U-10 My Last Blog

1. Review your unit 3 personal assessment of your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Reflect on these areas . How did you score yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 in unit 3? How do you score yourself now? Has the score changed? Why or why not?
2. Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.
3. Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.
4. Summarize your personal experience throughout this course. Have you developed improved well-being? What has been rewarding? What has been difficult? How will this experience improve your ability to assist others?

I would say the only changes from my assessment in Unit three are based on a less self-critical veiw of myself. I think I've made a bit of improvement but most of it was finding a self love and being less critical of myself. In unit three I have myself the following grades: Physical -2 or 3, Psychological - 7, and Spiritual - 5.  based my physical rating on being overweight. I am overweight, but since starting this class I have joined a fitness center which provides education and support for exercise, nutrition, and relaxation in order to create a healthier you. I have been going for a week and so far so good. Also I shouldn't have graded myself so low. I am overweight, but I am relatively healthy, no diseases, I don't drink, smoke, or even eat junk food. I would say physically I'm a 6 and well on my way to a 10! Psychologically I am set up for success. I am a Psychology major so I have a great understanding of the importance of psychologicial health and I have a lot of avenues for persuing that health. I have been in therapy for the last year and I have done a LOT of my work. I would rate myself at a 8 or 9. Spiritually I rated myself only a 5 because I was feeling a lack of connection at church. However I didn't take into account that I never lost any sense of connection to my God. I have found other avenues of feeling connected and growing spiritually. I have started to meditate daily and try to hike in the mountains a lot. It is in these places that I feel the most connected. I would rate myself spiritually around a 7.

For goals I will continue with the fitness program I entered, continue meditating and attending church, and I will continue therapy.

My personal journey in this class has been an interesting one. I got off to a roaring start very excited about healing my whole self and taking in all the readings, meditation practices, and blogs like a wide eyed doe. A couple weeks ago a personal trial knocked me on my *#@!! and knocked me on my friend's couch and I had a few weeks where I didn't read, blog, meditate, or participate in class at all. Now I'm in a stage where I am scrambling to get things done. I am stressed out and overwhelmed, but it does some good to review all of these things again, and in order to catch up I think I've done like 6 meditations this week! So that's good. I'm BACK! I do have a strong commitment to myself to continue my goals and keep this wellness train on track!

Good luck to all my classmates! I have loved reading your blogs. They have helped inspire me when things were difficult and keep me going when I needed a boost. Some of them have also helped me to put my trials into perspective and make me grateful for them! Thanks guys!

U5- Subtle Mind

I was FINALLY able to do the subtle mind practice using the link in doc sharing. I have to say I loved it. It was very simple and relaxing. I have been going through a very difficult separation this last week or so now and the subtle mind and rainbow meditations have been very helpful. The Rainbow meditation when I am feeling broken down or weak in my resolve, and the subtle mind when I am just feeling stressed out or overwhelmed.

It took me a LONG time to get to a place where I wasn't overwhelmed with all the thoughts running through my head. It's a good thing this practice was over 20 minutes long. By the time 15 minutes had passed the first time I tried it I had finally settled my mind. The second time around this process went much more smoothly. I think with practice this meditation will become very helpful for me.

Ongoing Daily Wellness...

In order to keep myself on track for daily steps toward integral health I have a couple of websites I want to share with all of you. This first one is one I found through Facebook, I was invited to it actually. It is a blog sort of, and each day they give you a small challenge for that day to keep a healthier lifestyle. Some of them are small and easy some more difficult. For example today's was to do a crossword puzzle or sudoku puzzle. The more challenges you complete the more points you get!

This is the site for the video and the site for the daily challenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOId_Maazhw&feature=player_embedded
https://challenge.meyouhealth.com/signup

Hopefully that video and link worked... if not, sorry :) copy and paste the link at least. The other sight is one I found on my favorite Bordem Killing website, www.stumbleupon.com. This sight was just a nice reminder. http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/

I've had a good time in this class and I hope you all find the wellness you are looking for. Good luck in your journeys!