Unit 7 Blog

1. Complete the "Meeting Asciepius" exercise on track #4 of the Dacher CD. Describe your meditative practice(s) for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?

Currently I am not doing a regular practice concerning meditation. I did listen to the exercise and yet could not get into the cd. I have really looked at what I have been doing for myself on a spiritual level and I really have to make more of an effort. I have been focusing on improving my prayer life and making a better effort on being in touch with my inner self. Making sure that I have time set aside each day for myself will help me to continue with my spiritual growth.

1. Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” (P.477) How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?

This saying is referring to how it is difficult for someone to lead in a direction when they do not know where they are going. It is much easier to lead someone down a path that you yourself have experienced. This is important for the health professional is to be able to lead by example. It is difficult to have a client eat properly or to exercise regularily if the health care professional is not doing this too. We have an obligation to our clients to always be improving ourselves and to always be learning. Life is constant change and we need to make sure that we are always improving and able to share this with our clients. I can implement spiritual growth by making it an important part of my life concerning improving my own health and wellness.