The Mind-Body-Spirit

This week in my Creating Wellness class I was asked to listen and follow along to the audio clip for "Loving Kindness"

While I was listening and going along with the clip I once again felt as if any stress I had had drifted away. I always enjoy listening and following along with the clips because I get a moment to myself to truly relax. This clip was a little different than others because it focused on your thoughts and feeling. At first it asked you to think about a loved one that we hold close to us and just take a moment to enjoy the love you have for that person. I of course thought of my wonderful husband. I always think about him and the way he is and why I love and enjoy having him in my life but in this exercise I was given time to really focus on the qualities I dear the most. When I thought about him I had only pleasant thoughts.

The next step was to focus on your thoughts and feeling about your self. Me being a girl of course some of the negative feelings I have with myself popped right out but as the exercise went on it explained we cannot fully love others unless we love our self and to think about those negative and unpleasant thoughts and turn them into good. I was feeling able to let go on some of the negative feelings that I had and most women do have about my body and looks. Women are very hard on our selves but if we took time like I did to really point out great qualities about yourself and look at the negative thoughts and feeling in a good way we can start to feel better about our self and start the healing process.

Although this clip was a little longer than other I enjoyed every minute of it. During the time frame of the clip I was taken away from the stressful life I have and able to relax and open my mind. In doing this I finish with a clear mind and I'm happier. Relaxation clips have always been an enjoyable experience for me because I am able to shut the world out for that period of time and let go of any negative thoughts or feeling I may have. I use to do it more when I worked at a daycare. I would do it during nap time to help relieve the stress of the morning and prepare myself for the afternoon. The kids were not bad but when you have 24 pre-schooler running around it does get hectic and can be stressful at time. So I always had my relaxation music going during nap and I also believe it helped the kids calm down and relax a bit as well.

The mental workout concept is like everything else we do in life. We have to work at it to make it better. Just like muscles you are not going to get them and keep them without doing something to make sure they stay. Research has shown that by working on our mental state we are able to accomplish so much more with out inner health. Studies have shown that we can prevent some illnesses and we can have a better life as far as inner health goes. When we do mental workouts we have the ability to do so much more with our self than we can image. By doing these exercise we can let go of the negative thoughts and feelings we may have that cause stress, anger and more. If we let go of those negative feeling we let go of the "negative" affects it has on our mind and body.

Suzanne

Reflection of Wellbeing

Reflection....

This week I am to reflect on my wellbeing on a physical, spiritual and psychological note. I can honestly say that I am not where I would like to be in any of those areas but I also can say I have been working on improving those areas as well.

As far as my physical wellbeing I am not what I use to be. I will use the excuse I just had a baby 6 months ago and during my pregnancy I had the pleasure of being one of those women that just gained weight everywhere. I am not proud of it and I  have been working towards getting my body back just a little bit. So as far as a 1 - 10 scale rate I would say my physical wellbeing would be about a 5. I'm not super over weight but I'm not in a healthy range and I do not eat the way I am suppose to. I have had a lot of change go on the last 6 or 7 months and it has thrown me off my routine and I'm having trouble getting back on one. But I'm trying my best to do that. My goal for this area is to lose the baby weight I gained and to start eating healthier. I have already taken the step to the first part of my goal by getting a membership to a gym. I figure if I'm paying for this membership I will go and use it plus I have an added treat (which is not consider healthier to your skin but I enjoy it way to much to stop) but I get to tan at my gym as well. The second part of my goal will come when I start grocery shopping again. With a recent move and not really being settled into my temporary living place I have not taken the time to really go grocery shopping for myself, but once I get settled in I know I'll start doing that again. 

My spiritual wellbeing would have to be a bit higher because I am a pretty calm person. I have gotten better over the years of not letting little things eat away at me. I am able to deal with the issue quicker and be done afterwards. This has not been an easy task but knowing what stress and anger and just negative thoughts and attitude does to me I have been able to keep it down. So for this area I would say my spiritual wellbeing would be an 8. Spiritual wellbeing goal would be to start taking 10 to 15 minutes a night and just relaxing and not worry or think about a thing. This will be done after my son is in bed and the rest of the house goes to sleep so I can get the quiet needed to do this activity.

Third on a psychological wellbeing stage I feel I have lost some of my "brain" power. Some women will say after having a baby you lose a little part of your brain and I believe that. I guess it is due to hormones and the thought that you have another human that is depending on you and you have to make sure they are taken care of. Either way my psychological wellbeing is not what it use to be. I think right now I would give it a 4. Yes it is that low but I cannot remember simple things and I cannot focus and this and that. So my goal for this is to really try and get my ability to function and remember things like I use to be able to do. My guess for this is to do brain and memory exercises to help get me back to where I was. 

The Crime of the Century

This week's relaxation exercise "The Crime of the Century" was another great relaxation exercise. I truly enjoy listening and following these video clips. They have a way of making me feel very relax and centered and just really good about myself and my life. I believe we all get caught up in our lives that we forget and do not recognize the simple and joyful part of our lives. After doing these relaxation video clips my mind is free of any negative thoughts from the day or what not and I am able to really be thankful for what I have. 

Suzanne

Journey on Relaxation

This week we were asked to listen to "Journey On Relaxation". This audio is about a relaxation exercise that cause you to open up your mind and release all your stress and tension from your body. This is not my first time doing a relaxation exercise from an audio clip and won't be my last. I truly enjoy listening to CDs and audio clips like Journey On Relaxation because it has proven itself to me in the past when I have been over worked and very stressed. I believe if we all found the time to just give ourselves 5 to 20 minutes a day to sit and listen to a relaxation CD we would not have as much stress, anger and problems as some of us do. I encourage everyone to buy a relaxation CD and just play it during quite time around your house and you too will notice a different in you, your family and your house as a whole.

Suzanne

First Time Blogger

I have never really thought about doing a blog for the simple fact is I do not think I could really sit down and express myself freely without feeling a little silly. But here I am starting my first blog, mainly because of a class I'm taking, but I can see this might be more fun that I thought.

A little about myself. I just recently celebrated my 2 year anniversary with my wonderful husband. We met in Germany while he was stationed over there and I was working on the base. His son went to the daycare I worked for and the first time we met in public I remember calling him "Mr. Fitzpatrick" because he was a dad there. LOL I look back now and laugh at how funny I must of sound but we continued to see each other outside of the base and one thing lead to another and we were dating. We stayed in Germany for a year or so and then got moved to Edwards, CA. That place was in the middle of no where but it is special to us because we got married out there and a year and a half later we had our first child together. Our son is now 6 months and we love him to death and I enjoy each and every moment we have with him.

Well, if you haven't guessed my now my husband is in the military and recently he was given order to a remote tour, which means me and my son cannot go :( so me and him packed up and moved back to my hometown to be with family during this time. I am hoping the time does go by fast but I know my family is enjoying the time with their grandson.

We also have three very spoiled dogs. Two of them have been with us since Germany but the last one was a rescue dog we got from a not so stable person. They love each other so much and they are like furry children to us as well.

Well that is a little bit about me and my family. There will be more to come in the next 10 weeks but who knows I may enjoy this more than I think and continue.

Suzanne