Mind-Body Connection Blog

On a scale of 1-10 I would rate my physical well being about an 8. I am not ashamed of my body but I do believe that our body's are God's temples and that we should treat them as such. I am always looking for ways of improving my body because I think staying active not only affects your physical appearance, but also our mental and social aspects as well. I would rate my spiritual well being about a 9. I think that I can always improve on my spiritual well being and that there will always be room for improvement but I will always keep a strong faith. I would rate my psychological well being about an 8. I think that for everything I have been through in the past few years, I am handling it rather well. I have an amazing life and I have never had anything too tragic happen but just a lot of changes and good byes. I have had to learn to do a lot on my own and I am learning to be a stronger person and Christian because of it. I think I am stable in my psychological state of being but I also will take any advice on how to become stronger or remain this way.

A goal for me physically would be to continue to exercise on a regular basis and start eating healthier. I think that our bodies need fuel but healthy fuel. I also think that eating right isn't going to do the trick itself. I think exercise, even if short periods of it, also helps to make us stronger within ourselves. Spiritually I want to become more committed to my time as a Follower of Christ and become a more faithful Christian and less of a materialistic and sinful human. Psychologically I would like to become stronger within myself and realize that through my weaknesses there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel. I tend to blow situations out of proportion sometimes and I want to be able to not do that and calmly and rationally fix whatever situations are occurring.

I can go on daily walks and continue with the exercises I am doing now. I can slowly add new and healthy nutrition to our diet we have right now. I can go to church more often, pray more often and spend more time with God. And I can take a few minutes everyday to relfect on all of the amazing blessings I have in my life and know that the bad shall pass. I think that by taking a few minutes to ourselves and taking some deep breaths, we can learn to handle situations a lot better.

When I listened to The Crime of the Century, I felt very relaxed. I loved how he took several different body parts, with the different colors and made you realize different positive aspects about yourself. I like seeing everything broken up and telling myself all of these positive things. At the end whenever it was over and I was supposed to be gathering myself up, I did feel like going to sleep which was not supposed to happen. I was supposed to feel energized and be able to go on with my days activities but I did feel sleepy. I think this did help me to relieve some stress and I would do it again but towards the latter part of the day and not early in the morning.

Relaxation Video

I was amazed at how this video actually made me feel. I felt like I was so relaxed and I loved the way my body just felt like a sponge. I don't usually take the time to listen to videos like that but they really do help. It makes you feel as if you are somewhere else and only concentrating on making yourself more comfortable.

Hello Everyone!

Hello everyone! This is my first attempt at blogging but I am excited to read everyone's blogs and see what all this class has to offer! I wish everyone the best of luck with this class and I hope we can all succeed in what we want to do!