Week 5

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

 

As in weeks past, having the ability to be able to focus on my mind and let my body relax is impossible for me to do. I never thought that this concept was so difficult! I do not like silence, it makes me crazy...I am starting to think that when my children leave the nest I will end up in an insitution because I do not do well with the concept of quiet. Oh boy am I in trouble.

 

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

Spiritual wellness and mental and physical wellness are really joined together as one. Sure you can do the physical exercise and see results and get physically healthy, but in order to healthy completely you need to include t he mind and the spirit. I like to think that I am over all healthy, but as I continue on in this class I am finding myself just the opposite. This scares me a bit! Yikes

 

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

When doing the exercises I have to admit I did not get much out of them. I am sure that it has something to do with my inability to have the feeling of loosing control. I truely want to be able to benefit from these exercises, but I have not been 100% successful. I would never not recommend these exercises to others, I just wont go out of my to do so.

1. 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?

As far as the mental workout goes, this is certainly a workout for me! I have to really set my mind to let myself loose control and just let things go. I am going to continue working on this and my hope is that by the end of the the term I will have completed at least 1 full session with success.

 

My wellness

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?

 

a-physical wellbeing 4
B- spiritual well-being 6
C- psychological well-being 6
My physical well-being needs some help. I will be working on that in the near future. I have just started my spiritual and psychological journey so that is why my number is lower.

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

  The goal that I am setting for myself is to become healthier. I am planning on focusing on walking everyday. Day one started today!

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

Again, I will be walking, with trying to go for a walk everyday. This is a huge challenge for me since I have arthritis, plus I work, go to school and have three kids that are going in different directions all the time. So, this is going to be a new experience for me and a new concept...taking time for me!

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

I found this exercise to be awesome in the begining, I think that I can benefit from the begining part of the exercise, it was very calming. I say in the begining, because I was in 10 minutes and became distracted due to inturptions and lost my focus. I am going to see if I can sneak in another 20 minutes this week to try this again without inturptions.

1. Participate in the Blogs of at least two other students.
   Provide them with feedback on their goal strategies. (Would their strategies be beneficial for you? Why or Why not? Do you have any suggestions for them? Would their strategies work for your clientele? Why or why not?)