Unit 7

The person that comes to mind is my mother, she is my rock she is my mentor, my friend, my mom, and my dad since he was never in my life from the age of 10. She has always been there for me and still is, I am almost 40 and she is still always there for me if we do not have enough groceries she goes and give me money for groceries. Our van just died and our credit is awful since my husband got hurt and we could not get a loan she was there to sign for us to get a car. I know I do not thank her enough for all she does, but without her I would be homeless, starving and I would not be in school getting my degree. I still have anxiety almost everyday and I have not found my calm place to relax, but I am not giving up.
The saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself", means that inorder to teach someone something one cannot without doing it themselves first. Just like I can tell someone how it is to lose everything I have worked for in the first 9 years of marrage because I have lost my house, my cars, and I know what it is like to go to bed hungry and my kids wanting something. I know what it is lost and not know God, but to see others trying to tell me it could be worse well overall it could I could have cancer or my kids could be sick, but they are healthy and happy. I do have an obligation to my future clients to be developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually becuase if we do not try and succeed ourselves how can we show them the rights and wrongs of doing it. By getting closer to GOD spiritually and getting to know him better will help me become more spiritual.

Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness & Healing week 6

The exercise was to get us to go beyond our family and frinds and be able to show others we are empathic listeners, seeing and caring for others, we can be open heartedness, sensitice, generous and emptional to all the people we come in contact with. In the Dhammapada "Hatred cannot co exist with loving-kindness, and dissipates if supplanted with thoughts based on loving-kindness."

Pannyavaro, V. (2012). Buddha Dharma Education Association. Retrieved from Loving-Kindness Medation: http://www.buddhanet.net/metta_in.htm

 

Week 5 Loving Kindness

Going back to the basics, with breathing is the most common function of the human body. We do it and do not even think about it. When we consentrate only on our breathing and put everything else out of mind. I felt more relaxed and in control of my body. Compared with not thinking about breathing and everthing going on in my life and how the week has gone for me. I worry to much about the little things and I just don't think to stop and take a breath. Things could be worse, at least I have a family, roof over my head and food on the table for my children and a good church family to turn to for prayer when so many things go on that I cannot think strait. Prayer has been my lifeline for all my problems latley. When I can get all them to work together then I will be a well rounded healthy person.

Week 4 Mental Workout

Listening to the audio was relaxing and as I was breathing I would yawn and my eyes would water. I thought it was difficult trying to stay focused on breathing knowing I had others things that needed to be done. It is hard to take time out for myself and focus on just me, but over all If I stuck with it over several weeks it would be benificial to me. It would help me relax and be calm.
The concept of mental workout is just putting aside one hour a day would add up and it is not long before results can be seen. We know this from our own lives, from personal testimonies, and from research studeies. We know that like physical training, whether we are a pro or a novice, when we stop practicing, we will see a drop off in our conditioning, whether hpysical or mental. The most meaningful aim of contemplative practice is not rest and relaxation but rather the progressive development of an expande consciousness and its healing capacities.(Dacher,2006)

References

Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health. In E. S. Dacher, The Path to Human Flourishing (pp. 64-65). Basic Health.

My physical well-being would be around a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 with one being the worst and 10 being the best. My Spritual well-being is also around a 3 adn my psychological well being is around a 4.
I need to be more physical active I work around the house cleaning, doing laundry, yard work, but I need to work more specific parts of my body to be physically fit. I have 4 children and a husband and the laundry never ends.
My spritual well being is geting better getting back into Gods word and living my life for the lord and understanding how he wants me to live my life.
Psychologically I am working on balancing my life and worry to much about the small stuff. I have anxiety attacks and trying to get them under control.
My physical goals would be to stick to a plan working our at least 2 times a week and spending some along time. Sprititually I would like to read a chapter of the Bible a week and understand a little of what I have read. Phychologically I want to be able to balance every thing and not get overwhelmed and know more anxiety attacks.
Make a plan, set goals even if they are small ones then go bigger as I complete them.
The tape was relaxing, but I do not fill grounded or centered and sometimes I do not even fill loved. I fill taken advantage of and used.

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