Brave New Life

Reviewing my unit 3 assessment, psychological was 6; physical was 7; and spiritual was 8. Reflecting on my psychological assessment, it would be 7 only because I am consistently practicing. My physical assessment is a solid 8. Strength and resistance training are being regular incorporated. The test will be when I return to regular work. It is easier to maintain this regime now. The test would be with a work schedule. Spiritual assessment is 9. It is becoming a habit of leaving the physical realm. Placing myself in the spiritual realm, I sense a peace and a unfathomable force of light in my spirit. Knowledge and desire to change my assessment has affected my new assessment.

It has been rewarding to be introduce to the path of human flourishing. Improving my physical activities and improving my intake of nutrients still left me missing something. Disciplining my mind was the missing link without it. I was just a better educated cavewoman.

My Plan

Introduction:
When observing allopathic healthcare providers over the years, there seems to be a lack of following the healthcare regime. An obese nurse with health problems does not set an example. Health and Wellness professionals may not have master psychological, spiritual, and physical development but it is important to show that you are seriously working to it.

The area that needs work is my reactionary mind. The subtle mind practice has been addressing my reactive mind. Those nonthreatening stressors are still affecting me physically. My goal is my February 2011. This is the date set for becoming 90% less reactive.
II Assessment:
How have you assessed your health in each domain? My assessment is rated on a scale from 1 to 10

How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically? My spiritual wellness would be rated 8. Physically, the rating would be 7. Psychologically, the rating would be 6.

III Goal development:
Physical: A two mile brisk walk and 50 + jump in a jump rope are done daily. My goal is to incorporate strength and resistance training three times a week.

Psychological: Continue to list tasks and complete them without changing focus on task. There is a tendency to start a task but switch my focus to another task.

Spiritual: Continuing my time with God but silencing distractions in my mind.

IV Practices for personal health:

Physical: Resistance bands are used for resistance training. The bands can be placed viewable areas. Several shows on TV are watched daily. Three days a week use my resistance band for 20 minutes.

Psychological: Write the time that a task was started and the time it ended.

Spiritual: Block out all distractions and intentionally focus on my time with God.

V Commitment:
Taking a journal, write the goal of a six month review in each domain. Goals are best accomplish with a timeline. The timeline can also be used to list any setbacks. Besides writing monthly progress and six month progress, I will post the timeline in my computer calendar.

What Exercises are Good for Mental Fitness?

The two exercises are Loving-Kindness and Subtle mind. Visualization and meditation are used regularly but Loving-Kindness and Subtle mind are needed. Mental fitness means controlling thoughts. They give me practice to do this. Loving-Kindness  helps with my  tendency to take into my spirit the suffering of everyone. I have long to have qualities of a very wise woman. The Subtle mind exercise is giving me the tools to obtain those qualities.

Presently, I practice the subtle mind before I get out of bed. Loving-Kindness practice is done at least once a week. I put the practices on my iPod a few days ago. One day when I went for my walk. I played subtle mind. The visualization of walking on a calm river was awesome.  Waiting in line at the DMV, etc. that would be great time to practice.  

Meeting Asclepius Exercise

I have been alternating loving kindness, the witnessing mind, calm-abiding and Meeting Asclepius exercises. My psychological and spiritual wellness is constantly growing. The stressors and reactive actions are not physically affecting me. There is an invisible wall. Where I view and listen to the actions, I form a decision about handling the situation.  There is no way! The practices will not continue after the end of this class. The subtle way to deal with stressors cannot be beat.

If I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, take a pill for a hangnail; let life makes the decisions for my life; eat box macaroni and cheese only; and drink mainly diet soda. How can I guide clients to health and wellness? Actually, any sane clients would find someone else. You have to walk the walk not talk it. It is the only effective way to be of service. The Health and Wellness has been my personal development. I didn’t have a health problem until the exercise physiology classes. High potent multi-vitamins were taken for 18 years until I took a nutrition course. My courses are developing me psychologically, physically and spiritually.

Polishing Gold

The Loving Kindness practice reminds me of the Judeo-Christian practice. Do Unto Others as You Would have them do unto you. It is a practice done for several decades. This time I am really focusing on it. The anger and hatred contained only bring dis-ease to the body. The Loving Kindness practice keeps reiterating the universal need for mankind to use it.

The area from my integral assessment that needs immediate attention is lower left quadrant. This is the area I have been running from. Dealing with family issues, it is my intention to focus this area. The root of all present growth depends on coming to terms with my family. This will be dealing with my core.

The exercise is one that I created. There are several hurts and mistakes in our families. A social gathering with the focus to put these issues on the table. First, ground rules will be established. It is important to talk things out without losing tempers or storming out.

LaShun Pace Rhodes - I Know I've Been Changed

Loving Kindness and the Subtle Mind

The loving kindness practice starts the psychospiritual flourishing. Our attention is taken off ourselves. This way loving kindness will attract loving kindness.Visualization about a wise person allow feelings of great love and tenderness to fill your heart. Turning your attention on yourself, the body sensation either pleasant or unpleasant give them your love.  You want to loosen any attachment to your sensations. Visualizing that wise person suffering, I took the suffering on the inbreath and release health and joy on the outbreath. Next take this method with a group of people.

The subtle mind is the beginning of developing the inner healer. This cannot be done without taming and training the mind.  The mind wanders with random thoughts. The first level of the subtle mind focuses the mind. The mind is continuously train to focus and not wander from thought to thought. As the mind becomes still, There is a witnessing of the natural rising and falling of thoughts. The level of calm-abiding our mind is undisturbed by thoughts and feelings. No longer  have reactionary feelings and wisdom replaced confusion. The evening news does not raise our blood pressure. We are creating the foundation for unity consciousness. There is a deeper insight into our life. There is interconnection with all of life.

The contrast is that the individual has to develop loving kindness before developing the subtle mind. All garments of selfishness must be discarded. The subtle mind cannot develop without the discarding of self.

To truly obtain wellness, mind-body-spirit must be developed. Returning to active physical activities, it is understandable the body can not develop wellness without mind and spirit. The Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind practices showed that lack of development. As my physical health improved, I continue to have a wandering mind. The Practices showed the necessity of a focus mind.

Loving Kindness Practice

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

Dacher suggested the Loving Kindness practice first thing in the day. My other practices will be the first thing done in the day. After few hours of activities, it may make a difference in the practice. It was beneficial but difficult. As I listened to Harriet Cianci by the time, my enemies were at first of me. I found myself drifting off to sleep. There was a refreshing feeling by the end of the Loving Kindness practice. This may have been because I fell asleep. I will continue doing the practice but first thing in the day.

2. What is the concept of “Mental Workout?

 Any type of training requires practice. We can not develop our psychospiritual life and access its capacities  without daily practices.
What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a Mental Work Out? We will be well to the road to health, happiness and wholeness  with moderate effort.

How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health? I must be consistent each morning with the practice. Slacking up on a physical or mental workout, I can return to step one.

The Loving Kindness practice would excellent for someone trying to deal anger management. 

On A Scale from 1 to 10

My physical wellbeing is a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. I walk briskly an average of 6 days out of 7days. I monitor My heart aerobic rate is checked several times a week. Food intake is monitor for nutrient consumed.

My spiritual wellbeing would be an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. My spiritual well being is the most important wellbeing for me. Throughout the day, there is time for communication with the God within.

My psychological well-being is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. There are stressors that take me off my course.

Incorporate on regular schedule strength and resistance training would be goal for physical wellbeing. Continuing my time with God but silencing the distractions in my mind. This would be my spiritual well-being. The goal for my psychological well-being would be changing the focus. Continues to list tasks but without changing my focus.

The Crime of the Century was beneficial. It is very relaxing. Sitting in a chair, the exercise put me to sleep. Deep breathing does relax. It did release all the stress in my body.

Autogenic Training

I found the exercise surprising. The speaker's voice was relaxing. He guided me through the visualizing the actions to my body parts.My arms did get heavy and effort was needed to lift it. A pain developed in my left butt cheek. I drifted asleep at the end of the exercise. When I awoke no pain!

Asclepian Healing

The oath of Hippocrates taken at the time of graduation from medical school begins with "I swear by Apollo,Asclepius,Panacea andHygeia..." Doctors are upholding a rich heritage of holistic medicine? Unfortunately, many of those doctors are allopathic physicians. It is awesome the process in ancient Greece. Let go of something! Is that not what we do today? Our eating habits must be changed. The mental baggage has to be eliminated. A renewed commit to your spirituality has to be obtained.

Welcome

Good Health is not devoid of sickness. It is combination of mind, body and spirit in oneness with the universe. Hi, I am Bernadette Telfare. This blog was started as part of my Creating Wellness course. It promises to be a fun,informative blog as we develop mind, body and spirit wellness.