Complete the following and post in your blog:
1.
Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located
in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and
discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an
increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to
apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?
I was not sure who to
visualize. I do not currently have
anyone that fit the description so it took me awhile to figure one out. Because it took me awhile to decide on a
person, I feel that my wandered much more easily than it did for the
loving-kindness meditation. Eventually I
picked a friend of my mothers who is also a massage therapist. She is the most open-minded, spiritual,
loving, nurturing person I know. I hesitated
using her at first because it has been awhile since I have seen her.
I’m not sure what it is
about using light coming out of a body that bothers me. Something about it didn’t seem natural and so
I had a hard time focusing on it. I don’t
know why, but white light was much easier than the previous meditation where we
used multiple colors.
The longer it went on the
easier it got to focus. I like the
thought of actually becoming the person that I was imagining. I would love to be as positive a healer as
she is. It gave me a little self
confidence that maybe one day that I can be.
It made me realize that those same traits are inside me, I only need to
develop them.
2.
Describe the saying: "One cannot lead
another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to
the health and wellness professional? If
you have never meditated, how can you truly explain to someone how to meditate
and the benefits of it. Any aspect of
health that we need to teach to another, exercise, diet, stress management,
spirituality, etc. are hard to teach if you have never done them or if you don’t
believe in them. For example, if you don’t
see yourself as a spiritual person and have no faith or beliefs, how can you
help someone further develop their spirituality?
Do you have an obligation
to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and
spiritually? Why or why not? If you do not progress in your own development,
how can you teach it to others? Also,
others will look to you for guidance, if it seems like you are an unhealthy
person, who will want to follow you?
People want to follow people that they admire and people who seem to
have all the answers.
How can you implement psychological and
spiritual growth in your personal life?
I need to work on my stress management, use more positive affirmations
and make meditation a regular practice in my life.
Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that any aspect of health that we need to teach to others such as exercise, diet, stress management and so on is easier to teach if it is something that we have done ourselves because we have lived what they are going through.
Your statement that people want to follow people that they admire and someone that seems to have the answers that they are looking for.
I have used positive affirmations in the past and have found them helpful. You have reminded me to incorporate them into my daily life again, thanks.
Cherri Looney
Hello Nicole,
ReplyDeleteFor the visualization I thought of my Godfather. I have a picture of me and him swimming when I was very little on my desk next to my computer. It was the first thing that popped into my head during this exercise. I like what you said about light coming out of a body, because that is a little weird. I agree that the exercise was easier to focus on as it went on. I agree with you that you need to develop or be developing your own health psychologically, physically, and spiritually in order to teach it to others. It is much better to learn something from a person who has experienced it or is experiencing it then someone who has no idea, first hand what is going on. Great blog this week.
Tabatha
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how everyone has different ways of meditating and what is comfortable for them. I felt this exercise was much easier for me because right away I thought of my grandpa; he is passed away now, but he was the kindness and most loving person. He would always make me laugh and we always would go fishing every summer at camp from about 5 am until 12 pm. He taught me respect, kindness, compassion, and love.
I do agree that if someone wants to learn something, they want to be taught by someone who really knows from experience and knowledge. Great post!!:)
Sara DeSanto