Unit 10

I think my assessment of myself has stayed the same I am not saying I have not had any growth I have just had some setbacks that meant I had to climb back to where I was in order to get where I am going. Psychologically I have been dealing with a lot and sometimes it is easier to demolish somethings and start over instead of trying to fix from where you left off. That being said I realized I needed to know why I was feeling the way I did. It is a journey that I am still on. My spirit has taken a beating  but I feel that it will soar once again soon. This class has taught me that I needed to really spend some time alone and really listen to what my body has to say. I have learned to evaluate if something is really important or is something I can do later because it is better for me to do what is right for me. For me  loving kindness was a big issue because it has been hard for me to say no  or to not speak up when I should, I had to learn to practice saying no or speaking out. It felt good not to feel guilty about stuff and being able to say no with love and know that the world won't fall apart.

Unit 9

It is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically. It is for the very reason that if you cannot train your mind to evolve and think upon a higher plane how do you expect that you will be able to teach someone else to evolve in the way they think. It is like teaching physics without having taken a physics course. You are not mentally prepared to teach. Spiritually you have to be in the right place in order to be able to be someone else’s spiritual guide. You have to be able to come and guide from loving kindness you cannot teach someone to have a subtle mind and a witnessing mind if you yourself cannot do it. You would be defying the very concept upon which you are teaching. Physically it is necessary to because no one wants to go to a personal trainer that has a beer belly and a negative attitude it would defeat the purpose. I would feel like you can’t possibly know what you are talking about and why should I be listening to you?

I myself need to develop in some of each area. I definitely need to practice many of the exercises we have completed in class I need to develop my witnessing mind as well as a subtle mind. I also need to focus on taking better care of myself because I have some aches and pains that can be attributed to certain issues in life that I can fix if I get focused and get to it. Psychologically I am better off than I was a year ago I am finding myself seeing life and others far more clearly than I have ever been able to see them before. I used to kind of exist but now I find myself living and actively participating in life. I am better able to weed out those who seek to dampen my spirit. I no longer people please I just make sure I am happy and can live with my choices. I listen to my inner self when she speaks before I would not follow what was being said I would act like I did not hear it. I have to practice loving kindness with myself more I am my own harshest critic.

For goal development I feel that physically I need to work on my weight and overall health, Mentally  I will keep on the course I was on to getting better, a year ago I was in a deep depression and now I feel so much better I feel more like myself now. Spiritually I my goal is to become better tuned into myself and the world around me in order to be able to receive all that the universe has to bless me with.

Practices for personal health will be daily meditation and yoga a few times each week because your body needs to move and stretch in order to be healthy.

I am keeping a diary of how I feel and six months from now I can look back and see if I have grown as an individual and to what extent. This way I will be able to take a personal inventory.