Based on my reflections from a scale
of 1-10 my physical well-being at the present moment is at a 8. I say “present
moment” because I am not always in a constant state of just one rating. I
believe I am at a 8 because my health is well right now, I am in excellent
physical shape, I am happy with my physical abilities. I chose an 8 because
there is always room for improvement.
Based on my reflections from a scale
of 1-10 my spiritual well-being at the present moment is at a 5. I say this
because I haven’t taken enough time to meditate or have my alone time as much
as I’d like to. I also think I go back and forth, or get stuck, with being at
my optimal spiritual self that I know that I’ve felt and been at. For 2
wonderful years I was elated all the time and in the best spiritual and
psychological place I could be. I want to get back there, I know it’s in me, I
just have to reach down and dig it back up.
Based on my reflections from a scale
of 1-10 my psychological well-being at the present moment is at a 6. My
psychological well-being is not at it’s best because I feel my mind cluttered
with stuff from school, work, and running my business. I also am having a real
hard time with ADD and find it hard to focus often. I sometimes have to read a
paragraph, or even a chapter, twice because my focus will shift too easily. L
This is all too personal and am starting to wish we didn’t have to publicly
blog this.
A goal for myself for my physical
area, is to try a new fitness routine. I was on one routine for a few months,
but now it’s time to switch it up and add new things in.
My schedule was: Monday- weighted
workout, Tuesday- Cycling class, Wednesday- weighted workout, Thursday- Softball,
Friday-Sunday= random
Now it’s: Monday- weighted workout, Tuesday- Cycling
class, Wednesday- weighted workout, Thursday- bodyflow (yoga tai chi mix at my
gym) and Softball, Friday- Pilates
Sat & Sun= run days. I wanted to
train harder since I feel better when I am constantly working out. It helps my
sleep and somewhat on my focus. Also, I am doing Tough Mudder and Spartan Race
in the next two months.
For the
spiritual area, my goal is to get back to a constant state of loving happy
Heather. I am loving and happy now, it’s just not constant, I slip sometimes.
An activity for the goal is to meditate in nature more. It’s my favorite thing
to do, and yet I don’t make enough time for it.
For the
psychological area, my goal is to get better focused and to not worry stress
about school, work, or my business. My idea for an activity to achieve the goal
is to first write down all things on my mind before I read or work. Then look
at them and realize that in this moment thinking about those things is not
beneficial to what I am about to do. If I catch my self distracted/off track I
need to say “now is not the time for that”. When it comes to not feeling like a
huge workload is on me, I need to do all my homework on designated days so that
it doesn’t make me feel overwhelmed when it comes to my fitness time and
work/business time. I want to get the initial post done Wednesday or Thursday
and then dedicate Saturday and Sunday to school work. Monday is both of my
classes seminars. So really Mon, Wed or Thurs, Saturday and Sunday will be
school days. Tuesday and Friday can be “me” time. I would like Thursday to be
as well. I could also just do initial post and school Fri-Mon then give myself
Tues-Thurs.
I don’t
understand why in the learning space the relaxation exercise was called, “The
Crime of the Century” and why would it be frustrating? Anyway, my experience
was good. Almost put me to sleep though. It was beneficial for relaxing me
after a while. When I first started I was anxious thinking “I really want to
finish all my school work tonight (well done and not rushed, but just to
finish) and I was thinking about things I need to order online still and work I
want to do for the week to come for my business. Then I stopped myself and
listened well to the soothing mans voice. When he said the light spectrum and
rainbow all I could think about was Pink Floyd and the album cover “Dark side
of the moon”. Haha. Anyway, I had a feeling when the guy was describing what we
would do, that it’d have something to do with the 7 chakras (which I love
learning about! I want to learn and do reiki one day!). So I did just as the
man said and pictured light beaming from the little circle hole inside me up to
the ceiling (well beyond actually!). I didn’t just say the things he directed
us to think, I actually believed them. I didn’t want to do this as a “well I
think it because he said to” so I really reached in and felt it when I said it
in my head. By the end is when I got sleepy when he was finishing up the 7th
violet chakra, the crown. Luckily when he said to think about being energized
and awake it helped a bit, but I had to move before he said to in order to
really not fall asleep. Overall it was pretty beneficial, but almost too long
for me. I like a good 10 or 15 minute exercise.
Hi Heather,
ReplyDeleteYour blog was fun to read and differed considerably from mine. I rated my spiritual health the highest and my psychological the lowest. I do agree with you that putting your overall health status completely open in a blog can be difficult to do. I found your take on the relaxation exercise to much different from mine as well. I thought the guy that narrates has a very relaxing calm voice but the exercise itself seemed like work trying to continuously visualize the parallel colors shooting out of me through imagined windows. I would have done much better with an exercise thinking of myself in a forest listening to the sounds of nature or something to that affect. I hope you pursue your goal to try out Reiki as my mother-in-law is a Reiki healer and I have learned a lot from her. Just the other day I was getting ready for a very stressful job interview and Reiki helped me to get my body energize balanced and get rid of my jitters. So many powerful aspects of health and wellness that so many people have no clue about in the most developed country in the world. Ironic isn't it?