Creating Wellness Unit 9: Final Project

For our final project, we were asked to complete five sections covering all of the information we have learned in this class and what we have gotten out of this class. Listed below are the five sections and my answers to each question.

I.                   Introduction

It is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically so that not only they can reach integral health but also be able to teach others a better way of living than we have ever known. It is essential now that we have been taught these truths, that we share with others and help them to grow and become psychologically healthy, flourishing spiritually, and finally, achieving total healing from a physical standpoint. Some of the main areas that I need to develop to achieve the goals I have for myself are from a physical realm.  I have been working on becoming emotionally mature and have recreated my spiritual belief system in hopes that I can now follow the path set forth by this class and others I have recently learned about. I feel that I have the tools to achieve integral health and that I am the only one standing in my way from here on out.

II.                Assessment

  I have assessed my health in each domain and I feel that after looking back at the beginning assessment and then surveying the changes I have been trying to make, I am in a much better place than I was. I feel that I while I am not near what I want to be, I am closer to finding my center and the person that was on their way to integral health before I got sidetracked by stress and by life itself within this last year. I wonder how many other struggle with the ups and downs of this journey and who fight through it but then give up eventually because they feel that either they have no support, or that they are the only ones fighting these same demons to not only reach the goal of complete and total healing, higher levels of consciousness, and raising their awareness, but just by simply trying to stay afloat on a daily basis. There is so much more out there for us if we only reach for it. As I said earlier, we have the tools now so we just need to apply them. How wonderful the end result will be when we have reached our goal! I would change my scores just slightly when assessing my wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically. (Dacher M. E., 2006) In the beginning, I assessed my numbers as the following:
Spiritually = 6

Physically= 4

Psychologically= 6

Now, at the end of this class, I would say that psychologically I would rate myself at 8, spiritually at 8 or 9, and remain at a 3 or 4 physically. I feel that the most growth I have made would be spiritually. It is more difficult for me to concentrate on my physical health and keep that a constant focus. It tends to be the least of my concerns on a daily basis and this is what I am working on changing.

III.             Goal Development

The goals that I have for each area are as follows:

Physically: I want to lose weight overall but most of all, I want to learn a healthier way of eating altogether and learn to nourish and sustain my body without overindulging or eating things that are not edifying to my wellbeing. This has always been a harder thing to do in my life and it’s a battle I face every day. I do know that when I eat better, I feel better all the way around and I am free from pain and have less headaches, etc. I also want to learn more about Ayurvedic Cooking and how to incorporate more foods for my entire family based off of our individual Dosha’s. This is exciting to learn more about and I look forward to it.

Psychologically: My goal is to become more emotionally mature and to practice some of the guided meditation exercises such as the Loving Kindness exercise, the Subtle Mind Practice, and the Meeting of Ascelepius. (Dacher E. S., 2006) I also want to teach others in the future how to become stronger in dealing with psychological aspects of their being. People feel that they are often defeated by stress, trauma, and grief and that they have no alternative but to give into mental health issues and to just give up. I want to be their light and help guide them along this new path. I want to show them that I by no means have all of the answers, nor am I perfect, but I want to teach, even as I am still learning.

Spiritually: My goal is to flourish spiritually even more in this next year. Now that I am finding my center again and completing some of the visualization exercises, I want to move further into different levels of brain waves which function at different levels of meditation and of consciousness (Schlitz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005). I want to increase my awareness and knowing. I will continue to do Reiki and Chakra practices as well as incorporate even more new things that I have learned in this class. It is a true gift that we have been given and I intend to cherish every minute of this new-found knowledge.

IV.             Practices for Personal Health

Physically: Two exercises that I can incorporate from our reading and also from other sites that I have researched are yoga and tai chi. These are both aspects that I would like to partake in to foster growth in my physical life. I will also not start a diet, but I will seek to change my eating behaviors and lifestyle to reflect a healthier physical being.

Psychologically: Two exercises in this area are ones we learned about in this class as well.  I will continue the Loving Kindness exercises, and also the Subtle Mind practices (Dacher E. S., 2006).  I will continue to listen to these and live them out in my daily life while adding more that I can find on the internet. I feel that if I remain strong in this area, the psychical aspects will be easier to achieve as well and I will be a healthier, happier, more well-rounded person.

Spiritually: As mentioned above, the exercises that I will partake in to foster growth in this area will be Reiki and Chakra practices along with meditation and finding different levels of higher consciousness. I want to learn more about intention setting and increasing my awareness.

V.                Commitment

I will continue to assess my personal growth in these areas by keeping track in a journal I have recently started again. I write all the time, and I even started what I hoped would be a book that I hoped to publish one day. When my laptop crashed last year, I lost all of it and I was devastated and I stopped writing for a while. Now, I see that I was only hurting myself and even hurting others by not sharing those valuable experiences that have changed my life and have proven to me that I am right where I need to be in my life.

One of the strategies I can use to implement in maintaining long-term practices for health and wellness is to remain positive. One goal I have in this area is to learn more about negative energy clearing, setting positive intentions instead, and then remaining in a higher level of consciousness even in the midst of turmoil and chaos. I know it can be done because I have done it before, but I fell short and gave up on myself too soon. I have allowed negative thoughts and feelings to creep back into a life that was well on its way to integral health. I am so thankful that this class was one of the ones we were required to take, because in the long run, it is again setting me on the path that I want and need and desire for my life. I wish you all the best of luck on this journey and I hope that you all see what a rare and precious opportunity we now have to go forth and teach others. Good luck to you all.

Namaste

Kris Sinclair