Unit 8 Subtle mind and Visualization

First I would like to say I hope everyone has had a fabulous week! Also I can not believe this class is almost over its been a fast so far 8 almost 9 weeks. I will say I am ready for a little break and a stress free week, well a little less stressful not having to worry about also fitting homework in my schedule!!!

For this week I have picked subtle mind and visualization because these two are the two I like the best obviously lol! I really enjoyed them. I would have to say visualization is my favorite because I can go back to places I love and miss and will always put a smile on my face. I think every night before I go to bed doing the subtle mind practice help with me calming down from the day and relax me enough to be able to get to sleep faster than usual. I will use the visualization during the day when I am stressed out and not sure what to do or can't calm down from someone or something making me angry. I know if I take a few moment and do this practice it will calm me and put a smile on my face just to be reminded of some of the best memories I have ever had. 

Unit 7

This week I completed Meeting Aesclepius and I really enjoyed it. I got to visit with a person that was very close to me and passed away 12 years ago. With all the practices we have to do every week I really enjoy them. Every thing in my life is rush rush rush this gibes me a chance to slow down for the day and just take a mind break. Although a lot of times I want to take a nap when I done lol.  This week I have tried to practice something every night, it hasn't always worked but I have tried. I have gotten back in to yoga and missed it so much, it is so relaxing and feel so great when I am finished. I have actually played the mp3 that are in doc sharing a few times this week also. I  plan to continue to do this as much as possible. I think in the next week I'm going to start reading Purpose Driven Life again. I have started it a few times in the past few years and have only finished it once and really want to do it start to finish again.


The saying "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is basically saying you can't preach it unless you practice it. It's almost like you go to the heart doctor and he is 100lb over weight and has trouble getting around and has problems himself. How serious are you going to take this doctor? I know I wouldn't. Or going to see an obese nutritionist, chances are they won't keep clients to long if they aren't doing what they are telling their clients. I think in any kind of medical field like this you really need to practice what you are trying to teach because one people won't take you serious and two you won't keep clients too long. As long as I am not perfect I will always be able to find ways to implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life, especially treating those that are not very nice kindly. After all kindness kills right???? 

Unit 6 Balancing Myself

I like The Loving Kindness and it was relaxing, I am a person that naturally loves to help people and want to make everything ok for everyone and this practice makes me feel good it makes me feel unselfish. I will use this practice at work when things are a bit stressful because of someone else being difficult. It is not always someone else's fault people have bad days and they sometimes can't keep from taking it out on other people. I am even guilty of that but now that I am more aware of it now I can keep from doing that.


After doing the assessment exercise I have discovered I need to work on my Biological Flourishing. I have a huge issue with food, since a young age I was taught food was evil. I struggle everyday to make sure I eat and it has a huge impact on myself. I eat probably better than most people I know, meaning the type of food I eat however I don't eat enough or I will go a day or two without eating than I will just start eating and that confuses my body and then my body holds on to every ounce of food I eat. I need to find balance with my eating and my exercising. I think I am finally in a place where I can work on this and correct it and find the balance I need.

Unit 5 The Subtle Mind

After listening to Loving Kindness and The Subtle Mind I actually enjoyed The Subtle Mind better. I found myself able to concentrate more and stay more focused. I found that Loving Kindness you had to think about things regardless what it was my mind wondered way more than it did when I could just breath and clear my mind. Although maybe if I practice both of them more I will be able to train my mind and enjoy both of them very much. I think this will help me a great deal in calming myself and relaxing.

Spiritual, mental, and physical wellness is all connected and will give you optimal wellness when you can find a balance of all three. Spiritual wellness plays a big part in my life and helps me in my mental wellness more than my physical wellness in a way. When I am struggling with something I pray or when I am super happy and thankful I pray and when I just am not sure what to do I pray. Whatever is in my mind I tell it and it helps me ease and reduce the stress knowing that I no longer have to deal with it myself. It helps me in my physical wellness because I when my mind is at ease I can focus on my body. I truly am working on the balance of all three and I may be a bit far off but as long as I work on it a little every day one day I will reach my balance.

Unit 4 The Loving Kindness

This Kindness practice has been very interesting, I think I may have to do it more than just this one time to get the full benefit of it. I really did enjoy and think with practice I will be able to have my full attention and not have any mind wondering. I have so much going on with work, school and home life that for the first minute I could stay focused then I would start thinking about what I needed to do for the week to once again get ready for a work trip. I did feel more relaxed and by the end of the practice I was more focused on what the instructions said to do. I will definitely do this again I really did enjoy it.

I think mental work outs are great and your mind needs a work out as your body does. I think by mentally working out your mind you will be more relaxed and less stressed and once you slow down you can really enjoy the benefits of taking time to enjoy life. I also feel you will be more calm and patient with life which does take practice. Nothing happens in a day so it is something you will have to practice every day or as often as you could.

Unit 3- My well-being

This week is all about my well-being and how I rate myself, this is going to get interesting :)! I would rate my physical well-being as 5 because I have really slacked on my exercising the past few months and physically I feel gross lol! My Spiritual well-being I would rate a 3 I really need to change this and pronto. I don't know why I let it get to this point I just have not been very focused on myself for a really long time. My psychological well-being I would rate a 6. I know I could improve this and not let my stress get to me so much however the since I have moved back to Michigan I just have not been happy and I need to work on looking at things in a different way. 


I certainly have goals for each of these areas: physically my goal is when I get back from TX (I'm going for work for the weekend) on Monday I will schedule an appointment with myself to fit in some kind of physical activity. My goal for my spiritual well-being is to just focus more on that and incorporate spiritual time in my life. My goals for my psychological well-being is to schedule a few minutes every day, even if it is before I go to sleep every night. 


Some activities I can implement in my life is running I love to run and my physical and psychological well-being improve a ton. I know I need to also make sure I eat constantly and not skip days of eating this is also an activity that will improve my over all well-being! Activities for my spiritual well-being I think I may start by reading Purpose Driven Life this is an amazing book. 


I did complete the relaxation exercise the best I could! With a sick child at home and trying to get ready for this trip for work it was really hard to stay focused and relax. I really have a hard time shutting my mind off when I have a lot that needs to be done in a short time( as I'm sure most people are like this) I really enjoyed listening to it and did focus for most of it and I loved the use of colors and the how a different part of the body was a color. Its funny that taking just 20 minutes to myself where it is quiet is one of the hardest things. I am for sure going to work on this and move toward fitting in time for my well-being!!! 

Unit 2 Welcome!

Welcome to my page and my journey through life (currently my relaxation life) for the next several weeks! I am very excited to learn all about integral health and how having my mind, body, and spirit balanced. It is always really exciting when you are taking a class for school and it becomes more than a class and lesson for your own life as well as to help others. Doing homework no longer becomes a horrible task and it becomes a task you look forward to doing. Everyone could always use sometime to relax. I am really excited to be on this journey and can't wait to see what I learn and how relaxed I become!! I hope everyone enjoys reading about me! Have a fabulous day!!! :)




I was kind of excited to listen to"Journey On Relaxation" and to do the exercises, like everyone else relaxing is not my strong point in life right now. I actually listen to this the past three nights before I went to bed and it was great how well it worked and how much easier it was to fall asleep. The music and the voice were soothing I will probably do this as many nights possible before I go to sleep! I think everyone should do something like this every night before they go to bed, it would help probably just about everyone!