Exercise and Assessment

I thought this was hard the first couple times I did it because I just could not relax but once every one left the house I gave myself time to relax and not worry about anything and I was able to let go. I discovered that I am high strung and need to work on getting my head on straight and not taking on too many tasks.  I have to learn to say no to people. I cannot grow if I do not give myself the time or room to do so.  By learning to say no I will not have as much on my plate and I will be able to get work done of my own instead of waiting to the last minute to do it.  I have so much to do on my own and usually anyone who asks me to do something (like plan the preschool Halloween party) I say yes.  So needless to say I am planning the party, food and everything but I will not be able to enjoy myself before during or after because I have so much more to do for myself in the same time period.

Subtle Mind vs Loving Kindness

I enjoyed the subtle mind more than the Loving Kindness because the Loving Kindness was more work for me because thinking about myself and others around me is was not very relaxing at first.  I found the the deep breathing of the subtle mind was much more relaxing and I was more at peace even after it was done.  The kids didn't bother me as much even though they were not on their best behavior.

The connection of spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness would be a foundation needs to be built in order for a person to connect with with.  This to me means that I can be at peace with myself.  Especially when I am stressed and I need to take the time to tune out and get involved with my inner self and it will make my day so much better and then I would be so much better to be around.

Peace be with you and have a great week.

Loving-kindness

I would have to start out by saying that this  exercise was not as easy as it sounded.  The first couple times I as able to take the time and think about everything it asked but it took a while to get the anger out of my head and welcome the loving kindness.  Now that I have done this for 3 days it is much easier and I find that now when I think of this person (even though I live with him) I can relax and take the time to breath in and out and love myself so I can love this person even more.  I would recommend this to anyone who is having difficult time with loved one because it give you time to think of yourself first and love your self so you can love others.

While thinking about this the concept of mental workout is the same as a physical workout.  You have to practice each day even if it is only an hour.  An hour a day will add up and before you know it you have formed a habit to do it everyday.  You will see the results and just like a physical workout once you stop you can see your progression diminish.  Research indicates there are proven benefits of a mental workout they can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions and enhance positive emotions.  I can implement mental workouts for  my psychological health by taking the time each day to have a relationship with my inner self and then I will be able to love myself so that I can open up and let others love me.

Well-being and some goals to reach

Going through this assignment I have been asked to rate myself on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being optimal on my physical well-being I rank myself a 6.  I say this because I am not at my peak I have a lot of work to do and in order for me to reach my optimal goal I have to lose some weight and become healthier.  In order to reach this goal I need to get to the gym (which I pay for every month) and get my butt in gear.

Ranking myself in spiritual well-being I will have to say 2 I am not a spiritual person.  I do not pray and I am not religious.  I am getting better in this because of my work environment I do have to be more spiritual. A goal for this would be to at least get it up to a 5 I will not be a spiritual person but I may so a little more at work so that way they know that I am at least trying.  In order to reach this goal I have to accept the fact that just because I am not spiritual or religious but  others are and to accept that they are not pushing me to become part of their spirit or religion but to be a part of their life to help heal them.

And finally ranking myself on psychological well-being I would think that I am a 6 I am happy and when I am happy I feel happy.  My goal for this I would like to get to the optimal 10 and in order to get there I would have to get better in myself acceptance.  I feel an exercise that I can do to reach this goal would be to us relaxing techniques that promote self-worth.

In the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century I thought to myself that this is not going to be very relaxing but the way the author speaks is very relaxing and the deep breathing almost put me to sleep.  This was very beneficial to me because lately my husband and I have been fighting and after listening to this I feel that we can work this out with the color imagining state.  My body is calm and relaxed.  I want to get this one an MP3 as well so I can keep my body calm and relaxed just before I go to work every morning.