Personal Changes from Unit 3 – Unit 9

Personal Changes from Unit 3 – Unit 9

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?

Now I score myself an 8 in physical well-being as I have been following a more ridge workout schedule with increased time in both running and weight training as well as add yoga to my routine. My spiritual growth has been remarkable but I still need to spend more time sitting quietly and by our creek here in Tennessee to listen to nature and become one with nature. I am able to get into visual imaging more quickly, quiet the mind and remove negative thoughts with positive reinforcement, so I will rate this leave at an 8 as well.  My psychological well-being is very healthy due to my physical and spiritual well-being which is in the same range, 8.

I still feel there is always room for improvement and my focus is to continue down this wonderful pathway. I still believe through an in-depth focus toward enhancing my physical, spiritual and psychological well-being would be the best thing I will ever do for myself and others around me. 

I have improved from level 6 to now level 8 in these three areas of growth.

2.    Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.

Previous goals; “A goal in my physical life is to spend more time tapping into eastern medicine practices so that I can become more aware and practice integral health techniques and yoga, deep breathing and meditation. This will lead me more into my spiritual connection which will enhance my mental capacity therefore unwavering mental focus into an unlimited world of health, healing and balance”.

I am spending more time doing deep breathing, visualization and guided imagery practices as well as practicing yoga a few days during the week. I still want to increase my yoga practice and I have a burning desire to do Tai Chi and will be changing location shortly from Tennessee back to Texas or to another location that is not so rural but quiet in the Tennessee Mountains, who knows one day I may open my own retreat…

3.    Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.

Yes I have spent more time practice sitting quietly by the creek on our farm when weather permits. I fine that sitting still is a requirement now as though it has become a habit. This is one of the best habits I will want to keep in my life. Also I find I am more open-minded and fully aware of my emotions; good ones and bad negative thoughts and by using positive reinforcements it amazes me as to how things look different within a few moments. These mental exercises are truly remarkable. Now that I have been practicing I cannot imagine not practicing on a daily basis.

4.    Summarize your personal experience throughout this course.

To summarize this class is impossible; however this has been to most rewarding and knowledge providing class I have ever taken in my life. I believe what I have learned will be life changing and with me the rest of my life and others lives in which I touch. The benefits of my dedication will only rear itself as time passes by and my growth revealed. I will not let a day go by in my life ever again without taking the time to go to my quiet place. Thanks to this course, I have found truly what I have been searching for to complete my health and wellness knowledge. I feel complete with this gift of knowledge in which I have gained within the class. It is like the missing piece of the puzzle has been found and placed.

·        Have you developed improved well-being?

Yes I have developed improved well-being and an awareness that will sustain me throughout my life and hopefully others around me will be open-minded and encouraged to develop their own well-being as well.

·        What has been rewarding?

Practicing loving-kindness, gaining awareness, practices which have becoming a habit, looking at life through “rose colored glass” instead of dark colored glasses, in other words being open-minded and excepting of others and not seeing things from a negative side of view, more positive thoughts and etc. and etc…

·        What has been difficult?

Different things going on in my life and feeling like I was on a roller-costar ride and try to practice loving-kindness was probably to most difficult but on the flipside it tested me to see if I was able to keep thinking loving thoughts…

·        How will this experience improve your ability to assist others?

I have not reached a point yet to assist others however I hear things that people say like “depending on or doing what the doctors tell me to do” I had to recommend Elliott Dacher’s Integral Health book.  I guess I have always felt like we need to take the best care of ourselves so that we do not need to depend on someone else to take care of us but now I have even a better insight and perspective as to how to go about taking care of our psychological and spiritual well-being.

Dacher, E. (2006). Integral health: The path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.