Meeting Asciepius Exercise

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I really enjoyed this week's exercise.  The thing that I liked most about the exercise was the fact that I could picture someone close to me.  I decided to visualize my grandmother because she was one of my favorite individuals to be around and every since she has passed I miss her greatly.  This exercise allowed me to see her through my mind and allowed me to communicate with her on an higher level even through see is no longer with me.  This exercise allows an individual to become closer with that person that is closest to your heart and shows individuals why they are so important to them.  I also enjoyed the exercise because it allows me to find the importance of that person whether it be their voice, characteristics, or etc.  I definitely recommend this exercise to everyone that maybe missing someone or just to be closer to the person that is important to them. 

Meditation has definitely been fostered into my psychological wellness.  I believe since I have begun meditation I have seen an increase in my awareness and my surroundings.  When I first started this practice, I had a hard time concentrating and would find myself very distracted during meditation.  But over the weeks I have began to focus and I have seen a major improvement.  Mediation allows me to relax and just and a sense of calmness before, during, and after each practice.  The ways that I will continue these practices will be allowing myself during a certain time of day to just meditate.  I believe that if I do that in the mornings I have a better aspect about myself during the day.  I am also less stressed and definitely more relaxed throughout the day.

The saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" definitely means that in order for an individual to experience something they need to experience that for themselves before criticizing another individual.  So if an individual is obese, no other individual should criticize them because they do not know what the situation is.  It come be genetics or they may have gone through a difficult situation.  It is that individuals concern and others should help and not criticize.  I definitely have an obligation to develop my psychological, physical, and spiritual health.  I want to be able to set an example for my clients and in order to do that I need to have overall health not just physical health as a personal trainer.  I want to be a role model for these individuals and I want them to train their mind that eating health and having faith is just as important as being physically fit.  The ways that I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my life is by first getting closer to God.  I think that I need to pray more often then I do and I need to put my trust in him.  I can obtain psychological growth by mediating on an everyday basis.  If I am able to do this I will be less stress and I will have a happier life because I am aware of all my situations and no that positive mindsets are definitely better than negative mindsets.

Universal Loving Kindness & Integral Assessment

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After completing the universal Loving Kindness exercise I felt as if a sense of relieve had been lifted from my mind.  I felt has if I had forgiven everyone that had upset me and I felt a sense of joy after completing the exercise.  The exercise allowed me to have a love everyone not just a personal love and it allowed me to wish the best on everyone.  I really enjoyed the exercise and I definitely recommend that everyone try it.  It allows for an expansion in the mind and heart and allows for an individual to avoid anger and hatred. 

During the Integral Assessment exercise I found it to be relaxing and allowed me to focus on one concept instead of multiple concepts.  This exercise was definitely helpful because it allowed me to focus on the growth that I needed and I was allowed to commit to the one area.  The area that I decided to focus on during this exercise was the psychospiritual area.  The reason that I decided to focus on this area was because my mind needs more training and the concept is seems to take the most time to master.  I believe that the reason for this is because it involved psychological growth and spiritual growth.  The first exercise that can help me in my growth with this area is meditation.  This will allow me to have focus during a certain time of the day for growth and will allow me to train the mind to focus on a certain point.  Also, pray can help me with this area because it allows me to be in a quiet area where I can be alone but also pray to a higher power.  Both of these exercises will allow me to become more familiar with the pyschospiritual aspect of wellness and get me one step closer to overall wellness.

Subtle Mind Exercise

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The Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle Mind exercise are definitely different after listening to both of them.  They both deal with two different concepts and they both have a different meaning after each are done listening to them.  I enjoyed the Loving Kindness exercise because it allowed me to just feel my emotions and not hide away from them.  I believe that this exercise benefits me because it allows me to express my thoughts and emotions.  The reason that I was frustrated with the Subtle Mind exercise because it wanted me to have a focus point.  The exercise wants the individual to be at a stillness and having a clear mind.  Although, this exercise is beneficial when it comes to becoming more trained in the mind, it takes away from the visualization.  I would definitely recommend both exercises because they allow the mind to be trained but I would definitely choose the first exercise compared to the Subtle Mind exercise. 

The connection between spiritual wellness and the mental and physical wellness is for significant.  I believe that spiritual wellness has had a major impact on my life.  It allows for me to believe in a higher power and gives me hope that I can accomplish anything.  I believe because of spiritual wellness we are able to believe in our minds that it is true and we are able to live healthier lifestyles.  The connection has played a huge part in my life because that I have faith in a higher power I am able to use my mental wellness to make the correct decisions such has making the choice to put the right things in my body.  I believe that if spiritual wellness was not part of the overall wellness, then individuals would just be couch potatoes because they would have no purpose in life and would not be able to work towards their goals.