Tuesday, March 30, 2010
First time to blog
It is a beautiful day in Arizona today. I have my door open outside it is about 80 degrees. I can hear all the birds cherping, happy that spring is here, no doubt! I just put my 2 year old down and I have 1 1/2 hours to get some homework done before I have to pick up my older daughter and son from school. This is my first time to blog, I think it will be interesting. I've always wondered how my learning experience would be different if all my classmates were sitting in the same class together, maybe this will be the closest thing to it. Instead of talking about the subject at hand, perhaps we can all bring something new to the table. How about different types of work in health and wellness. Does anyone work in a holistic setting now? Would love to hear your experiences, Jenny
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I too want to adopt the holistic way of healing. I am also interested in anyone who is currently working in this field, who is willing to share their knowledge and experience. I am also very new the the blogging world as well. I like your picture of you and your husband, it is so nice to see my classmate, even if it is only in pictures. I like your blog so far.
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ReplyDeleteI have not blogged before either. I have not worked in a holistic setting before, but tried to promote health and wellness at my last job. I coordinated the employee wellness program. I loved it! Unfortunately, my position was cut becasue of funding. I am now working in nutrition research and hope to get back into more of a health and wellness job.
It's the Monday after Easter and I am feeling the effects of a very busy week, a full Easter day and trying to get over strep throat, and bronchitis. I decided to listen to the relaxation tape and felt myself going to sleep. Needless to say, I plan on listening again. Every time I listen to one of these, I fully intend to do the same every night before I go to sleep. They are extremely relaxing, but I believe the key is to listen at an appropriate relaxing time. Listening in the middle of the day does not work for me, for I am only thinking of the things that I should be doing instead.
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ReplyDeleteI think we feel the same way especially most Mondays. I agree, trying to relax sometimes when your mind is not cooperating will be hard. I just try and close my eyes for a bit sometimes, just to rest my eyes and re-group. I know I have a relaxation cd as well but don't know where it is now. I should look for it. Hope you feel better.
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ReplyDeleteSorry I have waited until Tuesday to complete this exercise, it has been a very full week. Based on my reflections, I would have to rate my physical wellness about a 6 right now. I am not laying in a hospital somewhere, I am functioning every day, but I definitely do not feel my best. I have mentioned before that I have Lupus, which, even though I am extremely lucky, really wears me down. Trying to keep up with all my children, school and just life in general takes its tole on me. I am also trying to shake this bronchitis and strep throat. I still am not on a regular exercise routine. Every now and then, I will get in a workout, but it is no where near where it should be. If only we had 2 or 3 extra hours in our day!! So much would be different. I would rate my spiritual well- being about an 8. I contribute this to everything that I have learned at Kaplan. I am more in tune to myself. I also would give myself about an 8 for psychological wellness. When I give myself these numbers it might not be because I have ironed out every kink in the road, but because I am aware of the kink's and do try to consciously work on them.
The goal that I would have for myself in terms of physical well being would be to practice yoga consistently so that I have energy every day. I would also be strong enough to hold the poses, and be able to feel and see the benefit of this type of workout. My goal for myself spiritually is to know exactly who I am and to purposely live my life through this. I want to achieve holistic health within every realm. I want it to come natural to me. I don't want to have to force myself to eat a particular way, or make myself find the strength for a yoga class, I want all of that to be a part of me, no matter what social or internal influence there is. My Psychological goal, would be to wake every day with a trained mind to stay present and peaceful no matter what the situation. To be o.k. with whatever the day may bring, to know that I will not let stress consume me.
The exercises that I could do to achieve my goals would be somewhat of the same things that I do now, just more consistency. I do practice yoga but maybe just once a week or so, I do eat very well, but maybe twice a week, I eat really bad. I also take time for deep breathing and meditation but maybe just a few minutes every other day. I do believe that I am on the right track, it is just hard to put yourself first and carve away a substantial part of the day just for these type of things.
After listening to the relaxation exercise (again, I almost feel asleep), I felt very relaxed! Too much actually since I still have work to do! I had a similar experience to this one time when I had a hypnosis session. She guided me through the session with the use of a rainbow. I have to admit it was much more successful than this. As I did this exercise, my mind still wandered. I did not do this when I was sitting in the hypnotherapy room. I think the reason is because I went there specifically for that reason, to be hypnotized. At home, I think of all the things around me that need attention (laundry, cleaning house, cooking dinner, the rest of my homework etc.) Hence, making it hard to stay focused.
HI everyone, for some reason, my blogging is not being posted in chronological order, hopefully it will be found down here on the bottom. Well, to begin with, the only place that I could find some silence that didn't occur very late in my home was at my gym. I figured that I could kill two birds with one stone, and escape to the gym for several hours, get some homework done, and exercise before going back home. Unfortunately, I tried to find the quietest spot in the life cafe to listen to my cd, but it was still very hard to focus, because of this, I found it a little frustrating to concentrate. Maybe I will try the library next time. This listening exercises are still very interesting and I'm telling myself during the whole time that I should be listening to them more often. The other problem that I encounter is patience. Being that my schedule is so busy, I have a hard time with sitting and just listening. During the loving-kindness part, I thought a great deal of my family, my husband and my children. I enjoy extending this type of emotion to them the most. I do need to learn to do this during an event that I perceive as negative. When I am angry with my children for whatever silly reason, I should explain my wants and desires in a loving and kind way. I know the results would be positive. I would suggest this to others. I would only make sure that the environment in which they listen to this was calm and peaceful. According to Dacher, the concept of a mental workout is much like a physical workout in that it takes dedication and practice (2005). It should also be noted that working out your mind, will in turn make your body healthier. I have decided that the only way to work in a mental workout during my day is to incorporate it into the same time that I do my deep breathing. I will use this time to mentally workout my mind. Dacher explains that research studies and personal reports have also demonstrated that mental training can change the mind in a positive way by reducing disturbing emotions like anger and hatred and promoting positive emotions like loving and kindness (2005). This in turn, will help us to avoid illness and disease. Just one more reason to do a mental workout!
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ReplyDeleteI completely understand the problem with trying to find time to fit in homework around screaming kids. I did my exercises yesterday with my children around and I actually benefited from listening to them. It was so weird because normally I can't concentrate with them around at all! I think what helped was that their grandmother was here and we all know kids around their grandmothers...parents don't exist. Any how, as I was going through the CD and as Dacher was asking to turn our love to one of our loved ones, I immediately thought of my children as well. Listening to them in the background as I was "loving" them, enhanced the tingling feelings and got me a little teary eyed. Try the CD again, maybe during your breathing sessions like you suggested. I think it would be really beneficial. Have a great day!!!
Hi Michelle, thanks for posting on my blog. I cannot fix the way that my posts appear, being that they all appear on the bottom. It's nice to see a classmate on my blog!!
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