Week 4

I1.    I like the idea of the Loving – Kindness exercise in our book Integral Health, The Path to Human Flourishing much better than the actual mediation that we listen to. I found this exercise to be much easier without the lady giving the guided tour.  This exercise for me was much too long. I think that I might continue with this meditation but in smaller increments. I like the idea of taking what you feel for a loved one and turning it inward because most people seem not to have the same amount of love for themselves that they may for a parent, spouse or child. There was only one part that I am unsure of and that was taking in the suffering of another, only because that could bring negativity into yourself if you are not able to let it go properly. But I totally agree with sending out the healing and the love to someone that is.

2.    The mental workouts are important to help us all flourish so that we are healthy, happy and whole. That is why we must practice the activity like loving-kindness which opens the heart and the subtle mind which helps to expand our wisdom. If we are able to have both and open heart and an open mind then we would have the ability to be open to ourselves. We would know ourselves much better and be able to access parts of the mind that are usually under used by most people.

I really like the quote from the Torah that was in the Consciousness and Healing book…

“Happy are those who find wisdom. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Get wisdom. Get insight. Do not forget”

Week 3

With the rainbow meditation it took me a moment or two but then I realized that he was going through the chakras. I like the idea of chakras and the meditation using them was much nicer for me because I didn’t have to focus as hard on intricate parts of the body, like the redirecting blood flow. It was still focused on specific areas but with the colors I imagined with the color a more broad area and was able to relax and focus on the colors. The funny part was at the end when he tried to bring us out and say that we wouldn’t be sleepy… LOL that doesn’t work for me, I usually am.



It really didn’t take any extra reflecting to realize where on the scale I fall for any type of well being… Physical is I think about a 5, Spiritual is a little higher I think probably a 6 maybe a 7 and Psychological is a 4 but I am hoping for a 5.


I am far from a goal oriented person so to develop any goals for me a difficult in itself. I think though if I had to pick something for Physical it would be exercising more and that would mean making an attempt on a regular basis to at least get out and walk for 10 or 20 minutes every other day at least to start. Spiritually, I should make the attempt to make it to mass. That’s something I have slacked on but know I really shouldn’t have. Psychologically, since I struggle with depression this one is a little harder to judge what type goal I should choose. I think more than anything I guess it would be finding a way to reduce stress because that just piles onto the depression sometimes. Finding a way to let things go of those petty things that get to me and cause me stress would be a goal. That would be the most important goal really.

Thoughts about Unit 2 meditation

I have like doing guided meditations. I have done them for my son for years. I used to do them with him to help him sleep, when reading a book just didn’t do the trick. He liked it when he would get so relaxed that we would talk about him flying or floating on bubbles. Sometimes while doing the guided meditations with him I would talk myself to sleep, that always upset him alittle. LOL


I enjoyed listening to someone else guiding me through the meditation. I could almost feel myself sinking into my bed as I listened. I it seemed like I could feel the blood actually flowing more to different parts of my body. I was able to fall asleep quickly after I was finished listening to the meditation.

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I am not a fan of blogging so this part of the class I think will be my biggest problem. That said ...

I am almost done with my BS for Health Science. I have taken a lot of class about health and wellness. I used to be a massage therapist so the whole idea of Holistic medicine appeals to me. I look forward to what we will be learning in this class, since everything is connected, learning more about the mind body connection and how the mind can heal or at least keep the body healthy is important.