Unit 7: Meeting Aesclepius!

OK, on to the unit 7 exercise. This meditation exercise was my favorite and oh did I feel it. I have a mentor, he is my brother in law's father, who in fact is a medium and practices Rekhi, Aura reading and is just a wonderful person. So I focused on him, and to my surprise experience a beautiful feeling especially towards the end of the exercise when the lady told us to imagine our mentor as a white light that enters our crown chakra and touches our mind, throat; communication chakra, and our heart. I can describe these feelings as pins and needles throughout my body. I was completely relaxed as always when I came out of the meditation.
I meditate regularly so this practice increases and recharges my psychological and spiritual well being. With me it is all about mental imagery, and I love affirmations. These are what pushes me back on my path when I seem step side ways!

The saying ' one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself ' may be describe as trying to teach, or lead an individual but coming  from a place of not experiencing what they have gone through yourself by only learning from the outskirts. Regrading health and wellness the physicians of  western medicine do not practice or learn enough about; if any, integral health, so all they know is how to help patients from the outside but believing; or maybe hoping, this will be satisfactory. We all, especially health care professional in what ever field of health, need to practice human flourishing and take care of ourselves physically, mentally and most importantly spiritually.
I understand spiritual and psychological health is an ongoing process. I have a great mentor, enjoy the readings of Buddha and all spiritual pursuits, know in myself I am a compassionate and loving person so I have found the correct path and do not need to worry about how to implement these factors as they are already leading me.

Unit 6: Exercises for mind-body-spirit wellness and healing

I always find reading out loud more therapeutic, maybe its the tone of my voice, who knows? I seem to take in the words and what it is trying to tell me more so than reading it in my head. I do read affirmations and have a few around my house, mostly by Buddha. The loving kindness meditation exercise I found simple to take in the words as I am and have always been compassionate and empathetic towards others.

With the Integral Assessment, I found it interesting to focus on what part of my life do I find difficult and what line of development I should take. I would have to say having more patience and not letting the fear of failure with regards to my career, creep in. Even though I am usually positive and confident with all that I do, we are only human at the end of the day. As I get older I am getting better and I have my spiritual focus to keep my ego at bay ;)
An activity that I can implement more with these two things are more breathing exercises in regards to patience and keeping my book ' The Secret' close to me when that negative feeling of fear wants to show its ugly head! 

Unit 5 exercise: The subtle mind practice Question 2!

The connection between spiritual wellness and mental and physical wellness all goes hand in hand. Without one the others do not build and prosper to their full potential and could have negative results in the long run. Kinda like a car, it needs gas (physical) oil (mental) and water (spiritual) to keep it running. Without the checking (servicing) that the car is in good shape and all elements are running smoothly then eventually it will come to a halt and need fixing. Even though it will still run with a half the water in it, would you not agree this is a little daunting knowing that it could run even better when topped up to the max with some added antifreeze. What I am trying to say is that opening up ones mind to spiritual elements is a certain creation of happiness and self empowerment.
I was always into health and fitness and have been an optimistic compassionate individual from the get go,however since my divorce nearly 2 years ago, that is when; while living alone, I discovered myself more so and spirituality. So much so it has brought forward how I listen to my thoughts and change them straight away from negative to positive. I love affirmations to keep negative thoughts at bay and I study in depth astrology, chakras, aura color, healing and go to spiritual meetings as well as teaching Zumba, having a 5 year old and having this degree to mentally challenge me ;)
I love life ;)

Unit 5 exercise: The subtle mind practice

With the Loving Kindness exercise, it was more to do with thinking of others, which of course is fine but I did not get into a deep relaxed state as I did with this exercise, The subtle mind practice. I like the statement that the man said at the beginning 'Breathe is always with us so we work with it' Still the breathe is to still the mind. Focusssing on the breathing and oneness was more relaxing for me than having the other thoughts form the loving kindness exercise.
The sound of the sea waves has always made me feel tranquil however I did not like the woman talking in between as I would go deep into relaxation and then pop out of it again, I feel she should of explained it as the beginning. I practice this kind of meditation regularly. The feeling of being attached to nothing and traveling as far as the cosmos is a place I easily take myself to. The unity of consciousness :)

Unit 4 Exercise Loving- Kindness

This experience was nice and the sounds of water is always enjoyable and relaxing, however I did not find the lady's voice impacting, I prefer to read the book and take it upon myself in silence. I am already a very compassionate person and care deeply not just for my family but for everyone, even people who are negative. I have always loved myself so I find it easy to give love to everyone I come in contact with. Just today I met another spiritual gentleman in the book store and we went for tea in the cafe to talk about life, a wonderful experience. I am always open to any knowledge however I already practice Loving - Kindness so this was not that beneficial apart from the relaxing sounds. This would benefit others by relaxing them and making them think about others.

The research suggests that a mental workout is a daily continual commitment of practice and progressive development of loving- kindness and gaining wisdom so to expand the conscious mind and its healing capacities and the feeling of well being. It can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions while enhancing positive emotions. I have started to physically stop myself when I am feeling negative emotion, tell myself these feelings get me nowhere and to think of something pleasant. I always feel better quicker than if I let the negative emotions win.