Physical, Psychological and Spiritual Well-being
At the beginning of the class, I rated by physical, psychological and spiritual well-being on a scale of 1-10. As I reflect back throughout the term, I realized that I have had growth in all three areas. This course has been beneficial to help me evaluate all three aspects of my life and learn new techniques to help improve my overall well-being.
Physical Well-being: At the beginning of the class, I rated my physical well-being at an 8. However, as I read more about physical well-being and continued to focus on my physical health and wellness, I realized that my score was probably only a 6. After implementing yoga into my work out and health regimen, I would now rate it as an 8. I still need to continue to focus on and maintain my physical health to continue to grow and strive to lose weight and achieve my goal to be able to complete a 5 K this fall.
Psychological Well-being: At the beginning of the class, I rated my well-being as an 8. After learning more about psychological well-being, I would have changed my score to a 6. The readings and practices from this class have helped me to learn new techniques and practices to help calm my mind, relax and reduce stress. I would now rate my psychological well-being as an 8. Incorporating breathing techniques, meditation and yoga have all helped me to grow psychologically and implement new strategies to cope with stress and quiet the mental chatter.
Spiritual Well-being: At the beginning of the class, I rated my well-being as a 7. I have continued to have spiritual growth throughout the course and would rate my spiritualty as an 8, now. Practices learned and implemented have helped me to focus on my spiritual well-being.
Goals & Activities
Over the past several weeks, I have been working on goals that I established previously to the course and during the course. I have been continuing to focus on making a greater mind-body connection to help with my endurance while I am the gym to help with my physical well-being. Part of the training process has been not allowing the mental chatter or self-doubt to take over and interfere with my goals to become more physically fit, lose weight and ultimately complete a 5 K. I have learned that the mind has a great ability to perpetuate both negative and positive thoughts and behaviors which can cause an individual to have self-doubt and give up on or succeed. I choose to focus on the positive thoughts and ignore the negative.
The focus on calming the mind has helped me psychologically as well to help prevent negative or racing thoughts from interfering with my daily activities and sleep. Prior to becoming aware of the exercises to help calm the mind, I commonly became overwhelmed throughout the day and had difficulties falling asleep. Thankfully, I am remaining more focused during the day and sleep better at night.
This class has been very beneficial to help me reflect on the areas in my life that needed to be addressed to achieve a greater sense of well-being and integral health. The exercises and readings from the class have provided a resource or expansion on the knowledge that I had previously. The breathing and visualization exercises have been the most helpful for me to help calm my mind and reduce stress throughout the day. I have also implemented more yoga sessions into my routine, to help with the mind, body and soul connection.
