Monday, June 29, 2009

Unit 3 Mind Body Connection

I know it is hard for me to be honest with myself as to my own state of health and well-being. I want to think that I am doing fine in physically, emotionally and spiritually, yet if I take the time to do a self-evaluation I listen to what my body, mind and soul is telling me I will hear that I need to work on improving these aspects.

Rating
My rating for each of the following aspects of my health and well-being is as follows:
A.) Physical well-being is 6. I need to include different physical activities other than walking the dogs to my daily routine.
B.) Spiritual well-being is 6. I have true faith that there are higher powers that help govern our lives, yet I do not always take time out of my day to recognize the beauty that is around me or the many blessings that I have in my life.
C.) Psychological well-being is 6. I handle my daily stressors on a pretty even keel, however I need to work on not allowing myself to become frustrated or stressed out when I feel overwhelmed.

Goals and Activities
Setting goals even small goals can help me with a sense of accomplishment and make me feel good that I am trying to do something to help myself.
A.) Physical well-being goals and activities are to try and incorporate different physical activities into my life. These activities can be as simple as doing gardening.
B.) Spiritual well-being goals and activities need to try and practice some form of mediatation. Make sure that I add a few minutes each day to thank the higher powers for the life I have and learn to appreciate the positive aspects in my life.
C.) Psychological well-being goals and activities need to learn to let go of the things that frustrate me and realize that some of these things are far beyond my control. Learning to recognize these things will help relieve some of the daily stressors. The activities for this can be using stress releases such as averting the frustration into positive aspects. I can start jewelry making again to help avert some of these frustrations.

The Crime of the Century
I found that this relaxation exercise did help to relax my muscles and relieve some of the tension. I wasn't expecting to see any of the colors even though I believe that every living thing has an aura. I was surprised to see the different colors of red, blue and green. One other experience I had was a line of warmth that seemed to connect each of the chakra points. This line just increased in length from point to point and faded toward the end of the exercise. I wonder if anyone else felt this line of warmth?

2 comments:

  1. WOW! Melody--
    You make me want to try this exercise again. Maybe I was closed mind when I was asked to picture a rainbow, and connecting colors within my being. That was kinda hard for me. It seems like you got a lot from this exercise--guess what its making me want to try again with an open mind..I will keep you posted!!!:)angie

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  2. Angie,
    That is truly wonderful, I will be waiting with an open mind and heart to hear how it went.
    Melody

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