unit 5 blog Subtle Mind

1.      Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.

To compare the both is easy to do, because  you can hear the signs of the ocean in the both of them, and just hearing the ocean and that water is relaxing to me, but what was frustrating to me in both of them right when  my body starts relaxing and my mind start calming down there go that voice in the background with a new exercise that was kind of frustrating, but over all I feel that that the both are some good exercises, and I feel at my stressful moments that I’m going to use these methods and I will refer these exercises to someone else.

2.      Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.

Well spiritual wellness been in me every sense I was a little boy, because my mother raised me with having the fear of god in me, and to be a firm believer in him, and if I wish to take a guess I would have to say that this is 75% of who I am. Physical wellness I guess I believe in that to, because I feel that shouldn’t know one just let themselves go physically, for one reason this is really how you become very unhealthy, and not able to get around like you want to. Mental wellness to me is the control center of everything else that I been discussing, and you my readers I know that you agree, and this has manifested in throughout the years that I been living this is so true. So taking care of me in every aspect is what I do.

Loving Kindness unit 4 assignment

1.      Describe your experience. Did you find it beneficial? Difficult? Why or why not? Would you recommend this to others? Why or why not?

I tried to practice the breathing techniques. Due to the point the way that I had to do the exercise I really couldn’t get into it, because I had to practice these exercise at work. But I can see where these exercises can be beneficial, because the background for loving kindness can really set the mind at peace. But the reason it was difficult for me to get into it because I was at work and it’s really hard for you to get into anything with people walking around and coming in out of your area. I would definitely recommend these exercises to others because it can really calm the mind.   

2.      What is the concept of "mental workout"? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a mental workout? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?

To me, the word “Mental Workout” itself implies exercising the mind or working the mind to be healthy.  According to Dacher (2006) “Mental Workout” means utilizing contemplative practices to help tame the mind’s constant mental activities and train it along with opening one’s heart, expanding consciousness, and progressing towards psychospirtual flourishing.  The goal is for progressive development of an expanded consciousness and healing within the mind, body, and spirit.  There are two contemplative practices; they are loving-kindness and subtle mind.

So in order for me to implement mental workouts to foster my psychological health, I would need to devote at least one hour a day of my time and effort towards incorporating one of the contemplative practices of either loving-kindness or subtle mind.   By doing so, I could feel calm and at peace with myself and I can proceed with benefiting good health, happiness, and wholeness within myself.

Reference:

Dacher, M.D., E. S. (2006). Integral The Path to Human Flourishing Health. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publication, Inc.

unit 3 blog

1.      Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), where do you rate your A-physical wellbeing, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

The way that I rate myself physically I would have to say a 5. The reason why I say this is because I can stand to work out more, and I can also stand to eat healthier. On the physical side of everything I often find myself getting really lazy and tired at times. My spiritual well-being I would have to say it’s a 10, the reason being I grew up in church and throughout my 38 years of living I have seen a lot of what was preached to then come to pass that I am a firm believer in Jesus. Psychological I can say that I rate myself a 6 reason being I need to gain control of my thought process, because my brain is always at work and it been this way all of my life, you all probably not going to believe this but I even be thinking of things in my sleep, so yes I really do feel that I need to do more training of the brain techniques.

2.      Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).

My goal for being more physical it to get me a regimen going as far as working out, and as far as some of the things that I eat replace it with more nutritional things that I can eat, and when I get lazy force myself to get up and become more active. Spiritual side I’ve been slacking a little bit as far as going to church I really need to pick up a lot and start going like I use to. Psychological before I can set myself a goal with this I’m going to need more feedback because I don’t know what to do I this case I’m going to have to get a little bit more out of this class to answer this question.

3.      What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

Developing myself a plan like a work out plan, and a nutritional plan, and psychologically I really do feel that I need more me time I guess sometime I really do feel that I could use more quite time to not just get my thoughts in check, but all of me can use it.

4.      Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)

This exercise was alright, because all while I was listening it allowed me to get really relaxed and even though if it was for nothing but for a little while it allowed me to stop thinking about everything that’s going on around me and just focus on just what was going on that very minute. Nothing could be frustrating about that.

Unit 2 Relaxation Blog

This Excercise was really soothing to me. Reason being it really put my mind at a very relaxed state, and it felt like I had a constant blood flow going through my mind. See I'm the type of person as of to mind is always at work and it seems as though my mind never shut down for no reason, and I feel that sometimes the brain can really use a break and listening to this recording it really allowed me to do that. Because when I tell you class that my brian is always at work it is, I'm really looking forward to blogging with you all.

Unit 2 relaxation Blog