Question 2

2.        Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?

I can’t preach to another about understanding their own mental/emotional hangups if I don’t work to understand my own. Therefore I try to be very curious when I get triggered and understand my unconscious fears and motivations.

Questions 1

1. Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?

Yes, I’ve completed the Meeting Aesclepius exercise. I enjoy it quite a bit. I can feel my body and mind recalibrating to a higher version of myself. I find that doing this on the days that I did it has helped me choose thoughts better aligned for my own physical, emotional, and mental health. It also had me be more conscientious of my verbal speech and how I speak about others. I tended to think more highly of others.

Meditation has allowed me to witness my reactions quite easily. It’s natural for me to spontaneously go into a calm-abiding consciousness during the day as well which brings me overwhelming peace and incredible serenity.

Unit 6!

Hey All… Looking at the integral assessment, I think the area that I need to focus on the most are in the interpersonal and worldly quadrants. In the interpersonal quadrant I definitely need to focus on the community line. I tend to isolate a lot so this is huge for me to develop in.

In the worldly quadrant I need to focus on work as a means of fulfillment definitely.. life purpose and generativity or teaching others knowledge I have to better themselves.

Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm

Here's my response to the second question

2.        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?

Mental workout refers to working the mind in the same way that we work our body physically. Working our mental body allows us to hone our foc us and achieve natural states which are love, kindness, understanding, patience. It’s sad that we need to train ourselves back to this place but I suppose it makes it that much more valuable to us.

I implement mental workouts by meditating everyday in an explicit kind of way where I focus on my breath and the area below my nostrils. This really helps my focus which is very important to hold my attention on whatever my intentions are throughout the day. Also imagining things in my life I want and drawing them to me is something I practice.

Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm

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

I love doing the Loving-Kindness exercise. I find it very beneficial because it allows me to open my heart and in time have that be my natural experience wherever I am. I believe it’s important to operate from an open heart in this life to help the planet evolve. I would recommend this to others because it helps with mental focus and clarity, self-acceptance which is huge and it helps to become of the physical, emotional, and mental bodies and cultivate appreciation for these as well.

Learning to give out from the heart to others is something that I am still learning to do and I find this practice very helpful in helping me do that. Comtemplative practice like this I recommend to everyone to become a higher ordered human being. Sometimes I mentally focus too much on the giving out part which leaves me drained vs. Just feeling and doing.