Unit 10

In unit three my assessment was physical 9, psychological 5, and the spiritual a 3. I however didn’t understand at that point what Dasher was trying to get at by integral health and was blogging a rebuttal to idea that we had to journal our thoughts onto a blog that I was not familiar or comfortable doing.

Now I would score myself about the same, the reason is because over the last 8 weeks I have had little time to come up with a new plan that will include psychological and the spiritual portion of integral health into my health plan.

The goals I have set for myself have been to work less on the physical and take some of that time and do yoga to increase my psychological and spiritual aspects and still get the physical benefits. I also plan to incorporate the exercises we learned and listened to this unit into my weekly workout plan.

This course has been a ride, I was not open to the idea at the beginning but as I started to understand the benefits that Dasher was trying to explain I have made a 180 degree change and have really found that the three aspects of integral health are a must in everyone’s life.

Corban

Unit 9 Project

I. Introduction:

Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself?

It is important as a professional to be able to not only understand the needs that are relevant for each patient but to be able to have a level of completion that we can truly connect with each individual and what their needs are.

I need to focus my attention on my spiritual and psychological needs to obtain he goals that I have set I have currently set for myself. The exercises that we have posted in previous weeks will be my platform to continue to engage the mind and open more doors for integral health and wellness.

II. Assessment:

How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?

I have assessed my health in each category by how I feel.  For example when I struggle to stay focused doing a task I realize that my psychological health is not where it should be and that many times it is my mind that is to “noisy” for me to focus and learn.

Scoring my wellness (1-10 ten being very good):

1.       Spiritually- My spirituality I would give a 6. I know that it needs improvement but I also feel that I have a good understanding of how to improve and what my spiritual lifestyle should look like.

2.       Physical- My physical health I would give a 9 because this was my main and only focus pertaining to health. I am very in tuned with my physical body and know what to eat, how to work out, as well as if something is not right for example if I haven’t had enough water I will know simply by listening to my body.

3.       Psychologically- My psychological health I give a 4. This area of my integral health gives me the opportunity to grow the most. I have knowledge from this course know that has allowed me to refocus my attention away from my physical health and place that time on my mental health and not lose but benefit from an integral health perspective.

III. Goal development:

List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.

Goals:

Physical- I am in the Army and would like to score a 300+ on my APFT.

Psychological- I want to be able to calm my mind and be able to focus.

Spiritual- Have inner peace and a stress free life

IV. Practices for personal health:

What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.

Physical- To accomplish my goal I need to do 40 pushups and 40 sit ups twice a day every day, as well as continue to run.

Psychological- I need to incorporate the exercises that we have learned from this course in my weekly workout program. Also I would like to start a mediation exercises like yoga, the response from the class about this was amazing.

Spiritual- I would like to find a church that I could be able to grow. Also I need to read my bible and have some devotional time each day for this.

V. Commitment:

How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?

Assessing my progress is about keeping track, I will continue to use a journal that I can reference and see in the next 6 months how much progress I have made. A strategy the I can use would be find others that are looking for the same thing or family and friends and have them keep you accountable.

Corban

Unit 8

This week we are discuss two of the exercises that we have practiced this semester. I have chosen the Subtle mind exercise and the Witnessing mind exercise.

The subtle mind exercise works very well for me each day to stay in control and be grounded using my breath as focus point. Coaching track and loving to run we have exercises that are similar when trying to breathe when our body is under stress from running. Learning how to stay grounded and maintain control of the body to perform not only in a race but in life shows direct correlation between the exercises immediate usefulness as well as the long term benefits of being grounded and having control of my thought and life. Control your breathing keeps you grounded, control your mind which then you can control your body.

The witnessing mind exercise was my first real step into understanding and wanting integral health. I was able to witness my restless, noisy mind ease and relax while I could allow the thoughts to float in and drift away without engaging them. This allowed me to become deeper involved into an almost calm-abiding when I could just move with the visions and not engage, this really allow me to focus on school, work, well everything. I have used this before doing schoolwork or accomplishing a task that needs focus and attention. This exercise allows me to have more room to input more information be less distracted when trying to focus.

Corban