Loving Unit 7 Meditation

  Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?

            I really enjoyed doing this exercise this week. I was really able to relax and connection with what they were asking me to do. For me when I think of a wise one to become more like I think of Jesus, so this was an easy exercise because I feel I have a relationship with him and by thinking of his mind, speech, and heart it was so nice to take that on to be more like him. When you think like that it really takes the focus off of you and almost takes the pressure off to be a certain way. When you try to focus on loving words, a loving heart, and loving thoughts you just feel calmer and happy. I have found that I am very mindful with negative thoughts that come into my mind and when they do pop up I am finding myself changing them to positive thoughts and feelings. This is something you can do anywhere and it really changes your attitude. I feel this is something that I will continue to do daily for the rest of my life. It is so easy for negative thoughts to come to your mind, but can be just as easy to replace them with positive thoughts.

  Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?

            The first thing I thought of is you cannot teach someone about mediation if you have not practice it yourself, really that goes with anything. I feel you do have an obligation to your clients to develop your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually. I feel that if you do your client will have more trust in you, will want to continue to follow your advice, and will be motivated to try because they will see that it has worked for you. For me to implement psychological growth in my life I really need to focus on not letting the negative thoughts and feelings that come to me have a control on my life and attitude. When the thoughts come to me I need to change them with positive ones. Spiritually I can grow my attending church, reading my bible, and spending time in prayer.