Unit 5 Blog
I was unfortunately frustrated with exercise #3 CD. The static started early, about 2 minutes after Dr Dacher started talking but lasted for only and second. Then another static came on again 5 minutes after listening to the exercises and it just kept on going that I had to turned it off. So basically, that was frustrating.
I went back to listen to the previous exercises, and surprisingly, I felt a little relaxation, and improvement from last week when i listened to it. All I heard last week was the sound of the waves that the effect was not pleasant, but this time, it had a better effect. I did not just heard the sound of the waves but was able to relax for a minute because the static came on, so, I had to turn off the CD again.
Spiritual wellness focuses on a person's spiritual beliefs, values and whatever purpose she had set in her life. Physical wellness on the other hand focuses on a person's physical health and fitness. There is a big connection between them because without the other, I believe that a person will not achieve the fullness of health and wellness.
I have to believe in something to go on and I chose to believe in the Almighty Father. I believe that without him, I am nothing. That no matter what I do, or what I have, I owe it to HIM. HE protects,love, and provides for me and my family and friends. I can do all my physical activities because I am motivated and inspired to live a healthy life. In order for me to reach physical wellness, I have to have mental wellness. And to achieve these, I have to clean my thoughts, be positive in my outlook. Just like what Dr Dacher says, "still the breath, still the mind".I see to it that I meditate as soon as I wake up in the morning, clear my thoughts, pray, and do at least 10-20 minutes of stretching and Pilates. This daily exercise helps me to face whatever challenge that I will have on that day.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Unit 4 Blog
Unit 4 Blog The mind-body-spirit paradigm
I listened to Dacher's CD and tried as I may, I had a hard time getting the relaxation that I want to achieved. I tried it twice on different days but still did not get the result that I wanted. I am not sure if I was trying so hard or it just did not affect me that time. I find that the woman's voice was not soothing enough for me. There was too much "waves sounds" and it was distracting me. However, reading the chapter had a different effect on me. My mind was more relax like I was reading a very interesting book that I can't put down. I think that different situations and moods affect how we respond to the same topic. How it is being delivered to us influence our response as well. I will still recommend this to another person because, this exercise might have more positive result to them than I had.
Mental workout constitutes loving-kindness and the subtle mind, which includes witnessing, calm-abiding, and unity consciousness.The benefits of mental work out results to inner peace, wisdom, compassion, happiness, and wholeness. Achieving all of these needs whole heart dedication on the individual. Mental workout needs to be practiced regularly everyday to be able to get a positive result.
I would love to reached the feeling of whole happiness and inner peace but I think it will take a little while longer for me to achieve it. There are unavoidable stressors in my job today that and trying to turn the negative aura around takes a lot of toll on me. Although I am surrounded with love from my family and best friends and my love one, it is not enough. I believe in loving-kindness,love begets love. I know that I have to practice my mind and emotion every day to reach the inner peace and happiness that I so desire. I have to discipline myself and focus on my goal.
I had an experience of an inner most peace one time, just once, and I have been searching on how I am going to experience that feeling again. I was in a religious event then and for one moment, I had the most wonderful feeling of warmth and love and peace. I want to feel that again. Hopefully, by training and practicing my mind and body, I would be able to reach my inner heaven.
I listened to Dacher's CD and tried as I may, I had a hard time getting the relaxation that I want to achieved. I tried it twice on different days but still did not get the result that I wanted. I am not sure if I was trying so hard or it just did not affect me that time. I find that the woman's voice was not soothing enough for me. There was too much "waves sounds" and it was distracting me. However, reading the chapter had a different effect on me. My mind was more relax like I was reading a very interesting book that I can't put down. I think that different situations and moods affect how we respond to the same topic. How it is being delivered to us influence our response as well. I will still recommend this to another person because, this exercise might have more positive result to them than I had.
Mental workout constitutes loving-kindness and the subtle mind, which includes witnessing, calm-abiding, and unity consciousness.The benefits of mental work out results to inner peace, wisdom, compassion, happiness, and wholeness. Achieving all of these needs whole heart dedication on the individual. Mental workout needs to be practiced regularly everyday to be able to get a positive result.
I would love to reached the feeling of whole happiness and inner peace but I think it will take a little while longer for me to achieve it. There are unavoidable stressors in my job today that and trying to turn the negative aura around takes a lot of toll on me. Although I am surrounded with love from my family and best friends and my love one, it is not enough. I believe in loving-kindness,love begets love. I know that I have to practice my mind and emotion every day to reach the inner peace and happiness that I so desire. I have to discipline myself and focus on my goal.
I had an experience of an inner most peace one time, just once, and I have been searching on how I am going to experience that feeling again. I was in a religious event then and for one moment, I had the most wonderful feeling of warmth and love and peace. I want to feel that again. Hopefully, by training and practicing my mind and body, I would be able to reach my inner heaven.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
unit 3 blog
Monday, April 12, 2010
Unit 3: Blog Journal
Unit 3: Blog Journal
1) Based on your reflections, and on the scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal well-being), where do you rate your A-physical well-being, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?
A-physical well-being. I rate myself as 7. I feel that I am not that really totally fit as I wanted to be. My muscles are not as toned as I wanted them to be. I can walk 2 miles everyday without feeling exhausted.
B-spiritual well-being. I rate myself as 8. I am a true believer of the Father Almighty. I feel that my faith helps me to go on and be strong even though I am far away from my loved ones especially my mother who is and always been my rock. I believe that clean mind and body, which is free from evil thoughts, helps me live everyday with fresh and contented.
C-psychological well- being. I rate myself as 8. I know that I am satisfied with my life at this point. No more rat race. I am in the stage of self- fulfillment and I am slowly reaching my goals. I am surrounded with tremendous support and love from both my family, very close few friends and a special person who had been giving encouragement and support. I am very satisfied at this point in my life. I rated it 8 instead of ten because, I can not rate it ten until I have fulfilled all my goals.
2. Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological)
a) physical- my goal will be to keep my body well toned before my birthday in October. I will continue to eat healthy foods, (i will e to eat small amount of rice that I love so much). I will lose 5 to 10 pounds in my abdominal area. Lower my cholesterol level 10-20 points.
b) spiritual- I will continue to attend to my spiritual obligations and responsibility. Improved my relationships to my staff and add more patience to my patients and their families.
c) psychological- I will continue to focus on my set short term goal, which is to finish my BSN this year. I will continue to improve my relationships with people around me, and serve as an inspiration to my nephews and nieces. I will continue to advance my profession for the betterment of myself and will serve as an example of a good leader and a manager to my staff.
3) What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?
Discipline to me is the best exercise at this time. I have to keep a good time management to prevent me from falling behind with my schoolwork and my job and other responsibilities and chores. I slipped every now and then because of some unexpected circumstances but I manage to pull myself back and move on. I keep my walking every day after work to keep my mind and body a chance to recuperate and re-group as well as keep my mind clear and my body at peace and relax.
4).Complete the relaxation exercise and describe your experience.
The exercise was beneficial. It was the right timing for me. Today was very stressful at work, and listening to the exercise relaxes me. I think I dozed off a little bit. The gentleman's voice was so soothing. When he ask us to say" my body is calm and relax", I think I really did because I knew I dozed off a bit there. He was right when he said the I am going to feel energized because I did. I had the strength to face and do my school work. I think I will keep on using this exercise every day when I come home from work.
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Unit 3: Blog Journal
Unit 3: Blog Journal
1) Based on your reflections, and on the scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal well-being), where do you rate your A-physical well-being, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?
A-physical well-being. I rate myself as 7. I feel that I am not that really totally fit as I wanted to be. My muscles are not as toned as I wanted them to be. I can walk 2 miles everyday without feeling exhausted.
B-spiritual well-being. I rate myself as 8. I am a true believer of the Father Almighty. I feel that my faith helps me to go on and be strong even though I am far away from my loved ones especially my mother who is and always been my rock. I believe that clean mind and body, which is free from evil thoughts, helps me live everyday with fresh and contented.
C-psychological well- being. I rate myself as 8. I know that I am satisfied with my life at this point. No more rat race. I am in the stage of self- fulfillment and I am slowly reaching my goals. I am surrounded with tremendous support and love from both my family, very close few friends and a special person who had been giving encouragement and support. I am very satisfied at this point in my life. I rated it 8 instead of ten because, I can not rate it ten until I have fulfilled all my goals.
2. Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological)
a) physical- my goal will be to keep my body well toned before my birthday in October. I will continue to eat healthy foods, (i will e to eat small amount of rice that I love so much). I will lose 5 to 10 pounds in my abdominal area. Lower my cholesterol level 10-20 points.
b) spiritual- I will continue to attend to my spiritual obligations and responsibility. Improved my relationships to my staff and add more patience to my patients and their families.
c) psychological- I will continue to focus on my set short term goal, which is to finish my BSN this year. I will continue to improve my relationships with people around me, and serve as an inspiration to my nephews and nieces. I will continue to advance my profession for the betterment of myself and will serve as an example of a good leader and a manager to my staff.
3) What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?
Discipline to me is the best exercise at this time. I have to keep a good time management to prevent me from falling behind with my schoolwork and my job and other responsibilities and chores. I slipped every now and then because of some unexpected circumstances but I manage to pull myself back and move on. I keep my walking every day after work to keep my mind and body a chance to recuperate and re-group as well as keep my mind clear and my body at peace and relax.
4).Complete the relaxation exercise and describe your experience.
The exercise was beneficial. It was the right timing for me. Today was very stressful at work, and listening to the exercise relaxes me. I think I dozed off a little bit. The gentleman's voice was so soothing. When he ask us to say" my body is calm and relax", I think I really did because I knew I dozed off a bit there. He was right when he said the I am going to feel energized because I did. I had the strength to face and do my school work. I think I will keep on using this exercise every day when I come home from work.
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hello everyone,
It had been a sad week for me and my friends at work. Unfortunately, 2 of the Case Managers in our department had a tragedy in their family. Both are my dear friends. One lost her mommy after a long battle with cancer and the other had a brutal incident back home in my country where their house had been robbed by a young 17 y/o drug addict and unfortunately had taken the life of my dear friend's younger sister and had seriously wounded her mother now in a critical state in ICU.
However, we will try to put these tragedies behind us and celebrate Easter, a new life.
I will talk to all of you again soon and hopefully much better and happier news. Take care every one.
It had been a sad week for me and my friends at work. Unfortunately, 2 of the Case Managers in our department had a tragedy in their family. Both are my dear friends. One lost her mommy after a long battle with cancer and the other had a brutal incident back home in my country where their house had been robbed by a young 17 y/o drug addict and unfortunately had taken the life of my dear friend's younger sister and had seriously wounded her mother now in a critical state in ICU.
However, we will try to put these tragedies behind us and celebrate Easter, a new life.
I will talk to all of you again soon and hopefully much better and happier news. Take care every one.
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