1. I am still improving my wellbeing in all three areas; especially my psychological wellbeing. I do believe that I am doing a pretty good job at improving this area. My anxiety attacks have not been happening as often. My physical wellbeing is also improving. Since I have started my workout DVDs I feel more energetic, I have been able to sleep better, and I have lost three pounds. The sleeping better at night also has to do with my psychological wellbeing. I have been meditating before bed which helps me unwind after a long day.
In unit three my physical wellbeing was rated at a five, my spiritual wellbeing was rated at a six, and my psychological wellbeing was rated at a three. Now I would score my physical wellbeing at an eight. I am rating it here because I have become more physically active. I feel a whole lot healthier and I am more energetic. I am going to keep my spiritual wellbeing at a six. I am doing this because I have not had to improve this area any more. I say this because I am satisfied, for now, with how I can calm myself in almost any situation and that I have been able to sleep better. I am going to bump my psychological wellbeing up to a five. I am doing this because I have been able to keep my anxiety attacks down. They are not where I would like them to be but they are getting better.
2. I am coming close to completing my goal for physical wellness. I have started a fitness program, I am starting to watch what I eat and how much I eat, and I am going to start taking walks around the block. Since I have started this program I have went from 150 pounds to 147 pounds. I am getting closer to my goal weight which is 130-135 pounds.
I think that I have reached my spiritual wellness goal. I am able to clear my mind and focus on one thing or nothing at all and I am getting a better night’s sleep. The one thing that I am still having trouble with is I can still get distracted easily when trying to clear my mind.
I am slowly getting to my psychological wellness goal. I still have quite a few anxiety attacks, but not as many as I used to. By meditating and getting more sleep at night has knocked down the anxiety attacks. I cannot even describe how scary and stressful those are to me, so I am glad that I have made this goal.
3. Yes I have implemented the activities that I chose for my wellbeing in two of the three areas. My physical activity was to become more physically active. I have started my workout DVDs and I am going to start walking in the evenings. My spiritual activity was to start doing yoga. I have not started doing yoga yet. I have to buy some yoga DVDs before I start doing yoga. My psychological activity was to meditate. I have been meditating since we learned how to in this course. I am going to continue to meditate for the simple fact that it helps me relax and sleep better at night. The best time for me to meditate is after work or before bed. I love the fact that we have learned this practice.
4. My experience in this class has been outstanding. I learned a lot of useful things in this course. I have learned how to meditate, use the loving-kindness practice, and how to work on achieving human flourishing. I believe that I have developed improved wellbeing. I believe this because I have learned how to relax; which is helping me get rid of my insomnia by getting better sleep at night. This experience improved my ability to help others because I can teach others how to relax just like I was taught in this class.
Sam
I still have not bought a yoga DVD yet, but this new work out program that I have incorporates a little bit of yoga in it. I still want to get a yoga DVD and see how it works. I am also still working on my psychological wellbeing. I didn't have one anxiety attack yesterday, which is great! I meditated last night and it was very relaxing. When I meditate I do it mostly at night and outside. This makes it even more relaxing because it is at the end of the day and the sounds of nature are very calming. I have also tried the relaxation CDs. These are helpful as well. The calming music or nature sounds are great. I also use them to help me fall asleep. I know I have said this time and time again, but I am truly glad that I took this class and learned how to meditate and use the loving-kindness practices.
ReplyDeleteToday was a pretty good day. The only thing that stressed me out was that no one straightened up my area at work over the weekend and it looked horrible. I was not very happy to see my department looking so horrible. So the first thing I did was I cleared my mind and relaxed for a minute. This helped me get ready for the day, since I had to clean up the mess left behind from the weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got home from work I meditated for about a half an hour. I feel so much better now and I am probably going to meditate again before I go to bed.
I worked on teaching someone else how to meditate today. My boss seemed really stressed out so I told her that she needed to meditate. I told her all she had to do was to close her eyes, clear her mind, and relax. If she caught herself starting to get distracted she needed to focus on keeping her mind clear and relaxed. I hope she tries this after she gets off work. I think it will help her just as much if not more than it has helped me. I plan on teaching more people how to meditate and let them know how well it has worked for me. I am really glad that I took this course. Thanks again instructor Kevin for making this class a wonder and fun experience, also thank you for teaching me how to relax.
Sam