Unit 9

I.                    Introduction:

Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself?

It is crucial for professionals in the health and wellness field to incorporate integral health practices into their own lives before offering treatment to others. The reason for this is because it will help these professionals offer more expansive health care to each and every patient. A professional will accomplish a better and clear perspective in their inner body, mind and spirit.

Professionals implement integral health in to their own lives; they “will come to know that the alleviation of suffering and the ascent to human flourishing are more than ideas.” These professionals will want to end needless suffering to the best of their ability and therefore, “the soul of medicine returns.” (Pg167)

Dacher, E.S. (1998) Integral Health, the path to human flourishing.

To achieve my goals the area that I need to develop is the spirituality because I can focus the body to work with the mind but, to be whole I must be in full contact with my spirituality body. The goals that I have given thought to be achieving a better and healthier state of body/mind so I can be aware and opened minded towards others. However, I must let go the past to live the present, and prepare for the future.

II.                  Assessment:

How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?

My health in each domain has not yet being assessed because; I need to practice all the stages to develop a path to flourish my life. However, I cannot give you a profound score in spiritually, physical, and psychologically stages of my life. In a scale from 1 to 10 I would probably give me a 5, 6 because, like many people out in the world I would have to gain control of my life to accomplish my goal. Prepare and be aware of the next step in it so I can focus my mind to do what it does best and it is analyze the outcome and income coming towards it.  

III.   Goal development:

List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.

My goal:

Physical: I have learned to eat better and exercise more. My goal was to become more fit and by doing this I have gain more energy.

Psychological: My goal is to be more opened minded. In this I have learned to focus and analyze every point in life before making a decision or taking action.

Spiritual: My goal is to be whole a better healthier and more completive person. Being full in my spiritual level I have accomplished my success in this B.A. course.

IV.   Practices for personal health:

What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.

The loving Kindness and subtle mind are the practices that have help me foster growth in each and every domain Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Loving kindness in my physical domain has helped me by loving myself; I learned to love my physical body. Loving kindness also develop love for who I am not who I want to be. Psychological domain it has controlled my thoughts and also my stress level. Loving Kindness practice on the psychological domain has increase how I think and judge my state of mind in a healthier and stable stage. Spiritual domain the practice loving kindness help me develop a point in my spirituality that I have been searching for , it makes me love everything good or bad accepted and learn from it.  My spiritual is free it travels and searches the world from one point to the other and it bring knowledge to my other domains.

We practice opening our hearts with kindness, care, patience, and generosity toward their needs. Loving-kindness can be expressed in our thoughts, prayers, and advice or through physical assistance and generosity that connect heart-to-heart. Loving-kindness includes sensitivity and openness to others and their differences, a warm heart, and the qualities of respect, fairness, honesty, patience, and acceptance. If we look very carefully, we may notice that these were always our natural intentions toward others before self-concern took center stage. Like clouds moving across a clear sky, our loving-kindness is all too often obscured by our calculating mind that assesses the cost to ourselves. Then our kindness, generosity, and care are reconsidered and modified to suit our ego needs. Our open heart is compromised by the thinking mind.  

 The subtle mind practice in my physical domain has helped me increase my breathing techniques. Physical domain the subtle mind help me controlled my breathing and it increases the oxygen going to my muscle so it can expand accurately to be healthier. The Subtle mind in my psychological domain has helped develop a strategy to increase my thought and focus all that energy to be a more concentrated being. Psychological domain is also a step in the process of analyzing what needs to be address and fix in my thoughts. Spiritual domain the subtle mind has train my body/mind to work together and help the spirit gain a portion of a healthier being. The subtle mind in my spiritual domain is the food and the nourishment needed to increase every other domain. Exercising, focusing and feeling the love for everything around us is the guide to a healthier and better life.

With practice, we learn how to stop the mind’s tendency to cling to random movements. Instead of grasping and ruminating, we learn to impartially observe and witness the natural rising and falling of thoughts, feelings, and images.

References:

Elliott S. Dacher, M. (2006). Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach: Basic Health Publication.

V.  Commitment:

How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?

In the next six months the progress that I intend to achieve is be a success in my school I want to accomplish my B.A. degree. I have learned through these practices in this course are helping me acknowledge the strength I have in me and also love who I am. I made a commitment with my life to be better and become a guide for my children and also my fellow peers. The strength come within and it is adapted to everyday we progress our goal in life.