Unit 6

After completing both exercise and assessment process, I again found that the universal Loving Kindness exercise produced the same results. I am finding that I am able to relax whenever I begin this exercise. I am finding that I am able to project loving kindness towards those who I would otherwise not be able to. I believe I am slowly working towards becoming a healthier person in all areas especially my mental health. Due to the recent events of my life, I had thought I never feel whole and complete again.

The Integral Assessment process showed me that the biggest area that needs to be focused on is the psychospiritual part of my life. I want to feel whole and complete and this is an area where I need a lot of work on. My mental condition has not been where I would like to be at. The specific exercises that could assist me in this area would include meditation and relaxation techniques.

I am at a point in my life where any suggestions towards achieving a healthier psychosocial part of my life would be greatly helpful. The other areas of my life have mostly been in good shape. I have always been dealing with stress to an excessive level and thought I was handling it well, but after learning from this class, I am finding that I haven’t been handling stress as well as I thought.

Patti

Unit 5

I found that both of these exercises were very similar in the methods used. Instead of focusing on a loved one as in the Loving Kindness exercise, I was focused on my breathing.  I have found that whenever I am doing one of these exercises that I clear my mind to all else and focus on what is being taught to me.

The spiritual wellness is as vital as the mental and physical wellness in any individual. Until recently, I thought I was as well as I could be, however, since then I have found that I was not. It became apparent with the sudden loss of my son. I, then, knew I wasn’t well completely. Since utilizing these various exercises and techniques being taught, I am finding that I am feeling a little more whole than I was. I find that I am continuing with keeping the clutter in my mind down to a minimum and focusing on the positive in my life at that time.

Unit 4

I found that I have be subconsciously doing some of the techniques of the "Loving-Kindness" audio practice. I have always been a person who shows kindness and love to others all the time, even if they are people I am not happy with.  I never knew that this was a way in which to obtain  integral health. I found myself being able to relax quicker than I would normally would be able to. The focusing portion was when I realized that I had been doing this a great deal lately. The person I focused on was my son. In the past few months, I would focus, think or talk about him to feel closer to him. I am now finding that I am thinking about him when I am working with a patient. I have always be able to give compassion and loving-kindness to others naturally, but there were those it was difficult to give this to. Now I am finding it much easier and makes me feel  good about myself.

I believe that being able to do this type of mental workout daily will help those who are in need and  become more   beneficial to those who utilize this  multiple times a day. I feel as though this  would be the first step in health flourishing and I am   wanting to continue this because I am working towards feeling completely healthy again.

This week’s blog involves my optimal well-being. Personally, I would put my physical well-being at an 8, but my spiritual and psychological well-being would probably be about a 4. I need to set goals toward bring my spiritual and psychological well-being up to close to where my physical well-being is. Then work towards bring them all up to a 10. This would be the best way to achieve optimal well-being.

I think that setting time in my day to do a relaxation exercise such as the one suggested for this blog. I began listening to it for 30 seconds to a minute and found myself relaxing to the point of falling asleep. That would not have helped me to complete this blog in time. So I would say this exercise was extremely beneficial to me since I have been having difficulty in relaxing and eventually being able to sleep without assistance.

I will have to look into putting this into my daily life prior to bed and maybe I will be able to no longer have to take prescription medication to help with sleep.