Describe the exercise and assessment process. What did you discover
about yourself? What area have you chosen to be a focus of growth and
development? Why? What are some specific exercises or activities that
you can implement to foster greater wellness in this area?
Completing the Loving Kindness exercise before participating in this integral assessment provided a sturdy baseline and open mindset to gain the most out of the experience. It allowed a calm approach to begin the assessment, whereas if I had just jumped right in, without the preparations, the assessment would have been perceived completely different. That being said, to the question asked, "What aspect of my life - psychospiritual, biological, interpersonal, or worldly - is the source of difficulty and suffering?" I found that my main strain right now is time management and the stress that comes along with being over consumed with simply too much to do. I wonder if this exercise was performed NOT a week before Christmas, would the outcome have been different? I suppose worldly would be most effected by this right now. I can gladly express that I truly have no complaints in the other areas of my life at this time! I think in an effort to decrease those stressors related to business, I need to maintain a focus of my To-Do list, don't oversleep or socialize too too much :) and prioritize tasks in order of importance, which as a nurse is what I do every time I go to work - it's outside of my job that I must carry this over.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
the subtle mind exercise ~
Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and
the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the
benefits, frustrations etc.
To be honest, Dacher's voice itself is distracting with both of these exercises but I was very receptive to the woman's voice. She was able to help me focus and minimize my distractions. I feel that I have started to make substantial progress with these mind exercises and I'm beginning to enjoy them since I'm becoming more comfortable with their outcomes. I self-admittedly have a very busy mind, and this was the first exercise yet that was effecting in calming it down and also left me feeling refreshed and positive upon it's completion. Basically, since the Loving Kindness exercise, I'm grasping this whole concept better. Yay!
Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to
mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested
in your personal life.
We have learned that mind, body and spirit are all interconnected and either uplift or pull one another down, depending on their strengths and weaknesses. I see this daily depending on my mood. If things are going well, I'm properly rested, and I get quality time with the people closest with me, I become so happy, and therefore effortlessly muster up energy to go, Go, GO! All I want to do is take on the world. However if I am experiencing solitude and detachment from important things in my life, I lose focus on priorities and end up sleeping a lot or "venting" to a close friend. Having learned about the Witnessing Mind during this unit is exactly what I must practice during these "uncontrolled" periods. Noticing these emotions and therefore controlling them is so simple yet so powerful and I look forward to building this skill up!
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