Saturday, November 23, 2013

My Score



Hey everyone,

This week I’ll be taking a look into my own life and trying to figure out where I need work in order to become a healthier, happier woman.  Below I am going to rate my wellbeing on a scale from 1-10 with 10 being optimal wellbeing.

Physical Wellbeing: 6
Spiritual Wellbeing: 5
Psychological Wellbeing: 6

Physically I give myself a 6 since I have not been working out since I tore my ACL.  I am not sick, nor do I have any conditions, I just feel that I am gaining weight and need to get back into the gym after I recover from surgery so I do not make my health worse.  Spiritually I have been falling behind on my prayer or rituals, and I really don’t meditate or talk to God/Goddess like I used to.  I definitely need to find my way back, but it seems I don’t make the time.  This is where my psychological wellbeing is affected, because I’m stressing myself out with work, school, and home life.  I need to take a look at what is a priority and make time for everything so my scores can rise.  If I were to make a goal, I would want at least 8’s in each but preferably 9’s as I do not feel 10’s is possible to maintain for a long period of time.  My wife and I are currently in the process of acquiring equipment to build our own basement gym.  This will alleviate the excuse that I just don’t want to go to the gym or leave the house.  I also need to start meditating in order to find my way back to my faith, as I feel it has become one of the last things on my list of priorities.  In turn I hold onto a lot of negativity and have nowhere to release it except through working out.  If I increase my physical health, and make time to meditate and focus on my internal health, then the psychological aspect will heal itself. 

The Crime of the Century was nothing like I thought it would be.  It was another meditation exercise which asked us to focus on specific colors that were associated with certain parts of the body.  Throughout this exercise I was calmed one piece of my body at a time, until my entire being was relaxed.  This is something I can see myself using whenever I need to just get away, or as a start to getting back into meditation.  



Until Nextime!

Jess

Saturday, November 16, 2013

My personal experience with relaxation.

Hello and welcome to my blog!  Today I will reflect on my most recent relaxation session.  My first thought when I listened to the Journey on relaxation was a meditation session.  As part of my religious practices I tend to use guided meditation recordings to help me deal with the negativity that plagues my mind.  I honestly almost fell asleep listening to this recording because it was so relaxing and I've been so worn out lately.  That was the point of this exercise though, to feel complete relaxation, which is precisely what I felt.  My body felt at peace and the mellow voice of the narrator was soothing along with the delicate music in the background.  I felt at complete peace, like a full sponge that needed to release all its energy and settle down until the next day.

-Jess