Health and Wellness professionals need to have not only knowledge but an enriched life of psychological, spiritual, and physical. It is very difficult for a health and wellness professional to be entrusted by their client if they do not practice the activities as well. Psychologically, I need to work more towards knowing myself and my mind. I need to continue to work on mind control and staying focused. Spiritually, well I need to completely find my spiritual side. I have started to let “life” take over my heart and I need the spiritual side of me come out more. Physically, I think I am on the right path here. There is always work to be done, so I really need to get on a more regular exercise program.
My goal for my psychological wellness is to work on more practices such as loving/kindness and yoga. I need to connect my lifestyle with my mental health. There really needs to be “me” time in my life…on a daily basis. The long term goal here is to give myself 30 minutes a day for me to work on my mental health. My 30 minutes will be spending pampering myself with some quiet time alone with yoga or tai chi.
My spiritual goal is to learn to control my mind more and really allow myself to relax in some deep meditation. I currently do not give myself the time that is needed to do all of this. My long term outlook is to meditate on a regular basis (like everyday). These meditations will allow me to focus on the serenity and peacefulness of myself. I also feel that going back to church will help increase my spiritual side. I look forward to getting back to my religious roots. Going to church is very therapeutic and I am working towards making it a weekly habit again.
I am in continual conflict with my body in the frame of physical fitness. I work hard to run with my kids on all of their activities. This is from soccer to baseball, wrestling and basketball. However, I need to work a little harder on my own personal fitness. There are a couple of things that I have started. First I am working on toning and conditioning my body. This is being done my stretching and learning yoga. The next is endurance. I have started walking every morning before work. Right now I am only walking for about 30 minutes. I would like to see this increase to about 60 minutes of brisk walking everyday. Also, to keep my body in the correct form, I have started visiting a Chiropractor. I have just started this practice but I am looking forward to the benefits of better movements and a healthier nervous system.
The next six months are going to be my test. I will look back over these goals to see what I have accomplished and what I haven’t. For the ones that I have hit the goals I will turn these up a notch. The ones that I haven’t reached I will know that I need to work harder, and maybe finding some additional help will be needed.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Mental Fitness
Okay...here we are again. What a week!!!! Mental fitness is so needed for me right now. When it rains it pours as the saying goes! First off...this is a blog so I have to say I don't know what else could go wrong! haha I find out tomorrow if I have a thyroid problem, Lyme Disease, or if there is something else going on. And on top of that...I somehow managed to sprain my wrist this weekend. Not by doing anything fun...I was cleaning the house and well lets just say I am working on a "fun" story. LOL
These events bring me to our topic for the week...2 exercises that are of help to me. First I would have to say visualization works wonders. It really helps me get into a "safe" place. I can relax and let go of all the wonders that are sitting out there. As much as guided visualizations work, I really like to take the extra time to get myself to a place on my own and visualize my "special place". Okay...I will share parts of it with you. My special place is on a deserted beach with crystal clear water. Dolphins are swimming around and I am in the water swimming and playing with them.
This brings me to my next favorite exercise. This would be animal therapy. Yesterday morning I woke up before my kids and came out to the kitchen, looked out the window and there in my back yard was 2 deer and about 5 rabbits. I bet I stood and watched them for a good 15-20 minutes. Their lives just seem to be so simple. In the house I have 2 dogs and 3 cats. The therapy they give me is so great. With everything that has been thrown at me within the past few months I have to say my little critters have managed to keep me calm and really are a huge help.
Between my kitty cat sitting on my lap and visualizing my special place with the dolphins I can get the sense to reconnect with me and somehow get the strength to carry on. It's very therapeutic and much needed. This to me is the total mental fitness.
These events bring me to our topic for the week...2 exercises that are of help to me. First I would have to say visualization works wonders. It really helps me get into a "safe" place. I can relax and let go of all the wonders that are sitting out there. As much as guided visualizations work, I really like to take the extra time to get myself to a place on my own and visualize my "special place". Okay...I will share parts of it with you. My special place is on a deserted beach with crystal clear water. Dolphins are swimming around and I am in the water swimming and playing with them.
This brings me to my next favorite exercise. This would be animal therapy. Yesterday morning I woke up before my kids and came out to the kitchen, looked out the window and there in my back yard was 2 deer and about 5 rabbits. I bet I stood and watched them for a good 15-20 minutes. Their lives just seem to be so simple. In the house I have 2 dogs and 3 cats. The therapy they give me is so great. With everything that has been thrown at me within the past few months I have to say my little critters have managed to keep me calm and really are a huge help.
Between my kitty cat sitting on my lap and visualizing my special place with the dolphins I can get the sense to reconnect with me and somehow get the strength to carry on. It's very therapeutic and much needed. This to me is the total mental fitness.
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