Hello everyone!
This week we were asked to picture someone who we saw as wise and deeply respected; I visualized my women's Bible study mentor, Bobbie. She is one of the wisest people I have ever met and she exemplifies the meaning of loving-kindness. During the beginning, when I first started picturing her, I had this wonderful sense of calm and I could tell I had a little smile on my face; I felt warm and at peace. As the track went on, I started to lose focus. I think I found out what my problem is with these practices; they last too long for me and I start to lose focus and then I can't concentrate on them anymore. I'm always fine at the beginning and then I lose it. I really need to work on it!
I feel these practices are opening my eyes a lot more about meditating and how practicing will help all the aspects of my being. I will become calmer, less stressed, caring, and so on. I know I need to practice a lot more, and I definitely plan on doing this; I just need to find a set time each day to do it. I am starting to think at night, right before bed, will be the best since my daughter will already be asleep :-)
"Once cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is definitely a phrase every health and wellness professional should take into consideration (Schlitz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005, p. 477). In order to show a person how to become healthy, one must do it their self first; like the old saying goes "actions speak louder than words." In order to show my daughter the correct way of doing things, I will have to do it correctly as well; I can't expect her or my husband to do something the right way (or at least my way) without doing it myself. If I stop being a SAHM and obtain a health and wellness profession, I feel I do have an obligation to develop all aspects of my being so that I can better assist others in obtaining theirs; I want to be an example for all those who come through my door. By implementing everything I've learned so far (not just meditating on it, but actually putting it to physical practice), I feel my psychological and spiritual personal life will grow!
-Natasja
Reference:
Schlitz, M., Amorok, T., & Micozzi, M. S. (2005). Consciousness & healing: integral approaches to mind-body medicine. Elsevier: Churchill
I had a hard time with the meditation this week also, but for other reasons...
ReplyDeleteI do love the saying, "actions speak louder than words". While I think this is the best in most cases, like teaching your kids, I don't think it is always necessary.
I mean, we don't have to go down a road of suffering to know that it is not the best way to live. Get what I am saying?
I think this exercise was hard for me because I was not in the right frame of mind the first time I tried it. I truly had to walk away and come back when I was calmer. I like that you want to lead by example for your daughter. I remember as a little girl watching my mother put her makeup on. She moved with such grace and wisdom and her makeup was always beautiful. Even now if I need advice about makeup I call her and she can tell me what I did wrong. I think that in this meditation this week, the person we brought to mind is someone that we had or have that same type of admiration for and understood that their wisdom can help us grow. Sounds like you are on the right path to mental-spiritual-physical growth Natasja. I think you will make a great Health & Wellness professional.
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Hello Natasja,
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of someone to have a deep respect for. I do not attend Bible study or even church for that matter but I must say that if I did I think I may have to choose as you did. There are surely many people that we all think of as being wise so narrowing it down would be tough. I really like how you were able to picture Bobbie and by doing so you had a sense of calmness. You even had a smile. I am hoping that when I do this exercise I get the same sense of satisfaction you did as it seemed to make you very happy. It’s good to see that you are able to complete this exercise successfully because I am having a hard time on some of these.
Hi Natasja!
ReplyDeleteFunny thing...it took me a few minutes (literally) to figure out what SAHM meant. :-))
You are so right when you say that it is important to actually 'do' the exercises and practices in order to achieve our end goal of a strong mind, body & spirit connection. I am becoming more successful at some of the meditations and some, I've just decided won't be in my future. If it doesn't work, I'll just use the ones that make me feel good. Before I meditate, I am using positive affirmations for myself. My favorite right now is different forms of "You are changed now", "You have improved", and "You fixed 'that' and no longer think that way". I remind myself that I am a new person. I think this is helping my mind to become 'reframed' and I'm able to meditate easier. (YAY!!!) Knowing the tools is good, but using them is vital to our personal health AND for our client. It's exciting, isn't it?