Saturday, January 24, 2015

HW420-Optimal Well-Being



For this week’s blog I am supposed to rate on a scale of one to ten (ten being optimal) my physical, spiritual and psychological well-being, then develop a goal for each and talk about an activity that will help me accomplish my goals.

During the winter I rate myself an 8 for physical well-being, because during this time I tend to work out less because it’s cold. I average about 4 days a week. During the other seasons I rate myself a 9 because I love the warmer weather and nothing not even rain keeps me inside. During the warmer months I average 6 days a week of 45 minutes or more of exercise. My goal would be to add another day of exercise to my winter routine. I could meet this goal if I added another day of yoga or possibly another day of rowing or cycling. I could choose one of those activities according to what I am interested in that day.

Spiritually I rate myself a 9. I am happy with how I nourish my spiritual self through meditation and the Tao Te Ching. I meditate at least 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes before I go to sleep. Doing this daily brings me closer to my creator and it helps to ground and balance me. I rarely if ever have a dooms day attitude. I have a positive outlook and rarely feel like things are out of control. At this time the only goal spiritually that I might find useful is a way to add more service into my life. To accomplish this goal I could look for an organization that needs volunteers.

I rate my psychological well-being as a 9 and I rate myself that because I don’t sweat the small stuff. I feel that no matter how bad things might be in the moment I can with thought, creativity and hard work turn it around. I truly believe that if it’s worth having I am ready to dig in and work hard for it. I honestly not sure of a goal for my psychological well-being. I am open to suggestions.

Finally I tried to follow the guided meditation The Crime of the Century. I find the voice guided meditation distracting. I found myself not relaxing especially when he explained the colors and their function. I would much rather practice my self-guided meditation with a mantra that I might need at that moment. I feel like I won’t find any guided meditation relaxing. I will however remain open to any exercise presented during the course.

Linda

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