UNIT 7 BLOG ASSIGNMENT
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?
Since I am a Christian, I chose to view Jesus Christ with this exercise. We had to visualize this person, and become on a personal level. We were walking on the beach, and I was crying, giving everything negative to him. I said " Lord, Forgive me for being the way that I have lately, and take these burdens, and wash them away from me." I felt as if he were actually here with me. It is actually the first time that I have listened completely to these audio exercises. I feel refreshed after listening, and cleansing my mind and heart. I feel better knowing that I am who I am, and that is how he made me. I feel refreshed from my sins and all of the things that have been troubling me lately. I will definitely listen to this exercise again. I will keep this as a way of prayer through thought. I have always had a hard time praying, because I get upset, and I don't like others around while I pray. This exercise is amazing, I felt as if the Lord was with me, and he let me know that everything was going to be alright, and I was cleansed from my troubles and burdens.
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? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?
It means that you cannot make someone else experience something, if you have not experienced it yourself. For example, if you refuse to ride a bike, you can't talk someone else into riding the bike. It applies to the health and wellness professional because if you are trying to take care of someone else, for example, giving them advice on how to take care of themselves, you cannot give them advice on it if you do not take care of youself as well. I do have an obligation to develop my health, because if I am not healthy, I cannot take care of them to get them back to health. You must take care of yourself first and foremost, so that you are able to take care of others.
