Based on my reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), this is how I would rate my physical, spiritual, and psychological well-being.
A-
Physical Well-being = 4
B-
Spiritual Well-being = 6
C-
Psychological Well-being = 6
I do not feel my physical well-being as at the top of my list of priorities, which it should be. This is the last area of my being that I focus on and truly take care of and these are areas that I need to change. I need to lose weight, reduce my sodium levels, and maintain a healthy exercise regimen which will not only promote weight loss, but will also enable me to become physically healthy and strong as a whole person.
I would say that my spiritual and psychological well-being is what I am focusing most on at this time in my life. My psychological well-being is being test currently because of the loss of job situation with my husband. I (we) must remain positive, encouraging, strong, despite the odds and in the face of whatever comes our way in the next month. We will be tested every day and we know that we can make it through the challenges to come. As far as my spiritual well-being, it is stronger than it has been in quite some time. We have gone through a major transformation within this past year and have shifted from focusing on “religion” to focusing on our re-establishing our belief system on a spiritual plane that is more in tune with the universe, and not just what fits inside of a box drawn up by a church or a theologian.
The goal for my physical health is to begin a path of eating healthy once again, lowering fat and carbohydrates, eliminating pop, reducing sodium, and eating more fruits and vegetables. I need to add on more physical exercise as well to my regimen of becoming healthy. I want to continue to add yoga, etc. to this as well for a more rounded approach at becoming healthy.
The goal for my spiritual health is to continue to study Chakra, Reiki, Ayurveda, and eastern religion practices and find the center of our spiritual world through alternative methods than we have done in the past.
The goal for my psychological health is to also continue to think positively, to set forth positive intentions each day to live out and to continue to learn how to be emotionally intelligent and mature as a whole person, intertwining physical, spiritual, and psychological health.
The exercises that I can establish which will help foster a growth in each of those three areas is: Yoga, Meditation, Chakra, Reiki, positive self-talk, intentions, and I want to delve deeper into newer practices that I am still learning about such as crystal healing, channeling, and developing levels of higher consciousness as a whole.
I LOVED this "rainbow" meditation. This is my favorite type of exercise because they are using Chakra Principles through the color therapy in order to promote relaxation and healing. I am doing this exercise on the heels of a very stressful week, not only at work, but also in my own life. My husband lost his job the beginning part of this week as well, and we have tried our best to be positive. I felt as though I was doing a good job on the outside, but I was definitely holding most of the stress in and I was not allowing myself the ability to truly relax and be where I needed to be in a positive state in my mind. This exercise helped me to bring my focus back to a more positive state, so that I can create the new reality that is before us and we can move forward into this new future that lies ahead of us. This experience was very emotionally cathartic for me.
