Unit 6: Exercises for Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness and Healing

During the Loving Kindness exercise I felt relieved and refreshed. I found it to be very effective when trying to calm the mind and body. This exercise, used to relieve anger, can be very beneficial to one’s emotional state.  After practicing the exercise a sense of love and passion came through me. It made me realize the importance of kindness and universal love.  In the Integral assessment I myself important questions that were crucial for my health development. I found the assignment to be very beneficial to me because it brought up topics that I needed to address. From the assignment I learned a lot about me and my mind. It may seem like I have everything under control, but after doing this assessment I realized that I have areas to focus on. One area of my life that I need to focus on more is the psychospiritual element. I feel this area needs my attention more because it is not as developed as I would like. In order for me to greater develop this area I need to introduce exercises to better develop this area. Practices like loving kindness and using the subtle mind are a couple of ways to expand my mind’s capacity.

Brittany Everman

Unit 5: The Key Role of Thought in Wellness and Healing

After listening to The Loving Kindness and Subtle mind exercise I thought both were similar. When listening to the Loving Kindness exercise I felt like I could get into easily and automatically felt relaxed. After listening to the Subtle mind exercise I automatically thought to myself that it sounds just like The Loving Kindness exercise and it was very similar. Both of the exercises were the soft voice relaxing exercises. The kind of exercise where all you have to do is relax and everything else falls into place. When it comes to the Loving Kindness exercise I liked getting right into it and feeling very relaxed after the exercise. When it comes to the Subtle mind exercise I love the fact that breathing was involved. Anytime breathing is involved and you are exercising that it makes you feel so much more relaxed. As for any kind of exercise like these two, I would recommend them to anyone and I would have to say they are very beneficial for anyone that wants relaxation. After finishing both of these exercises I couldn’t believe how I felt afterward. It’s the kind of feeling that you get after you work out and it makes you want to keep coming back. It’s the refreshed feeling and feeling like a new person. I will definitely be doing these in the future whenever I want relaxation. When it comes to spiritual wellness, mental wellness and physical wellness I believe they all come together and work as one. They are all connected somehow and work together. When you are mentally stable then you’re spiritually and physically stable. I believe that if you are feeling stressed and down then it’s going to affect you physically, spiritually and mentally. It all works together when you think about it. When it comes to my personal life all three of these will still be connected. For example, if you are going through happiness in your life and everything is falling into place then you mind is happy which makes you physically well and spiritually too. Anything you are going through in your life affects your mind first and then everything else is that same way.

Brittany Everman

Unit 4: The Mind-Body-Spirit Paradigm

After listening to the Loving Kindness exercise I was most definitely relaxed. Whenever I listen to exercises that have to do with calming yourself then I automatically get relaxed and feel relief. As for anyone, relaxation is important for anyone and everyone. Most people don’t realize, but relaxation is important and it is important that you are helping yourself by doing exercises that will help you get relaxed. I would most definitely recommend this exercise to anyone. I have always thought meditation and exercises like these are helpful and make a difference in relaxation if you let them.  I would tell anyone to use this exercise as the results are a positive outcome.  The concept of mental workout is strengthening your mind with exercises that are challenging to your brain. By working out our brains and minds we are able to expand our thought and brain capacity. In order to produce growth in our minds we must thrive to strengthen our brains. To implement exercises in our daily lives means to bring activities in your routines that work your brain. These types of activities are very important to help our minds grow. As we get older our brain function starts to slow down. In order for our brains to remain functioning properly and at its best, we have to work our brains and minds out.

Brittany Everman

Unit 3: The Mind-Body Connection

My physical well-being is a 7 because I am pretty active. I get lots of exercise with my busy life. My spiritual wellbeing is an 8. I have always been the type of person to have plenty of faith in myself. In order to keep going with life you have to have faith and my faith is a huge part of my life. My psychological well-being is an 8. I have always been confident as a person and always will be. Being who you are and having confident is one huge key in life. I have always been the type of person to have goals in life. Having goals is not only helping you work towards something but you are bettering yourself and making yourself a better person just by setting them. One of my physical goals is to work out more. I have always been one to work out but keeping the schedule is the hard part with my busy life. I am making a goal to really try hard to keep up my schedule with working out. I love being active and I love the outcome afterward. Being more closer to God would be my spiritual goal. My psychological goal would be to practice more stress relieving exercises. I love the feeling of doing an exercise and feeling the results afterward. I am going to make it a goal to try to do those exercises more and maybe I will be less stressed. When it comes to moving towards goals you can definitely use some exercises or activities to help you with those. Some would be yoga, exercising, and meditation. All of these activities help keep high well- being and keeps you motivated. When I listened to The Crime of the Century the first thing I thought of was it had the same effect as the last one. It was a good exercise for relaxing because of the soothing voice. After listening to this it really gave me a sense of relaxation and lowered my stress.

Brittany Everman

My Adventure in Relaxation

As I listened to Journey On to Relaxation I felt immediately relaxed. In the world of a busy life I have always thought relaxation is important to anyone. As a busy 21 year old that attends full time college online and works full time, relaxation is the key to keeping sane. When you don’t take time for yourself and enjoy things you love then you aren’t doing yourself any favor. Looking at past experiences, I have learned the hard way when it comes to time management and relaxation. Living in the fast lane will eventually wear on your body and affect you emotionally and physically. There are so many different ways for you to relax and relieve stress that can be beneficial to your body. Doing activities like meditation and yoga are two simple ways to help your body.  Activities like these seem small and unimportant, but in reality they have a big impact on our body and mind. For me utilizing relaxation techniques is a must in order to maintain the best focus on my goals. Having listened to Journey On to Relaxation, it has helped me better understand the benefits of relaxation.

Brittany Everman

Howdy Yall!

Hi everyone welcome to my blog. I am new to blogging and so I am excited for this new adventure. I am greatly looking forward to reading everyone's postings about wellness and health. I am not a typical online student because I am just 21 years old. I feel because of my age I will be able to bring something new and exciting through my blog every week. I am a Texas girl that enjoys friends and family. I have always been interested in the world of health and its many variations it has to offer. The different kinds of healing that is available in our evolving world excites me for the future. I look forward to sharing my thoughts through this blog as well as hearing the comments.

Brittany Everman