I really did try and I even listened to it again after the first time, but I just couldn't get it today. I had a pretty bad argument with my brother a few days ago and I think that is dragging me down. I tried to breathe in the bad from him and breath out the happiness and health to him but I just didn't feel it. It bothers me that I didn't get it because I really have felt a difference from the exercises in the units prior but not this one.
I think I would recommend this to anyone that works with people on a daily basis. We all have our bad days and we all have our times where we don't feel well. I think that maybe the nursing profession may benefit from listening to this. They could relax and learn to love everyone at the same time. It could help their bedside manner with their patients.
I think the concept of a mental workout is practicing and challenging your mind to go to places it hasn't been before. Research can show that a mental workout can help someone achieve things they never thought they could like reversing heart disease or any other illness. If you practice your mind to think healthy and happy, then I would think your body would react to your mind in that way. I think that I need to try to listen to this exercise on another day to see if I can get it again.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Unit 3 blog
I would rate my physical well being an 8. I exercise regularly and eat healthy for the most part. I do have my days where I eat junk. A goal that I can set for myself to improve my physical well being would be to start incorporating different exercises rather than the same ones I do most of the time because I am a creature of habit. If I do something different, I can not only see the difference but I can feel it too.
I think my spiritual well being is about a 6 but I think as this term moves on, that number will get bigger. I can tell just from the past few weeks that my spiritual well being is improving. I feel better about myself. A goal that I can set would be to go buy a relaxation CD and listen to it more than just once in a while. These relaxation exercises have really helps my spiritual well being.
My psychological well being could use a little help because I would say I am about a 5. Two years ago when I got out of the Army, I wanted to take a month off and just relax. Then I got the idea of going to school. So I did. The first 6 months were great but then I hit a financial issue and needed to get a job. That was when my stress level rose a little. As time went on and I got a promotion with more responsibilities and deadlines, and as school went on the classes were getting harder and harder, I actually debated taking some time off because I was about to my breaking point. I'm going to blink and February will be here and then I will be finished. A goal that I can set to help with my psychological well being would be to continue school and not give up because I have made it so far already. After school is done is when I'm going to buy myself a Kindle and read the books that I want to read instead of what I have to read for school.
This weeks relaxation exercise was really interesting. I have heard of the different colors representing certain things. Listening to the man talk about what each color did, I could picture the different colors of light coming out of my body at each different spot. I thought it was beneficial especially with letting go of some of the stress from last week. I feel refreshed and ready to face another week of work, school, and personal life.
I think my spiritual well being is about a 6 but I think as this term moves on, that number will get bigger. I can tell just from the past few weeks that my spiritual well being is improving. I feel better about myself. A goal that I can set would be to go buy a relaxation CD and listen to it more than just once in a while. These relaxation exercises have really helps my spiritual well being.
My psychological well being could use a little help because I would say I am about a 5. Two years ago when I got out of the Army, I wanted to take a month off and just relax. Then I got the idea of going to school. So I did. The first 6 months were great but then I hit a financial issue and needed to get a job. That was when my stress level rose a little. As time went on and I got a promotion with more responsibilities and deadlines, and as school went on the classes were getting harder and harder, I actually debated taking some time off because I was about to my breaking point. I'm going to blink and February will be here and then I will be finished. A goal that I can set to help with my psychological well being would be to continue school and not give up because I have made it so far already. After school is done is when I'm going to buy myself a Kindle and read the books that I want to read instead of what I have to read for school.
This weeks relaxation exercise was really interesting. I have heard of the different colors representing certain things. Listening to the man talk about what each color did, I could picture the different colors of light coming out of my body at each different spot. I thought it was beneficial especially with letting go of some of the stress from last week. I feel refreshed and ready to face another week of work, school, and personal life.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Reflective Statement
Wow. That was amazing. I really do feel refreshed. I could feel my fingers getting warmer as I thought about the blood flowing to them as I was listening to the relaxation exercise. I think I've realized that no matter how busy I get during the week, listening to something like this once or twice a week could really help with my mental fatigue and stress I get. It will more than likely help with the headaches I've been getting recently. I think this goes along with a few of the discussion questions about the Olympic Mental Fitness and training the mind. I can see how this can work to anyone advantage.
Welcome statement
So here we are at the begining of this term. This class seems like it is going to be really interesting and I think I'm going to be able to take some informaion away from it and use it to my advantage even after this term is over. We'll see.....
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