Unit 5 The Key Role of Thought in Wellness and Healing

1. Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.

The Loving Kindness exercise is used to help a person focus on loving themselves as well as others. And the Subtle mind exercise is used to help a person focus on training their mind to dig deeper into your sub-conscious; learning how to get rid of negative thoughts, images, and feelings. These two practices are similar because they both are what you will consider a mental workout to clam the mind.

My experience with this exercise was really life changing for me; and I find it so strange that it happen so fast. I went form being very angry in unit 4 to a claming atmosphere in unit 5 wow!!!! Is all I can say. (God is truly good). Once I opened up my mind I was able to see what the big problem was and it is un-forgiveness. I have to first breath second clam down and third think about the situation and fourth forgive. I know this is something that will take practice; but I have learned giving myself a daily mental workout will help me in the healing process.

2. Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.

To be honest if I used my spiritual wellness more that my negative wellness I wouldn’t have been so angry at the situation. My mental and physical wellness plays a big part in my spiritual wellness. I say this because if I would change my thought process then my emotions won’t be able to control me. At this point I have been controlled by my emotions which has cause me back aches, pains in my legs, dizziness, and numerous headaches. I know if I practice these relaxing tools everyday I will get the results I need to move on with my life.

Unit 4 the Mind-Body-Spirit Paradigm

The loving Kindness exercise allowed me to see how much anger I actually have in my heart. As I read on I seemed to get angrier and angrier. Someone I really loved shattered my heart and never apologized and that makes it hard for me to let love in I guess. I do have my day when I can share the happiness of love but then I have my days when I’m very angry, crying, and upset at the persons’ that caused me pain. A lot of people have told me to get over it but that’s easy for them to say because it’s not their life or situation.

Besides how can a person get over something when it’s always thrown in their face; its almost like, when the womb begins to heal they are right there to snatch the scab right off before it fully heals; and then in the same sentence says get over it. So my loving-kindness factor is a little rusty I think. I never said that I don’t be nice to the perpetrators even though they shattered my heart because I do, what’s that old saying kill them with kindness? Yea trying that too but that even gets difficult when they say something hurting again (snatching off the healing scab). I know it might sound like I’m very bitter that’s not the case I’m just extremely hurt by their actions especially hurt because they seem to feel like they did nothing wrong.

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

My experience with this exercise was quite difficult for me because I seem to need more to help me heal. I really would recommend this to someone else it probably would help them tremendously.

2. What is the concept of “Mental Workout? What does the research indicate are the proven benefits of a Mental Work Out? How can you implement mental workouts to foster your psychological health?

The concept of the mental workout is to work at something daily until you get the results you want. The proven benefits of a mental workout are the shown results. To implement my mental workouts I would have to focus on the positive and not the negative; and practice listening to the relaxation exercises. I believe if I play the relaxation exercises over and over again it will sink in and help my healing process.

Unit 3 The Mind-Body Connection

1. A-physical wellbeing,
I rate my physical well-being at a 6 I say this because I’m currently working on weigh management by eating healthy. I plan to get back into a regimen of exercise and walking which has helped me before with weight loss. My goal is continue eating healthy and exercise more. The only way I can accomplish my goal is to not eat out as much and watch my calorie intake.

2. B-spiritual well-being,
I rate my spiritual well-being at a 6. I’m in constant communication with God, and I try to listen to what he has to tell me in my daily life. I believe this is my strongest area although, I still feel like I’m not where I want to be yet. I have seen my life progress the closer I get to God; I believe as I continue to get closer to God wondrous things will happen in my life as they have already started to do. My goal is to continue to build a better relationship with God. In doing I will have to continue to read my bible everyday and stay focused on the positive and not the negative.

3. C-psychological well-being,
I rate my psychological well-being 4½ because this is my weakest area, not to say a 4½ is bad because it is not. I feel this way because a year ago I would have rated myself a 2. As I communicate with people who are spiritual like I am and read my bible I gain a lot of wisdom. I also make it a point to examine negative experiences and determine what I learned from them therefore; I feel my cognitive ability is constantly getting stronger. My goal is to compare and contrast situations in my life so that I will be able to make wise decisions. I see myself getting closer to this goal by staying focus in my word and choosing my battles.

4. Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise.
When I first saw the title I didn’t know what to expect but this was a different experience for me. This relaxation almost brought me to tears because the commentary was placing the colors in places that made me think deep and hard. And once he got to the color yellow to say I feel love I couldn’t do it; because I don’t feel loved by my family. That color alone was a huge battle for me, I actually had to stop the video and get myself back together to continue. To be honest this video wasn’t relaxing to me at all.

Unit 2 Transpersonal Psychology Relaxation Exercise

I will admit when I first turned on the Video I didn't think it would help me being that I have been so stressed out here lately; but of course I was wrong. I felt so relaxed his voice was very calming; I was able to forget all the issues and problems I was dealing with for a minute. The relaxing video helped me to relax it did serve its purpose and I was happy about it.