Unit 7

Unit 7

Part One

To be completely honest I have not managed to meditate much this week. Early this morning I woke up from a bad dream. I know the dream was just a reflection of the anxiety and stress that I have been feeling lately, but that did not comfort me. I decided to meditate. First, I gave myself permission to 'fail'. I say this because so far the meditation exercises really were not working well for me. I was so worked up that I felt I had nothing to use. It worked this time...mostly. I was able to calm down and visualize a wise mentor. For short periods of time I felt stillness. I still need to work on not grasping at my thoughts, but the thoughts I was having were not worth my focus anyway. I really need to put a greater effort into making time for meditation, it is clear to me that it would be beneficial to my emotional health.

Part Two

“One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” (Schlitz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005, p. 477). As a developing health and wellness professional, I can not effectively promote health if I am not practicing healthy habits. I have an obligation to my clients to develop and maintain all aspects of my health. Physical health has little meaning if I am lacking in sociopsychological and spiritual health. My personal plan for development in the latter two areas includes continuing the loving-kindness and meditation exercises I have learned in this course, and continuing to attend church and having prayer and Bible studies with my elders.