The conclusion

After reviewing my unit 3 personal assessment, I realized that I rated myself fairly high in each category. I rated my physical well being at a 7. I felt pretty healthy at that time but still felt that there were small changes that I needed to make. Now I would give my physical well being a 7.5 only because I have started getting more exercise daily. There are still a few minor things that I have to still get in check.

For my spiritual wellbeing, I gave myself an 8 because I felt, and still do feel spiritually connected. I don’t think I will ever be a perfect 10 because I feel like there is always room to grow spiritually.

For my Psychological wellbeing, I gave myself a 9 because I am mentally strong and stable person. I think I would like to dial that back to an 8 because there are new developments in my life that I am learning to adjust to.

I feel that after this course I am much calmer and let very little upset me. I am very aware of my thoughts now and how they affect my life as a whole.

The meditations that I have found the most useful to me personally would be the visualization practice, and the loving- kindness meditation. The Loving - Kindness meditation is my favorite because I am projecting love and kindness outward into the world. This in particular helps me  to abandon judgments and anger towards certain people and their personalities. I feel so empowered by simply directing my energies and prayers to empower others.
 The visualization helps me when I am feeling off and need to feel somewhat centered. I am able to do both of these meditations whenever, wherever I am.

Meeting Aesclepius mp3

 

With the meeting Asclepius I meditated on a very wise monk. I envisioned him smiling and sending loving kindness to me, and I returning the loving kindness back to him. I envisioned us communicating without words. It felt as though he was teaching me peace and love through projecting it on me.

 Meditation has helped me immensely. Often after meditation my mind is much clearer and I think much more clearly. I also find that my raw emotions seem somewhat diluted. I still feel them, but not necessarily as a motivating force. I become an observer of myself.

These meditations allowed me to help my teenage niece to quiet her mind. She was going through a very tumultuous time and needed to think clearly and get rid of the constant thoughts racing through her head. I guided her through some breathing exercises which helped her to focus on her breath and abandon her thoughts. We only did this twice for about 5 minutes or so and she really enjoyed it. She told me she felt very relaxed like she wanted to sleep. But she did not sleep. She wants to continue to do this because she says she has a hard time “calming down”

I think that if I had not done this practice myself, I would not be able to guide her to her calmness.

These exercised would defiantly work for my clientele or anyone for that matter. Everyone’s mind has a constant chatter and background noise going on. These exercises could potentially help everyone.