect of my life, I would also rate that a 9 out of 10. The reason I say that is because I feel that I have a great social life with plenty of friends. Some are closer than others but they are all my good friends. I meet new people every week and it’s always good to meet new people. I score myself spiritually 9 out of 10 because I am one who has always had plenty of faith. Whenever anything negative happens in my life, I hardly ever panic and always try to keep a positive mind. Physically, I think that I am also 9 out of 10 in this aspect because I work out 4 to 5 times a week and my body feels great. Psychologically, I would rate myself a 5 out of 10. Although I always try to keep a positive mind in negative situations, I still have random negative thoughts from time to time.
III. List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.
ANSWER: One goal that I have for my physical aspect is to become injury free. I have to constantly remind myself to stretch before playing basketball. Even though I am only 27 years of age I have to stretch before basketball. When I was younger I hardly ever stretched out. I pulled a groin back January and it took two months for it to fully heal. Psychologically, my goal is to stop the random negative thoughts by continuing to practice meditation, which I hope will reduce the negative thoughts that I have at times. Spiritually, I planned to have better vision for my future. My vision is to help others who can hardly help themselves.
IV. What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
ANSWER: For my physical domain, I plan on doing more hot yoga. I feel that hot yoga gives my body a great work out and also gives me a peaceful mind, which brings my mind and body into one and I believe this will give me a psychological growth. I plan on practicing more of subtle mind and the loving-kindness. Spiritually, I will continue to keep my faith and say my prayers every morning and night and continue to have vision to help others.
V. How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?
ANSWER: I plan on keeping a journal entry in which I will make notes in it every day of my progress. I will use this journal entry to see my progress and know where I need to put more focus at. I feel that this is a great way to assess my progress.
Reference
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing
Friday, April 22, 2011
Unit 8 Creating Wellness
The two practices that I have found to be the most beneficial for are The Subtle Mind and Meditation. I believe these two practices are almost the same in one. The subtle mind helps me clear my mind and get rid of the mental chatter that destroys my focus. I try to use these practices in my daily life to help me relieve stress and also help me make better future decisions. One of my mottos that I try to live by is "Stay Positive" but staying positive is not always easy to do and that's when the subtle mind practice and meditations comes in to help me out.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
UNIT 7 Creating Wellness
My meditative peactice for the week was to practice at least fifthteen to 20 minutes a day on training my mind. I am still having trouble with letting go of my mental chatter but I am making some progress. With meditative practice throughout the week, I feel that I am becoming a more and more positive thinker. I plan to continue this practice everyday and also increase my time of practice.
One can not lead another where one has not gone himself, in my opinion means that a person can not lead or give advice on something if he has never been in that situation himself. It is like the bling leading the blind. As a health care professional I could not treat a patient on something that is not in my knowledge.
One can not lead another where one has not gone himself, in my opinion means that a person can not lead or give advice on something if he has never been in that situation himself. It is like the bling leading the blind. As a health care professional I could not treat a patient on something that is not in my knowledge.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
UNIT 6
The exercise and assessment process was about learning how to focus on one of the four aspects of life that I am having trouble with and making myself become better at it. What I have discovered about myself is that I have realized that I have more negative thoughts going on in my head than I thought I did. The are that I have chose to focus more on is Psychospiritual Flourishing because I see that this is apart of my emotion and I feel that it is my emotions that are making me have negative thoughts. The exercise that I can think of that will foster great wellness in that area is trying some deep meditating practices. Hopefully this will work because I know no other way other than letting TIME heal my problems.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Unit 5 Blog
The Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle Mind exercise compare with each other because both exercises causes us to focus on something about ourselves. They both focus on a certain type of breathing. Loving Kindness teaches us to love ourselves and everyone else especially those that are close to us. The subtle mind exercise shows us how to train our minds to become more focus. It teaches us how to keep from grasping on any little thing that causes a disturbance in our mind. Spiritual Wellness has a connection to mental and physical wellness because, in my opinion, if one is in good spirits this means that there is hardly any stress on the mind. with less stress on the mind we are usually in a good mood and we will not be bothered by stress activating or causing diseases. This connection is showed in my life when I am in good spirits. Usually when I am in good spirits my mind has nothing but positive thoughts and I feel more energized through out the day.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Creating Wellness Unit 4
After listening to tracks on the CD, I find them to be just relaxing. I found it to be beneficial only because it calms and relaxes me. I would recommend it to others because even though and made me feel calm and relaxed, it would probably do the same for others and even more.
The concept, "mental Workout" means to train your mind everyday to become better. Research indicates that the more and more we practice the better we become at it. i could implement mental workouts by setting up a schedule and quiet place for myself to practice everyday.
The concept, "mental Workout" means to train your mind everyday to become better. Research indicates that the more and more we practice the better we become at it. i could implement mental workouts by setting up a schedule and quiet place for myself to practice everyday.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Creating Wellness Unit 3
On a scale from 1 through 10 I would rate my physical well-being at an 8. The reason why I said 8 is because i feel that I am in good shape but I am not in great shape. I play basketball at least four times a week and do a little muscle training about 1 to 2 times a week. I do have a pulled groin and a sore achilles tendon that keeps me from giving my top performance when exercising.
I would give my spiritual well-being about a 4 on the scale because it is something that I do not practice much.
My psychological well-being would be about an 8 because I am always thinking positive even in the worst situations. I do not give myself a 10 because I do sometimes have negative thoughts.
My goal for my physical well-being is to get get enough rest for my groin and achilles to heal fully so I can give my full effort when exercising. I will have to work on my spiritual well-being at one point in my life but at this point I am really not concerned with my spiritual well-being at this point. My goal for psychological well-being is to keep a positive mind through every situation but to try and cut down on the negative thoughts.
The exercise that I can do is keep a positive mind at all times. It seems to keep my stress at a very low level. I feel that I am rarely stress. I use humor to conquer stress for myself and others.
After listening to Crime of the Century, I felt that it was very relaxing and beneficial. It was soft and soothing to the mind. Listening to the words makes you feel very calm and relaxed
I would give my spiritual well-being about a 4 on the scale because it is something that I do not practice much.
My psychological well-being would be about an 8 because I am always thinking positive even in the worst situations. I do not give myself a 10 because I do sometimes have negative thoughts.
My goal for my physical well-being is to get get enough rest for my groin and achilles to heal fully so I can give my full effort when exercising. I will have to work on my spiritual well-being at one point in my life but at this point I am really not concerned with my spiritual well-being at this point. My goal for psychological well-being is to keep a positive mind through every situation but to try and cut down on the negative thoughts.
The exercise that I can do is keep a positive mind at all times. It seems to keep my stress at a very low level. I feel that I am rarely stress. I use humor to conquer stress for myself and others.
After listening to Crime of the Century, I felt that it was very relaxing and beneficial. It was soft and soothing to the mind. Listening to the words makes you feel very calm and relaxed
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