1. I have completed the loving-kindness exercise and I am still loving the fact that we have learned this. I love being able to take in the bad and trade it with good, if we could just do that with everything that would be great. I have learned that you can help others teaching them this exercise as well. It is like a chain reaction, you learn it, you teach someone how to do it, they teach someone else, and so on. It is a really great exercise to experience.
2. describe the exercise and assessment process: first you need a still and silent mind. Then focus all attention on the four quadrants; biological flourishing, psychospiritual flourishing, interpersonal flourishing, and worldly flourishing. Next, determine which area in your life needs attention. Or you could simply determine if there is any area with urgent distress.
3.I discovered that I am pretty good on the psychospiritual flourishing, interpersonal flourishing, and the worldly flourishing, but my biological flourishing needs a little work. So with previously saying that I need to work on and grow my biological flourishing, this is the area that I have chosen to focus on. I have chosen this area because I believe that I am not that healthy. I do not exercise a whole lot, I know that 9 times out of 10 the foods that I choose to eat could be healthier for me, I think that I maintain homeostasis pretty well, I mean I don't get sick that often, but my mind/body practices could use work. Some exercises that I could foster would be; fitness: I could work out more often maybe buy a fitness DVD, nutrition: I can make healthier food choices. Instead of having chips for a snack I could have an apple or banana, and self-regulation: I could meditate more often to help my mind and my body connect to one another.
Sam
So you know how I said that I don't get sick that often? Well its ironic, because I now have a head cold. I feel horrible.I have started an exercise program. I have a dry erase board where I write down all the exercises that I will be doing for the month. I also have an exercise DVD that I use twice a week. So far I have kept up with this routine, hopefully I can continue this for the rest of my life. I would love to start thinking healthy, by doing exercises, eating healthier, and working on my mind/body connection.
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