What's on My Mind

1. Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness? I enjoyed the Meeting Aesclepius exercise, I actually felt my mind, and body recalibrating to higher verison of myself. By performing this exercise I was able to think clearly and to make better decisions when it came to my mental, emotional, and physical health. This exercise has also helped me to speak positive about others. I of course had to listen to the audio more than once. Meditation: Meditation is a way to calm or relax the mind-body-soul. It has bring peace to the mind as well as the body and soul. In order to apply these methods into life, thinking positve and having a postive attitude will allow for this to occur. Not to mention, being surrounded with love, joy and peace. For my meditation time, I sometimes listen to calming music in a nice quiet place. I use candles lights while sitting in a peaceful place. The Calming- Abiding is another solution Calm-Abiding: The mind has developed and now patiences has sinked in this is because pratice is what makes perfection. A situation that once overwhelmed an indivdual may not have the same negative effect as it once did. The mind is able to handle stressful circumstances much better. 2. Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life? How can I tell another were to go if I had not experiecne that road myself. This would be like the blind leading the blind, I think that it is best when one has had experiecne in something before giving advise. I think when a person learns something that mistakes will still occur, but practice is what makes perfection. It is important for a professional of any field to make sure that his or her clients needs are being met. I think that the professionals are obligated to make sure that all concerns and issues are being met. This will allow for many clients to have a successful outcome. Reference Kaplan University. (2006). HW420 course material Retrieved October 08, 2012 from www.kaplan.edu