Unit 3 Wellness Questions

Hello all,

Being aware of my strengths and needs, as related to wellness, required some thought and personal assessment related to rating my physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being on a scale of 1 to 10.  I needed to connect my behavior and thoughts to the text reading and focus on the goal of living a healthier lifestyle.  I would like to think of myself as pretty much well grounded and not needing much work.  But the truth of the matter is, in honesty, we all need some work in one area or another because we are not perfect people.  Or, at least, I am not perfect.  In the physcial well-being area, I rate at 6 a little more than half the distance.  This is based on not being obese or totally out of shape but needing some work.  This work would require change in eating habits and exercising the body to return to a healthier weight and maintaining it.  In order to live a more wholesome and healthier life, it requires everything working together.  My goal is to improve in this area by rejoining a fitness club, not as a New Year's resolution, but rather as a new way of living.  My spiritual well-being can be rated at 8.  I am an Evangelist and very active in my church.  I am involved in weekly Bible Study and an online prayer ministry.  I attend church every Sunday and I am the Administrative Assistant to my Pastor.  But work is needed in this area too.  I have set a goal to begin taking a Sabbath rest weekly that will include a half day of no television, no telephone and no personal socializing from my waking time to 12 Noon on Fridays.  Setting aside this time will allow me to read, meditate, have a talk with my Savior and hear from Him on a consistent basis.  This time period can be considered as Preparation 3, silence and stillness, a toning down of outer activity, letting go of the unnecessary and trivial distractions in order to become more in touch with the primary source of my being.  There is no doubt that my psychological well-being needs strengthening and is rated at 8 also.  This is an area that needs more time and more commitment.  I am a student, I am involved in church, I am busy, busy, busy.  With all these things going on the mind needs down time to clear and recharge to skillful behavior as learned in Preparation 2, skillful action.  My goal here is to put an end to behavior that creates an obstacle to my inner developlment.  Being caught up in obligations and commitment diminishes the focus and robs me of time needed in other areas.  A statement read in our text reading gave me more awareness of my need in this area -- "we must stop doing what hurts us before we can move forward".   As a result of this, I am setting a goal of daily task assignments and devoting time solely to the items listed and not include other stuff thrown at me.  This is big and will require work but I know "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".  What do you think about my goals and plan to life a healthiet lifestyle?  Share with your feedback with me and let me know.  Thanks!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Dru Van Wright 

Unit 3 Relaxation Exercise

Hello all,

Well, I was not impressed with this unit's relaxatione exercise.  It did not relax me and there was too much instruction and talking to focus on.  I did not think the colors were of the rainbow, in fact, they were ugly.  I did not find the exercise beneficial and did become frustrating because it took so long to get to the end.  I did not enjoy this one at all.  What did you think about it, let's share thoughts.

Dru Van Wright

Relaxation

I completed the  Jorney On Relexation and meditation exercise.  This, too, was a first time experience.  I enjoyed it immensely because it occurred at a time when I really needed to relax.  I had spent endless time trying to get a blog set up and complete course assignments along with all my many personal responsibilities.  This exercisr allowed me time to slow down, relax and focus on me.  I had time to breath, to inhale and exhale, andit allowed me to walk away from a challenge that was frustrating me at the time.  But, the real outcome was it reminded that things and situations can take toll and overwhelm us in life, we must take time to assess where we are and how to handle the rigors of life.  Some times we must just stop, inhale and slowly exhale and allow a moment of relaxation to refocus and redirect us.  In other words, I needed this exercise and will try to implement more meditation and relaxation into my life.  What do you think?  Did anyone else experience relief and total relaxation?  

Welcome

Hello all,

I want to take this time to welcome you to "A Healthy Lifestyle" featuring "awoman's input'.  This is a first time experience for me and not quite sure about how it is to turn out or even the outcome of my responders.  But I am the type of person who will follow instructions and struggle to meet the criteria.  This educational endeavor has been a new experience for me but I am determine to stay the course and complete the task at hand.  I have visions and goals that hinge on completion of my degree and the educational endeavor at Kaplan.  In addition, I am glad to meet and interact with the great circle of classmates that I have met.  My professors and the learning experience has been great.  I am close to completion, graduating in July 2013 and only a couple courses left to complete.  But for the time left, let's do this together -- Welcome to my blog.