During a self reflection of my health, I came up with the following assessments, but based on guessing because I have not put any thought into how healthy I really am until it has been a requirement of me in this class. I am not one who visits the doctors, nor do my children. For the most part, we are pretty healthy.
Physically, I would say I am at an 8-9 because I do exercise on a regular basis dong various types of exercises.
Spiritual well-being would be an 8 and psychological would be an 8. Of course, all three are tied together and my physical well being has a lot to do with my spiritual and psychological thought processes or well-being of both. If you are spiritually happy and secure, then psychologically you are happy as well. Physical would follow. Like Dacher says, if we are mentally disturbed, then so is our physical state disturbed. Makes perfect sense how they are all intertwined, a part of each other, co-exist together, etc.
My goals in these areas are to continue to grow and expand in mind, body, and spirit, which has been going on and will continue to go on.
The thing I find very irritating with this concept is, the more I grow within myself and expand all three of these concepts the majority of the world is not doing the same. The more you become aware of their real existence and ideas, versus your new learned ideas and awareness. Eventually, you find yourself outside of the box and people in the box are continuously trying to pull you back in because that is the norm of the majority. You need to fit into their mold of what is normal and are judged, graded, etc. based on this. You are seen as somebody going against the flow of things, as somebody causing trouble, going against the grain. If you ask too many questions, you are considered challenging the norm. What to do, I don't know.
I have done the exercise and find it difficult to imagine the square or circle shape along with the color. I found it to be tedious and irritating, only because I don't have time to do things like this. I have lots of homework, kids that need me, grocery shopping, cleaning and laundry before Monday comes around. The beneficial parts of the exercise are learning to calm yourself step by step, organ and area of the body step by step, using the shaes and colors to help, eventually succeeding in the journey to relaxation. What an accomplishment that would be. I would love to eventually beable to accomplish this myself and hope eventually I can do this. Right now, I have too many expectations, assignments, and duties to do.
Of course, this is they way the majority of society operates on....many things to do on limited time. Arrrgghhh. I can't wait until I am done with school. Yvette
I enjoyed reading your blog. I too feel phsycially I am doing great! I struggle more with my psychological wellness. Only because I am high stressed so much of the time. I realize "life circumstances" can play a large part in this, but I am constantly working to improve that part of my life.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with what you stated about being irritated regarding the relaxation exercises. While we work to improve, most of the rest of the world is spinning out of control! Being out of the "norm" can sometimes be uncomfortable, and you are right, they are always trying to pull us back into that box. My time is very limited as well, but I actually enjoy these exercises. Unfortunately in this one, I found myself falling asleep. I think it was too long for my fast pace life!
Great job!
Jeanie,
ReplyDeletethanks for your comments and being honest. I have to laugh because I found myself doing the same thing and had to stop 3/4 of the way. I knew if I kept going I would not want to do anything else I needed to do today. I do agree, it is a wonderful exercie and just have to keep practicing. I am sure it will get better. Yvette
Yvette,
ReplyDeleteI really identified with what you said about growing in your own awareness while everyone around you is stuck in the same spot. I can be very frustrating when people close to you do not understand the changes you are going through. Congratulations on your high ratings! It sounds like you're in a great place in your life.
Hi Yvette!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your honest reflection. I think your honesty really hit home to me as well. I find that the people around me are totally stuck in their "shoulds and have tos" and don't want to hang out on the "outside" of the box with me where things are much calmer and really healthier. Have you ever water skiied? As I write this, the image of that came to mind...when you just get up onto the skis and you are directly behind the boat and trying so hard to stay up in the wake, once you get your bearings and swing over the wake and then ski on the calm water it is effortless and beautiful. I know a lot of people who are too afraid to swing out there and they don't enjoy water skiing as much as I do...I am thinking that is the case with this mind-body balance and connection. Hang in there...your example of living peacefully will eventually get "them" to move over to your side of the box! Take Care!
Jeannette