Unit 3 The Mind-Body Connection

Hello everyone,
Wellness, as a person centered orientation, relies heavily on the concept that the individual is aware of their strengths and needs. However, there is often little encouragement or expectation for the individual to self reflect or take a holistic personal inventory or to convey their awareness with their health practitioner. I must say, I am guilty of this myself. Based on my reflections and on a scale of 1-10, I rate my physical wellbeing as a 8, because I try to stay active and now that Spring is on the way I will be spending more time outside; my spiritual wellbeing as a 7, because I could be more disciplined in my Religion; and my psychological wellbeing as a 7.5, because I am pretty average. My physical goal is to increase my exercise plan frequency to three to four days a week, however I am committed to twice a week. My spiritual goal is to attend confession before Easter. My psychological goal is to expand my mind-Oh by the way thank you guys for helping me! The activities/exercises that I can implement into my life to assist in moving toward each of those goals are time management skills to accomodate those needs, exercise plan revision, and to use an effective meditation practice like The Crime of the Century relaxation exercise. I really enjoyed that, because for once I could actually think clearly, which I have not been able to do lately. However, I could not look at the screen images, they were too flashy and hurt my eyes, that is my only complaint, lol!

The Crime of the Century relaxation exercise discussed the Rainbow meditation, where you use your imagination to relax. I thought about how when light hits a prism, the colors are seperated, however, all of the colors are connected/blended. This exercise went through all of the body regions that are associated with the seven colors of the rainbow. Red (Spine), demonstrates feelings of being grounded, comfortable, and safe. Orange (Lower Stomach), demonstrates feelings of being centered and confident. Yellow (Upper Stomach), symbolic of feeling loved. Green (Heart), symbolic of feelings to share love/romance with whoever you choose to. Aqua Blue (Throat), capture feelings of meaning, willpower, creativity, accomplishment, goals, and purpose; though, I do not know what that purpose is at times. Deep Blue-Indigo (Forehead), capture feelings of balance from within, through exploring conscious/unconscious mind/body wisdom. Purple-Violet (Crown/top of Head), symbolic of feelings of being connected to a bigger part of the universe, feelings of (inner) peace, being bonded with family, friends, nature, earth, life, and homeostasis. Not feeling alone, feeling balanced overall. I think that I achieved the goal of The Crime of the Century relaxation exercise. When mt body is calm and relaxed, bring back a sensation of relaxation throughout the whole body to feel energized, and most importantly gain or regain a sense of awareness or better state of consciousness. As always it is best to stretch before and after every exercise! So, what is the ultimate crime of the century?!