Exercise Recap

1. Review the exercises and practice sessions you have completed in this course. (Loving Kindness, Subtle mind, Visualization, meditation etc.) Choose two practices that you have determined to be most beneficial. How can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster �mental fitness�? Provide specific examples.

It is my opinion that all of the exercises where helpful and very relaxing. The ones I found most beneficial for me where the visualization and loving kindness exercise. I am a very visual person, and I learn a lot by seeing. For me visualizing relaxing images and positive things helped the effects of the exercise. The loving kindness exercise was great for me because it helps you to appreciate the ones you love even if you have had issues with them in the past. In my personal life it is already difficult to find time to meditate and do the exercises however. in between school work, my breaks at work and the time I have alone when I come home I can make time to practice and relax. I could also practice these exercises when I notice myself becoming overwhelmed by my daily schedule.

The saying

" One can not lead another where one has not gone himself"

To me this means I can not pass knowledge to you on something that I never had experience with. In health and wellness how can we share with other people or influence other peole to pursue human flourishing if we are not flourishing or at least taking the steps to get there. In my career choice as a PT it will be all too important for me to have a balance of spiritual, mental and physical health because physical therapy takes patients and I will be introduced to many different people with many different problems. The more together i am the better I can help my patients.

week seven

This exercise reminded me a lot of the loving kindness exercise. The way it started off with picturing someone you admire or care a lot for. It was easy for me to do I put my mom on my mind. My mom is a very special wise women who has been through a lot and seen a lot. She has helped me in many different situations and been with me through a lot. The meditation practices and mindful exercises have helped me tremendously. I feel like I can more easily control my thoughts and relax more easily by just breathing. I think if I involved my family it would help me stay motivated and committed to doing the exercises more often. At that point my whole house should be filled with nothing but peace.

more exercises

The Integral Assessment is personal program that we develop to assess where our strengths and weaknesses are and will give a better picture where we would like to make improvements to promote human flourishing. This is done using the Lines of Development using the four aspects of human experience; Psychospiritual, Biological, Interpersonal, and Worldly Flourishing.

The loving kindness exercise was of course relaxing and mind soothing. I enjoyed taking the time to sit and think about my loved ones and the people who make me happy. It even made me think of loved ones that I have had animosity with. For me the loving kindness exercise gives you a chance not to reflect on the bad but the good you have in life and with the people you care about most. It is times such as this that will help you appreciate life and family more.
The integral Assessment exercise was good. It is always positive to asses where you are strong and weak in your life especially if you are trying to become a fully complete person. Throughout this exercise I realized that I need to make more time for my spiritual being. I started out good with meditation,prayer, and scripture but as time goes on I find myself getting more and more away from it and I can feel the difference. My problem also is that I always feel as though I have to fix everything. If I cant take care of the situation it disturbs me terribly. So now my psychological branch is off because I start stressing over things instead of thinking them through. This is why I think these meditation exercises are so important because they teach you to learn how to relax and think things through. The only way I see to get back to where I need to spiritually is by just doing it. Make the time to pray more, read more, just like I make time for everything else.

Subtle mind exercise

Hi everyone, another day after work tired and ready to take a nap. But anyways I did not see to much of a difference from the subtle mind exercise and the loving kindness exercise except the concept. The loving kindness exercise involved you thinking more about your life. The subtle mind exercise involved more of you controlling your thoughts and keeping your mind from wondering off. Besides those two differences it still was very relaxing, and calming. If you didn't have someone coaching you on what to do it would have been the same as the loving kindness exercise.

For me the connection between spiritual wellness, mental wellness, and physical wellness is they all work together in finding inner peace or human flourishment. The fact that I have a spiritual life, I have the tools used from church, the Bible and life, that will help me control my mental thoughts keeping me from being stressed, depressed and anxious, thus keeping my physical being intact. In my opinion your spiritual and mental wellness are the most important elements of human flourishing because everything else will follow.

Love and Kindness exercise

The best time for me to do the exercise is when I come home from work. I usually have about an hour at home to myself. I thought the exercise was great. To me it allowed you to reflect on the positive things you have going on in your life like the love for your family, kids or spouse. It also helped me to relax after a hard days work. I never really took the time before to meditate because I never really new what to meditate on but this exercise helped with that. I would defiantly recomend this exercise to anyone especially if they are stressed all the time. For many people it would be hard to get the free time and silence for that matter. This is a great way to find peace on your own, without any help just you. The concept of mental workout is consistently practicing changing your thoughts. Changing the negative into the positive. It is proven that people who are strong in mind have less stress, are healthier and happier with their lives. The only way I can imagine strengthening my mind is by positive reinforcement with meditative thoughts and implementing those thought through everyday situations.