Unit 8

The exercises that I seem to have benefited the most from are meeting Aesclepius and the Loving-Kindness.

The Loving –Kindness exercise puts me in the right frame of mind to deal with others who can be difficult or mean while I am at work.  The fact that in this exercise you include people that you may not care for yet still send out positive energy, it really puts things into perspective.

Meeting Aesclepius I like to do at night because the person that I use to focus on is a Great Aunt that I was very close to. I love to think about her when she was here she was awesome to sit with and learn from, so it only makes sense when things are bad or some lesson is needed that I learn it from someone that I loved and was good at giving me direction. I like to think of her as my Jiminy Cricket now.

Unit 6

I would have to say that the area I feel that I need to work on after the assessment is interpersonal; this is the area in my life that causes me the greatest stress.  I knew it did but did realize how much until I started the reading and exercises for this unit. I think that the loving-kindness exercise that was in the book this week fits in nicely with something that I could do to support my growth and development with my interpersonal relationships.  I really liked it because it can be used like a daily (or several times daily depending on how much people annoy me) affirmation to focus me more on others and making sure that are happy and healthy instead of worrying about how people and their actions will affect me.  Since taking the class I am better at the introspective reviews or glimpses during meditations but there is still the underlying unease that they cause.  I think that is why I would rather do some sort of affirmation either verbal or written each day… The meditations are still a work in progress as far as I am concerned. 

Thoughts for unit 5

I think that my mind is a little bit too subtle during this exercise. I tired do the meditation twice and each time I tried to do it I would fall asleep when she stopped talking, then she scared me each time she talked again.  I preferred the loving kindness exercise because there was more guided.  I tend to drift off when there are long pauses during the meditations.

Spiritual wellness is connected to mental and physical wellness because what you believe at your core makes you who you are.  I think of it like stacking blocks… the spiritual wellness is the base, then you mental wellness… if you have something to believe in and hope for… your mental health is better, your outlook wouldn’t be as negative. By having a better mental outlook this helps to improve your overall physical wellness.