Love & Kindness

My experience with the relaxation exercise can be describe as very uplifting, I have a very strong prayer life that I practice on a daily basis and when I integrate this exercise along with my current practices it allows me to take myself to a quite place and decompress and focus on the peace and tranquility that is required to recharge my batteries.  I didn't find this exercise difficult at all and I would recommend it to others. 

"Mental Workout" is a concept that requires allowing yourself to be relief from the day to day stress that occur in our lives.  Research suggest that we practice our own mental workout on a daily basis, to ensure integral health. 

I have incorporate a mental workout in my morning, noon, and evening routines.  This consist of my daily prayers, and finding my quite zone so that I won't allow the daily stressor to take over.  I encourage everyone to have this type of workout integrated into their lives because it does help to decompress. 

Mind & Body Connection ~ Wellness

Physical Well-Being

On a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate my physical well being an 8.  I workout 3 to 5 days a week but I believe we all have something that we need to work on towards our own physical well being the body ages and there are always things we can work towards improving.

Spiritual Well-Being

Spiritual well being I would rate a 6, I strive to work on this everyday, as a human there will never be perfection however, I will continue to pray and reach out to God for guidance and direction.

Psychological Well-Being

My mental well being has taken me years to improve, I would rate this a 7, I have learned that your outlook dicates your outcome.  I maintain a positive attitude everyday no matter what and at times it does become difficult but that's when I meditate and pray.  This helps me to seek a higher understanding before I choice the direction I should go.  I am always seeking a higher understanding and meaning to my life but I will never change how I pray and seek guidance before I make a decision on anything.

Goals for Integral Wellness

My goal for integral wellness will be to continue to surround myself around the positive people and forces.  This is important in order to maintain the proper balance in my life, I have tried to save negative minded individuals but this will leave you drained emotional and spiritually, you can take a horse to water but you can't make them drink so I will continue to seek positive surroundings and friends.  My prayer life is so important to me it helps to keep me ground and closer to God.

Relaxation Exercise

The relaxation exercise was very relaxing and I was able to focus on the direction of the audio/video.  I like to incorporate music and the sounds of the outdoors (i.e., running water, the sound of the wilderness) to help take me away from the chaos of the outside world.  Our world has become so technology driven that unplugging and recharging my batteries is a requirement in order for me to maintain a sound mind.

Medical Processes

Please join me in discussing the issues in health care that can effect us all however, here we will discuss the concerns that arise with different medical processes that can overwhelm and cause stress to anyone entering a health care institution.  Please feel free to share your experiences and thoughts with hospital, physician, and clinic visits.  All comments will receive feedback.