1.
Practice the universal Loving Kindness
(meditation) exercise on p. 93.
2.
Complete the Integral Assessment
discussed in chapter 11 (p.115).
3.
Describe the exercise and assessment
process. What did you discover about yourself? What area have you chosen to be
a focus of growth and development? Why? What are some specific exercises or
activities that you can implement to foster greater wellness in this area?
The universal loving-kindness practice was very powerful for
me. Having those 4 sentences to say to myself out loud was helpful to expand my
mind and think of my family, friends, neighbors, and people I do not know kindness.
This sort of practice has helped me socially because I have noticed myself
striking up conversations with people that I do not even know and becoming much
more social.
The integral assessment consists of six principles:
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Alleviate suffering and promote flourishing
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Recognizes short term and permanent suffering
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Recognizes immediate pleasure and long term
flouring
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Psychospiritual development
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Deep listening and guidance
·
Assessment of all aspects of life and being
dynamic (Dacher, E. 2006).
I believe that I had done a great job growing into integral
health, changing my mind to think more positively has helped me in many was at
work, at home, and daily struggles. My goals and focus areas now are in
recognizing suffering and pleasure I find that help me or do not help me. I
think if I put more thought into the reasons my mind starts to think negatively
I could set myself up to foster better health and wellness. Some things that I could
implement in my schedule could be meditation and keeping a journal for
reflection.
References
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral
Health. Laguna Beach: Basic Health Publications.
Nellie, I'm happy to hear that the loving-kindness exercise has a lasting impression on your attitude and life. It is quite amazing how something so easy, can make such a huge impact. I love it, because it makes going through life more pleasant.
ReplyDeleteImplementing meditation into my daily schedule is also important and somewhat slow to get going, so I hope we both can gain success soon. Good luck and enjoy the new opportunities that come with having new friends.
Hi Nellie
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome that this exercise has helped you be more social. So many people are afraid to talk to others. I also think it is great that you can change your negative thoughts to foster more health and wellness. It is good to see changes in people. I myself feel I have learned so much from this class and my other class which is the same professor lol Did you by any chance find any of the practices hard because we had no audio? Can you give me any tips on how you made this work? I found it a bit annoying to have to read and remember phrases so I had to cut it down to only repeating 2 phrases.
Hi Yadi,
ReplyDeleteI went along the lines of the phrases in the book and I could not remember all the words, so I made up sentances that were similar. It really helps just saying postive things aloud.
Nellie,
ReplyDeleteLike you I enjoyed this exercise. It was easy and very helpful. I think its wonderful that you used this to become more sociable and out-going. As far as my assessment went psychospiritual and worldly are the facet I found I needed to work on. Specifically my job and and how I view it and how I view and can help alleviate others suffering.
Brandy
Hello Nellie!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how a simple chant or even prayer can be so empowering to help one to focus more and to help one expand their mind. One could relate the prayers from a religion such as christianity as a similar exprience or exercise in the form of repeditive meditation. A great example is the requirement to say X amount of Hail Mary's after admiting one's faults, lies, and sins in the Roman Catholic faith; this repeditive chant can help to clear one's mind of guilt and to instill power within themselves toward betterment and fullfilment. For myself, this exersise helped me to clear my thoughts and realize that I really do need to focus on natural medicine: the reason I even began Nutrition Science.