Well this meditation wasn't the best for me. I have to admit, there is a lot going on around me right now and I am moving like a freight train trying to stay at float with everything. I decided that meditating might work wonders on the headache I was enduring (for the last 2 weeks)...I got all ready to go and within the first couple of minutes I found myself stuck in thoughts and I couldn't focus. I tried to do this exercise a couple of times and none were very successful. I usually am such an imaginary person and thought this exercise was going to be "the one", but I guess not.
"One cannot lead another where one had not gone himself." This saying is probably one of the best out there. It simply means that you have to experience life in order to teach it. This totally fits into the health and wellness profession. Think of it this way...if you are trying to get a client to start using yoga in their lives and you don't know how to yoga, the person isn't going to find what you are saying very successful. As a health and wellness successor, you want to endorse lifestyles that you have tried and believe in. This works in all different ways so if you are someone that is religious you would want to help teach your clients on to incorporate prayer into their daily activities.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Subtle Minds
I have to say...this week has been a little different for me. I have been really relaxed and pretty much all to myself. But then it came time to work on my exercises and such, and I just could not get my mind to stay focused.
Subtle Minds seemed to be a great meditation and liked the voice and the music, but I could not sit still long enough to get a good control over my mind. I was really disappointed by this. I figured I would wait a few more days and I would try it again. I did go back and do the Loving-Kindness exercise and again it was beneficial to me. I was able to channel my thoughts and grip my focus.
My biggest struggle has always been my spiritual wellness. This class is helping a great deal. I try everyday to stay focused on what I am doing and what is right in front of me or I guess I should say beside me. The present is the time I am living it, but my mind like to go to the future or back to the past. I am quiet the dreamer, night and day. My goal is to have the exercises more mastered and for my mind to be more under my control. I know there are always going to be times to "drift" off, but I need to have more control of them.
Subtle Minds seemed to be a great meditation and liked the voice and the music, but I could not sit still long enough to get a good control over my mind. I was really disappointed by this. I figured I would wait a few more days and I would try it again. I did go back and do the Loving-Kindness exercise and again it was beneficial to me. I was able to channel my thoughts and grip my focus.
My biggest struggle has always been my spiritual wellness. This class is helping a great deal. I try everyday to stay focused on what I am doing and what is right in front of me or I guess I should say beside me. The present is the time I am living it, but my mind like to go to the future or back to the past. I am quiet the dreamer, night and day. My goal is to have the exercises more mastered and for my mind to be more under my control. I know there are always going to be times to "drift" off, but I need to have more control of them.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Loving: Kindness
Let me start by saying this was a good exercise. It was just what I needed after a day like today. I live in a tourist town so summer times are very busy and filled with a lot of people. Just so you know more of where I am on this, the population in the winter months is about 4000 and in the summer is about 20,000. Now I know to a big city that isn't much, but our town is pretty small and there are only a few places to go, so you see all these people constantly!
After doing this exercise I was relaxed and felt like I was at my favorite spot...which happens to be a sandy beach at sunset....no one is around...and the only noise you can hear is the water rolling up on the rocks and shore. The exercise did seem a little flaud in the aspect with the speaking wasn't consistent. Oh well...I was still completely into it.
Mental Workout:
To me, a mental workout is when you make yourself gain control of your mind. This is done by allowing "life" to slip out and a push of focus to your inner-self. I think Mental workouts are very much needed in everyday life. Doing this will help you control your stress levels and energy levels.
After doing this exercise I was relaxed and felt like I was at my favorite spot...which happens to be a sandy beach at sunset....no one is around...and the only noise you can hear is the water rolling up on the rocks and shore. The exercise did seem a little flaud in the aspect with the speaking wasn't consistent. Oh well...I was still completely into it.
Mental Workout:
To me, a mental workout is when you make yourself gain control of your mind. This is done by allowing "life" to slip out and a push of focus to your inner-self. I think Mental workouts are very much needed in everyday life. Doing this will help you control your stress levels and energy levels.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Wellness
So....when I look at my personal wellness I know there are many of areas that really need a lot of work. Let me just start by rating them.
Physical wellness is at about a 4 out of 10.
Spiritual wellness is at about an 8 out of 10.
Psychological wellness is at about a 6 out of 10.
I know physically there is so much more that I should be doing. I tend to get myself completely evolved in my work and school and home life that I don't take the time to get anything done for me. My new physical goal is going to be giving myself 30 minutes a day for a walk or some other type of activity just for me. I would also like to learn yoga. From all the research I have done, I think this activity will help me in all three stages of wellness.
I also think it is important to add different things into your life. I think this is possible just by changing direction in your walk of the day, or adding skipping and hopping into my walks. Remember when we were little kids and we didn't even think about exercise and how to incorporate it into our lives??? That is what I want to get back to. Run out in the yard, skip down the street, dance goofy around the house. Of course, now I think I will make sure all the shades are shut and the kids aren't home....don't want to embarrass them.
Physical wellness is at about a 4 out of 10.
Spiritual wellness is at about an 8 out of 10.
Psychological wellness is at about a 6 out of 10.
I know physically there is so much more that I should be doing. I tend to get myself completely evolved in my work and school and home life that I don't take the time to get anything done for me. My new physical goal is going to be giving myself 30 minutes a day for a walk or some other type of activity just for me. I would also like to learn yoga. From all the research I have done, I think this activity will help me in all three stages of wellness.
I also think it is important to add different things into your life. I think this is possible just by changing direction in your walk of the day, or adding skipping and hopping into my walks. Remember when we were little kids and we didn't even think about exercise and how to incorporate it into our lives??? That is what I want to get back to. Run out in the yard, skip down the street, dance goofy around the house. Of course, now I think I will make sure all the shades are shut and the kids aren't home....don't want to embarrass them.
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