Hello Everyone!
I personally like the last two exercises for class, Subtle Mind and Loving Kindness. These were both very relaxing; much more relaxing than that annoying guy from the first two exercises. I really like how Loving Kindness took to the focus off of the listener and placed the focus on others. This would would be a much better place if everyone thought this way. It is important to give to others and help out when your are needed, its not really that hard to do. This exercise also explains how helping others will also really help yourself. I liked the Subtle Mind exercise because it was just plain soothing. I really enjoyed it because it required you to relax and silence the mind for a duration of time, it can be very hard to silence my mind. I felt much more relaxed after this exercise, until is saw we had a project and assignment to do this week on top of our discussions and blogs; it will be a long next couple of days.
Spiritual wellness is very closely connected to mental wellness and physical wellness. A spiritual connection plugs you into the earth and helps you take in your surroundings. Spiritual wellness allows a person to really feel like they have their own place in this world that was cut out specifically for them. This is a wonderful feeling but can sometimes be hard to achieve. With good mental wellness and physical wellness spiritual wellness is much easier to obtain. I think that be base of wellness is physical wellness. Physical wellness forces your body to feel good and healthy. A healthy body relives a lot of stress on the mind, both physically and mentally. If the body feels good then the mind has less things to worry about; this leaves the mind to really focus on their life. If a person has a better control on their life they are likely going to have a better outlook on things or living situations. If life is good then you feel much better about the world and living in it. This can really help spiritual wellness. It is important to feel like you belong.
This is something that I have personally seen in my life. I used to be a physical machine and felt like I was on the top of the world. I never worried about my body and it seemed like people looked up to me as a model person. This deteriorated as college life went on: full time student, full time work, and lots of homework. This really took a tole on me but it did not effect me mentally right away, it took me losing my physical shape to start feeling the stresses in life. When my physical fitness level dropped so did my mental wellness. When my mental wellness fell so did my spiritual wellness. Sometimes I felt like half a man and that killed my image of myself. It became increasing difficult to handle life as it came but I am finally getting a hold on things. I just need to get back into shape and kick my life up a notch! This was my experience with the subject at hand.
Thanks everyone.
Bradly Leis
Hi Bradly,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your story. For me physical fitness was never something that was at the top of my list, although I am not out of shape per se.
I have gone through some major physical and emotional set backs throughout the course of my life and have had to build myself back up after each down turn. I think I had myself convinced that I could never reach a certain level and lowered my expectations for myself. I started swimming again a year ago and felt my strength increasing. Last week I started a Pilates class and it felt great to challenge my body again and to ask it to work harder and go deeper. I thought I would be so sore the next day, but I felt strong and empowered. This showed me once again how interconnected we are and how you really can't separate the physical, emotional and spiritual part of yourself. A weakness in one area affects all the others. This class has really challenged me to go beyond the status quo in my own mind and search and dig for a deeper level of health in every area of life. I am so excited to see what opportunities open up for me to share with other people what I am learning. Remember you are in a season of life right now, but you will come out of it. The key is to continue to grow within the season you are in. You are juggling so much- give yourself grace and accept yourself right where you are.
Bradley,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post for this week's assignment. I too agree that the last two listenings were much more relaxing than the ones before that. They actually made me felt more at ease and I was able to let my mind drift off gently without feeling like I was having to work at it. It was funny what you said about feeling relaxed until learning about all of the things due for this unit. I went through the same emotions when I read the dreadful to do list. I currently have three classes on my plate so I can finish my Bachelors degree. What a mistake that was! Although I am doing well it is a lot of work, especially when just for this class alone there were 4+ things to do. Anyway, I enjoyed reading about your past and how your physical fitness affected the rest or your fitness (mental and spiritual). It is truly amazing how all three are connected and when one is out of whack they all seem to suffer.
Hi Bradley,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you have a very personable, pleasant writing style. It is enjoyable to read!
Secondly, I know what you are saying about the body image affecting the mind and spirit. I feel myself change in my mind depending on how I feel about my physical body. I was getting really down. About two weeks ago I started being healthier and getting in shape. I felt better almost instantly. I even smile more...its so great to have health and really, truly have health, because we are balanced and healthy on every level.
Thanks for sharing your story,
Stephanie Peterson