This exercise is definetly going to take some practice to accomplish the subtle mind. It initially asks for you to imagine sitting in front of a person whom you respect and love. I picture Jesus right away and the feelings of relaxation, trust, comfort, understanding come about. But the Beam of light we are to imagine coming from the top of the head, the throat, and chest is really hard for me to imagine. So, I ended up in total frustration because I could not imagine this. Essentially, this exercise did nothing for me. In my opinion, it is asking to much of me to do in one sitting, and I don't think that it is the fault of Dacher in what he is trying to train us to do, it is me! I am unexperienced, untrained, and very unfamiliar with this type of practice. It will take some practice to train and discipline the mind to accomplish the exercise.
Mindfulness and meditation has increased psychological and spiritual awareness in many aspects, making me aware I need work, practice and discipline in some areas of my life. For example, I am not a patient person and when I want something done, I want it done NOW, and I want everybody in my family to operate under the same window or expectation. If there are things I know need to be done, I spend the time to get it done, so I know it is taken carea of and no worries. I think these meditation exercises will temper that need to have things done NOW. I do know these are my issues, but wonder why anybody else cannot operate under the same window? Other people operate under a slower less stressed movement than I, so the reall issue is, why do I operate under a stressed movement? In order to understand this issue, I need to continue to practice, practice, and practice these meditation practices taking me through the exercises and steps of discipline. This is the only way I can think of to accomplish greater health and wellness.
In answering the question on page 477, One cannot lead someone in a direction they have not traveled. In my profession, I have seen OB/BYN's tell me and others how to care for my babies when they have not had any themselves. How in the world do they know what exhaustion means? They don't. They have no understanding of how mother's get really stressed out when they are tired, lacking sleep, sore from childbirth, and still have to be a mother and a wife cleaning the house, cooking, laundry, etc. Do not speak about something to me that you have no experience in! I will not hear you. How it applies to the health and wellness profession is this: In order to get positve results with those you are working with, you have to be well knowledged academically, and scholarly, and speaking and teaching from experience, so that you can fully understand where one may be coming from. If you only have book smarts but lacking personal experience, what good are you? Like I said, I do not hear you. My mind shuts off right away and I resent the fact you are even trying to talk to me. Don't do it! This world is already filled with many people who think they know a lot and don't know squat. I only want to speak with one who is knowledged in all areas I am looking for. Plain and simple. Because of my strong point of view, I want to be knowledged academically in the area I have personally experienced to be exceptionally good at my occupation.....helping others in the health and wellness field.
In answering if I have an obligation to my clients to be developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? YES, and I have answered the why in the above paragraph.
In answering how I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my personal life? I have to walk the walk and talk the talk. Like I said, if I do not have any personal experience to go along with what I am learning academically in this field, I will not be able to totally help anybody else, simply because I have not experienced it, therefore, I will not be understanding! It is that simple.
To all of you mother's here, I hope you all have a VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! We deserve to be pampered. Yvette
Hi Yvette,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you were able to do the exercise! I smile when I read your frustration - not because you are hurting, but because your drive to achieve and learn are obvious! Be nice to yourself, my friend. It's ok not to nail the exercise at first. I kind of blotted out those few minutes of the exercise because I was enjoying the peacefulness.
I agree that a person should not spew "how to's" if they are completely clueless about a topic. Book smart and application stupid are not a good match. When I delivered my second child, the
L & D nurse was 5 months along with her second- only there were 13 years between her children. Anatomically, my pelvis makes it difficult for me to deliver without assistance, and she wouldn't listen to me. Until my OB arrived (he delivered all three of my babes), and told her to be quiet, (that I was right), she just kept saying "you've a pathetic pusher". About 7 months later, I ran into that nurse - she apologized to me saying "I completely forgot how hard delivering can be. I am so sorry I was mean to you!" I really believe that until you personally experience a situation, you can really try to be sympathetic, but total empathy can't be expressed.
Hi Yvette, I think you brought up a good example regarding how someone cannot lead where they haven't been. While I'll agree that an L & D nurse, or an OB can not empathize if they have not had a baby themselves, they are specifically trained in birth and do have the ability and knowledge to lead you in that process, even if they haven't done it themselves. But in the case of a wellness professional, I agree that the teacher must be knowledgeable and have gone down that path themselves before they can teach others.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rest of class!
Andrea