Unit 9 Project: Personal Application of Integral Health

CSenn HW420 03 Unit 9 Project

Unit 8: Integral Exercises and Practices

After reviewing the exercises and practices experienced in this course, most of them were very beneficial in my life. It was hard to narrow it down to two, but I had to due to discussion purposes. The two that were the most beneficial to me were the Loving Kindness practice and the Subtle Mind Practice. The Loving Kindness has helped me realize one of my weaknesses and that would be negative behaviors due to me speaking my mind at anytime. It has helped me relax and work through these negative emotions and behaviors and share love and kindness instead of hatefulness toward myself or others. The second is the Subtle Mind practice. The Subtle Mind practice has aided in me finding my inner self and open my heart and mind to others and new experiences. This practice is so relaxing! To implement these practices into my personal life, I will continue performing these practices to train the mind to continue on the path of human flourishing. I will continue to at least practice three times weekly and more often as needed, especially if I realize that I am starting to wonder down the wrong path of fostering mental fitness. Also, I will change up the practices and exercises when needed to meet the need of the situation at hand. I look forward to continuing on this path to human flourishing, mental fitness, and integral health!

Unit 7: Meeting Asciepius and Transformation of the Healer

The meditation practice from this week, "Meeting Asciepius", was overwhelming to me. I tried the exercise several times and was just not able to bond or respond to it. It was a frustrating due to being hard for me to stay focused for the great amount of time between the visualization topics. I think this was the hardest meditation practice that I have experienced. I really do not think this practice met my needs. I will have to abandon this one and continue with the other practices at this time. Mindfulness and meditation has fostered an increase in my psychological and spiritual wellness by showing me the importance and benefits that these practices have on integral health and human flourishing. The practices has encouraged me to do the things I need to do to better myself psychologically, physically, and spiritually. Also, it has shown me ways to meet integral health to become one and whole again. To continue this fostering of greater health and wellness, I will continue to grow integrally to sustain health, happiness, and wholeness.

"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (Sclitz, M., Amorok, T., and Micozzi, M.S., 2005, p. 477). This is an inspiring quote and the meaning that I feel that it has is that one will not be able to effectively lead someone else into human flourishing if one is not utilizing human flourishing himself or has had experience in himself. This applies to the health and wellness profession by one making a good example and being a good influence to the client. I think, I do have a duty and an obligation to my clients to have developed or be developing my own health through human flourishing psychologically, physically, and spiritually. My mom had taught me a saying a long time ago and I have incorporated into my life. "Practice what you preach!" If I am unable to develop integral health, my clients may see or feel as if it is a unnecessary cause. I sure do not want my clients to feel that way! I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my personal and professional life by identifying my weakness and train the consciousness with contemplative exercises and practices for psychospiritual flourishing and human flourishing.

Schlitz, M., Amorok, T., & Micozzi, M.S. (2005). Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine. p. 477. St. Louis, Missouri:Elsevier

Unit 6: Universal Loving Kindness and the Integral Assessment

The process of the exercise of universe loving kindness was the repeating of four statements over ten minutes with my eyes closed with the mind and body relaxed and still. The statements included:

May all individuals gain freedom from suffering.

May all individuals find sustained health, happiness, and wholeness.

May I assist all individuals in gaining freedom from suffering.

May I assist all individuals in finding health, happiness, and wholeness.

The process of performing the integral assessment was very enlightening. The first step, I was looking at the four aspects of my life: psychospiritual, biological, interpersonal, and worldly. Then I determine which one needs flourishing. Next, I decide which development is out of imbalance and essential at this time, what practices I will need to perform, what problems to resolve, new abilities to develop, and how will this contribute to integral health. I explored what areas of my life is ready for growth and is it the same or different area. I then thought about what does the next level of development looks like. I wrote down some notes as I did my assessment. I then looked back at my notes and determined if the assessment is clear and unbiased. This assessment tool can assist someone to think daily about their integral health. I really enjoyed reading a statement in our text.

With time I will no longer think in fragmented ways, speak or act as if I am disconnected from the whole, limit myself to an underdeveloped consciousness, or view my life from the narrow perspective of ordinary health. I will think, feel, speak, and act from an integral perspective (Dacher, E.S., 2006, p. 116)

Practicing the universal loving kindness meditation was very relaxing and helped me open my mind and heart to others and release the negative emotions that I had bottled up inside me. This exercise assisted me in shifting love for myself to others. With the integral assessment, I discovered that there is a lot that need to be flourished and developed within my life. The focus area that is essential is the psychospiritual aspect. I realized most of my motivation comes from instinctual and education. I lack the motivation from wisdom, wholeness, and oneness. I have partially met this goal. I have the universal loving kindness and compassion. I am more reactive than I would like to be and knowledge is predominantly through reasoning. The majority of my emotions come from desires, anger, fear, and reactive emotions. I lack a stable and expanded happiness, wholeness, and oneness. I will continue to implement the subtle mind practice, meditation exercises, physical exercise, relaxation techniques, and unity consciousness; learning to change reaction into intention.

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